We help business owners make more money in less time, get off the treadmill, and get back to the passion that brought them into business in the first place.  Business shouldn't be a 30-year gr...ind.  Use your business to get to your Ideal Lifestyle, then enjoy your business and your life for decades.  There are Seven Stages of Business Ownership.  Most businesses never get past Stage Four and never feel fully free to regularly go on vacation, enjoy their lifestyle, and use their business to do something significant in the world around them.  That's because they ignore the Four Building Blocks of a business. There are Four Building Blocks of a business and none of them will come find you.  You have to proactively go get them and put them into your business.  All successful business owners do.  The rest stay on the treadmill. Make your own business rules.  Use your business to build your Ideal Lifestyle. more

There are Four Building Blocks of business ownership.  The problem is that a business owner can go their entire career and never pay attention to any of the four of them.  These Building Blocks do no...t come find you; you have to proactively go get them and drag them into your business.  All successful business owners do. The third Friday of every month, The Crankset Group presents a workshop focused on helping local business owners get off the treadmill and get back to the passion that brought them into business in the first place. We rotate the following three Business Owner Success Toolkit workshops built on the Four Building Blocks (the fourth is "Outside Eyes" - it's not a workshop - go get someone to advise you!): 1) 2-Page Strategic Plan - never do another Business Plan, and put together a simple, 2-page strategic plan that will run your business every day.  If you don't have a plan, plan on getting nowhere, but if your plan is complex, plan on never using it.  Our simple 2-page Strategic Plan solves this and gives you clarity on what you need to do to build a business that gets you off the treadmill. 2) Process Mapping - do you want to be able to go on vacation and actually enjoy it?  Would you like to return to a business that hasn't fall apart while you were gone?  Get those processes out of your head onto a simple format that will allow you to find out what it the Highest and Best Use of Your Time - to get you what we call Yield Per Hour (YPH).  Process mapping will also help your business if you have employees, and create true ownership of RESULTS, not just processes. 3) Lifetime Goals - "Why" is the most important question in business and the least asked.  Why are you buying that copier?  Why do you want to grow your business by 20% this year?  Where is this all taking you?  He who aims at nothing hits it every time.  Stop shooting a gun in the woods and calling it bear hunting, and get a true direction for your business that will help you build a business that you can enjoy for decades.  Our Lifetime Goals workshop is designed to take you from Survival right through Success to Significance.  Wouldn't you rather have money AND meaning?  Business owners who have a Big Why always make more money, too. If you're interested in growing a business that runs itself, getting off the treadmill and getting back to the passion that brought you into business in the first place, you need these workshops. If you're interested in learning the Four Building Blocks of a business and getting off the treadmill, and you live in the Denver, CO area, contact Nora Abell at Grow@CranksetGroup.com, or call her at 720-841-0171. more

Join 60-70 other business owners every Tuesday at Del Frisco's Double Eagle Restaurant,  8100 E Orchard Rd, Greenwood Vlg, CO 80111-5013.  Chuck Blakeman will present a topic on business ownership, g...etting off the treadmill, and building a business you can enjoy for decades.   There is a lot of interaction and you'll come away with some great connections with other business owners.  it's free, everyone just buys their own lunch from the regular lunch menu.  Join us any Tuesday! more

We help business owners make more money in less time, get off the treadmill, and get back to the passion that brought them into business in the first place.  Business shouldn't be a 30-year gr...ind.  Use your business to get to your Ideal Lifestyle, then enjoy your business and your life for decades.  There are Seven Stages of Business Ownership.  Most businesses never get past Stage Four and never feel fully free to regularly go on vacation, enjoy their lifestyle, and use their business to do something significant in the world around them.  That's because they ignore the Four Building Blocks of a business. There are Four Building Blocks of a business and none of them will come find you.  You have to proactively go get them and put them into your business.  All successful business owners do.  The rest stay on the treadmill. Make your own business rules.  Use your business to build your Ideal Lifestyle. more