Learn how a company transformed from barely profitable to a high-performing, cash-generating operation without relying on revenue growth in just 12–18 months.

In this Profitability Playbook episode, Brandon Gray and Mike Maxson are joined by Danielle Laughlin of SAGE Business Counsel to challenge the traditional ways business owners think about legal support.

Explore the concerns that are keeping entrepreneurs up at night and how to navigate them.

Learn how you can use three labor efficiency ratios (LERs) to understand your business health and grow.

Learn how The Great Labor Reset is impacting the labor environment and shaping profitability.

Growing revenue has become increasingly hard, not due to motivation, sales, or pricing, but due to labor efficiency. Learn how to turn labor pressure into predictable profit.

Entrepreneurship doesn’t come with a rulebook, but it does come with patterns. From pricing and labor to hiring, compensation, real estate, and marketing, this conversation delivers practical guidance every entrepreneur can use right now.

In the second episode of a two-part series on labor efficiency, our hosts explore the Great Labor Reset, a fundamental shift in how entrepreneurs must think about labor, profitability, and operational efficiency in today’s economic environment.

Learn why growing and scaling are not interchangeable for businesses, and how confusing them can quietly cap your profitability.

Learn about the business growth “black hole” and how to move through it deliberately for sustainable growth.

Learn how to utilize labor efficiency ratios for marketing and sales, including how to calculate it, why it matters, and how leaders can use it to make better hiring, spending, and strategy decisions.

Traditionally, that black hole lived between $1 million and $5 million in revenue, with the most pain hitting around $3 million. But, according to the newest data, that old rule of thumb is no longer accurate. Learn how the black hole is shifting.

Learn how you can measure the health of your business, identify blind spots, prioritize financial decisions, and benchmark progress with the Simple Numbers Health Index.

Learn about what top-performing businesses are doing and how you can reshape your strategies for success.

Learn the Simple Numbers take on recent headlines, from inflation and the housing market to fuel surcharges and consumer trends, and more.

Acquisitions can accelerate growth, expand market presence, and strengthen competitive advantage, but only when executed with clarity and discipline. Learn about how you can approach acquisitions strategically.

On a recent episode of Profitability Playbook: The Simple Numbers Podcast, host Brandon Gray welcomed Chris Andersen , founder and owner of SunCo Lawns, for a forward-looking discussion about robotics, labor efficiency, and the rapidly evolving future of landscaping. Together, they explored what shifts are already reshaping the industry and turning the future robotic. Half-Billion-Dollar Advice The turning point came about four years ago. Chris recounted a conversation with

Whether you’re running a service company, building a tech product, or preparing an exit, the three business value plays deliver a strategic roadmap for understanding how your business creates value — and how you, as the owner, ultimately extract it.

Tax season arrives every year, but 2026 brings a unique wave of changes, questions, and opportunities for business owners. Learn about the most common issues, misconceptions, and strategies shaping today’s tax landscape.

Operational excellence is the most overlooked driver of competitive advantage. This article explains why delivering your product or service right every time, not most of the time, is the key to stronger efficiency, repeat business, and sustainable profitability. Through examples from industry leaders like The Ritz-Carlton and Pal’s Sudden Service, it illustrates how mindset, clarity, and consistent systems enable organizations to achieve exceptional results.