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Tom Searcy

Pro Serv Blogs

Your Business Wants to Double, Here’s How to Help It

“Once you have demonstrated you can help a company solve problems, they never run out of problems they want you to help them solve. ”You have a great business, and you know it. You know that you could double it if only…and then the list starts:• We had the right people• We could get in the right meetings with the right buyers• The economy would improve

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How the Best Founders Close the Biggest Sales

The biggest deals of any small to mid-sized company are closed by the founder. Period.

In principle I don’t like this fact. If I hire salespeople, pay them well, give them a target for growth and larger sales, I expect them to close the deals. It’s their job, right? I hear from founders of companies frequently their frustration that, “I have to close all of the big sales myself.” It’s an obvious desire to delegate, but on big sales, it doesn’t work that way.

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From Undervalued to Unstoppable: How to Price Your Expertise

I get it – most professional services companies get paid for what they do rather than what they get done. The uncomfortable truth is that you are producing much more value than you are being paid for. All to say this: Your company can and should be compensated better for what you do – and it’s your fault that you’re not. That’s Ok, you can also fix it.

Pro Serv Podcasts

Episode 157 – Family Ties and Business Lines: The Pros and Cons of Family Members Working Together in a Boutique Professional Service Firm – Member Case by Carajane Moore and Tom Searcy

According to the US Bureau of Census, 90% of small businesses in America are family-owned and operated. Many Collective 54 members work alongside family members daily. Are you? Should you? There is a different set of management best practices used to grow, scale, and exit a service firm owned and operated by a family. Attend this session to learn how mixing family and business can be an effective way to fulfill your dreams- personal and professional.