Mini-MBA

The strategic layer: competitive strategy, reading financial statements, negotiation, leadership and hiring, and the decision-making frameworks that separate operators from owners.

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1. 1

   Strategy & Competitive Advantage

   Strategy is not a goal ('grow 50%') or a value ('be the best'). Strategy is a coherent set of choices about where to play and how to win — including what you deliberately won't do.

   16 min
2. 2

   Reading Financial Statements

   The three financial statements are the instrument panel of a business. CEOs who can't read them are flying blind and negotiating deaf.

   16 min
3. 3

   Negotiation for Founders

   Founders negotiate constantly — suppliers, landlords, hires, partners, customers. Skill here drops straight to the bottom line: a 5% better supplier deal can equal a 20% marketing budget.

   14 min
4. 4

   Leadership, Hiring & Delegation

   Every business eventually outgrows its founder's hours. The transition from doing the work to building the machine that does the work is the hardest — and highest-paying — skill change of your career.

   15 min
5. 5

   Decision-Making Frameworks

   A CEO's output is decisions. You can't guarantee outcomes, but you can systematically raise decision quality — and speed — with a few durable frameworks.

   14 min