Stop comparing your business to someone else’s numbers. Their clients, margins, pricing, overhead, and capacity sit on a completely different matrix. When you understand your own inputs, you make
Read more Why Comparing Your Business to Others Breaks Your Decision Making.
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If you track the wrong numbers, your business drifts. When you track the right KPIs, you control every move. Revenue, margin, labor, close rate, collections. The leaders who measure with intention
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Gut feelings can’t replace financial visibility. Learn why real-time data and clear reporting drive smarter business decisions. Learn more now: https://obsidianthorne.com/workshop
Read more Why Gut Feelings Are Not Financial Visibility in Business
You can’t fill a cup that’s already full.
If you keep filtering decisions through the same habits and assumptions, you’ll keep getting the same results. Real growth starts when you empty the
Read more Empty the Cup: How Founders Block Growth by Holding Onto Old Habits
You can’t manage what you can’t see. Pull your numbers, track what’s real, and stop running your business on assumptions. When the truth is on the table, every decision gets sharper, and every
Read more Pull Your Numbers, Track the Truth, and Stop Flying Blind
Most SOPs fail because they’re rushed. The ones that work are tested, improved, and built to endure. Email : strategy@obsidianthorne.com to learn more.
Read more Why SOPs Fail: They’re Written Fast, Not Built to Last
You can see the dry spell coming, if you’re paying attention. Two months out from finishing a project and no new jobs in play? That’s not momentum. That’s a cliff. It takes 60–120 days to
Read more How to Spot a Business Dry Spell Before It Hits
If your weekly meetings don’t start with the numbers and end with accountability, they’re a waste of time. Meetings are where profit is protected and ownership gets set. Run them with purpose or
Read more If Your Weekly Meetings Don’t Start With Numbers and End With Accountability
82% of construction companies fail because of cash flow choke points, not profit. The Cash Velocity Accelerator is a 30-day system that unlocks $15K–$50K in stuck receivables, shortens your cash
Read more Why 82% of Construction Companies Fail: Cash Flow Choke Points, Not Profit
Scaling demands sacrifice. You can’t build higher if you’re afraid to dismantle what’s weak.
Sometimes that means tearing down a department, a habit, or a system that used to work but no longer
Read more Scaling Demands Sacrifice, Build Stronger by Eliminating Weakness