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Why Your Business Plan Should Start With a Life Plan
Joe Rando: Oct 14, 2026, 1:25:28 PM
Most business plan templates open with the same questions. What’s your market? What’s your offer? What are your revenue goals?
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Running Your Business on Email and Memory? The Hidden Cost for Solopreneurs
Carly Ries: Oct 8, 2026, 2:00:06 AM
A client says they'll send feedback by Thursday. A partner promises an intro "next week." You tell a prospect you'll follow up after the holiday....
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What Is a Life-First Business? Formula, Cycle, and How to Start
Carly Ries: Sep 30, 2026, 7:05:03 PM
Most business advice starts with the business: the market, the offer, the growth plan. A Life-First Business starts somewhere else entirely, with the...
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Why Solopreneurs Over 40 Are Redesigning Work Around Their Lives
Carly Ries: Sep 23, 2026, 2:51:46 PM
By the time you reach your forties, fifties, or sixties, you know things you didn't know at twenty-five. You know what a long commute costs. You know...
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Are You in The Ownership Trap? 10 Questions for Solopreneurs
Carly Ries: Sep 16, 2026, 10:49:39 PM
You left a job so you could have more time, more control, and more say in how your days go. Somewhere along the way, the business started making...
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Solopreneurs, Overcome Limiting Beliefs With These Actionable Steps
Carly Ries: Aug 6, 2026, 4:00:00 AM
“The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.” — Steve Jobs Dream big. Many of us are told this often...
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6 Ways Solopreneurs Can Be More Present To Those Around Them
Carly Ries: Jul 15, 2026, 6:00:00 AM
Last summer, my daughter asked me to watch her do a cartwheel. She's young, and I said "Yeah, one sec," while responding to a quick email that, I...
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How Solopreneurs Are Making Collaboration Work in 2026
Carly Ries: Jul 7, 2026, 4:45:00 AM
TL;DR: Going solo doesn't mean going it alone; it means you finally get to choose your collaborators instead of inheriting them. Build a "culture of...
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Finding Value in Being Unproductive
Carly Ries: Jun 24, 2026, 6:00:00 AM
Unproductive downtime isn't wasted time. For solopreneurs, deliberate rest fuels creativity, prevents burnout, and leads to the breakthrough ideas...
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Why Solopreneurs Should Reevaluate Goals Mid-Year
Carly Ries: Jun 15, 2026, 6:00:00 AM
To reevaluate your goals mid-year, review each goal against four questions: Why does this goal matter to me? What's blocking it? How does it make me...