Writing on franchise marketing, multi-unit operations, and the difference between strategy and activity.
Entrepreneurship
August 20, 2026
Updated August 20, 2026
I started a biotech company at 20-something with a patented compound and no idea what I was doing. It made me a far better agency operator than any marketing job would have.
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March 12, 2024
Updated August 17, 2026
Misaligned expectations do more damage to marketing programs than bad creative ever has. The conversation that would have saved the relationship was available in week one.
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June 4, 2024
Updated August 17, 2026
Marketing says the leads are good. Sales says the leads are garbage. Both are describing the same leads — and that argument is a systems problem, not a personality conflict.
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September 17, 2024
Updated August 17, 2026
Nearly every underperforming marketing program I've audited had competent tactics and no position — good execution pointed at nothing in particular.
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