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8 Business Lessons We Brought Home from Vault 2026
Explore notes, new ideas, and a few hard truths about what it takes to grow a business in today’s environment, learned from Vault 2026.

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The Breaking Point: Is Your Business Built to Last?
Explore how business owners can stress test their companies and identify potential weaknesses before they become major problems.

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Where Did the Cash Go? The Trade Capital Challenge Behind Growing Businesses
Learn the answer to one of the most common questions heard from business owners: Why am I making money but running out of cash?

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Media Mash: How Entrepreneurs Should Respond to Today’s Headlines
Here are takeaways from the biggest economic stories currently making news and, more importantly, what entrepreneurs should do about them.

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The Scaling Trap: Why Growing Your Business Requires More Than Hard Work
Growth requires more than just hard work. Learn from Aaron Keith what successful businesses are doing to scale beyond working hard.

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What Every Entrepreneur Needs to Know About Winning Customers in the Age of AI
Learn what every entrepreneur needs to know to win customers in this increasingly AI-driven landscape.

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Costly Growth Mistakes: Why Hiring and Expanding Too Soon Can Hurt Your Business
Growth is top of mind for every business owner, but growing too quickly or without a clear plan can be detrimental. Learn common costly growth mistakes to avoid.

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Marketing Metrics That Actually Matter: How to Measure Marketing Effectiveness in Today’s Tough Market
Learn what marketing metrics actually matter and how to measure them effectively in an increasingly challenging market.

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Know to Grow: Why You Aren’t Growing
Learn what three essential metrics can help you diagnose why your sales aren't translating into revenue growth and how to fix it.

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Know to Grow: What Every Business Must Understand Before Growing Profitably
Learn what entrepreneurs need to know to grow, and how you can drive sustainable, profitable expansion.

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How One Company Engineered a Million-Dollar Turnaround
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.

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Do You Really Need an Attorney? A Smarter Legal Model for Growing Businesses
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.

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Sleepless Nights: What’s Really Keeping Entrepreneurs Up Right Now
Explore the concerns that are keeping entrepreneurs up at night and how to navigate them.

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Understanding Labor Efficiency Ratios (LER): The Labor Metrics That Decide Whether You Win or Stall
Learn how you can use three labor efficiency ratios (LERs) to understand your business health and grow.

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The Great Labor Reset: How Owners Should Think About Labor Right Now
Learn how The Great Labor Reset is impacting the labor environment and shaping profitability.

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When Growth Isn’t Enough: The New Reality of 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.

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The Dos and Don’ts Every Entrepreneur Learns the Hard Way
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.

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The Great Labor Reset: Why Labor Efficiency Is the New Profit Lever for Small Businesses
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.

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Are You Growing or Scaling? Why the Difference Matters More Than You Think
Learn why growing and scaling are not interchangeable for businesses, and how confusing them can quietly cap your profitability.

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Navigating the Business Growth “Black Hole”
Learn about the business growth “black hole” and how to move through it deliberately for sustainable growth.

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