There comes a point for many scaling small businesses and growing mid-market companies, where adding more technology doesn’t really solve the problem. The tools are already in place, the systems are in place, and the team is capable. And yet, your wo...
Something interesting is happening right now. I'd love your feedback on it...AI tools are improving rapidly. New capabilities appear almost daily. Yet many business people either aren’t acting fast enough. We/they seem stuck in:How do we actually use...
Most technology decisions in scaling small businesses and growing mid-market businesses don’t fail because of bad tools. They struggle because those tech decisions are made in isolation.As your business grows, technology stops being a set of helpful...
Last week, I shared a message about why technology often feels harder right when your business seems to be working well. I was asked to take these ideas to the airwaves and expand on them in conversation on The Doug Wagner Show last Friday morning. Y...
There’s a moment many small and mid-sized businesses hit that feels confusing at first. Revenue is growing. The team is expanding. Customers are engaged. On the surface, things are working. And yet, technology suddenly feels heavier—more complex, mor...
As technology continues to shape how businesses operate, one pattern keeps showing up in my work with scaling small and mid-sized companies: the hardest part isn’t just choosing the right tools—it’s figuring out who should help you think through them...
This week’s IA•AI (Iowa Artificial Intelligence) meetup topic & discussions got me thinking about where AI is heading next—especially for scaling small and mid-sized businesses that are moving beyond experimenting with individual tools. Many orga...
Hello Friends, a logistical note this week...As of the new year (effective January 1, 2026), my Cedar Rapids, Iowa office located in the New Bohemia district has moved—just across the street from the former home office location.Please...
As 2025 comes to a close, conversations about AI are everywhere—new tools, new capabilities, new predictions about what comes next. In the midst of all that noise, it’s worth grounding ourselves in something simple and true: AI is powerful because of...
Last Monday, I had the opportunity to join Doug Wagner on WMT 600 AM Radio to talk through what I wrote about in this newsletter last week: your 2026 Tech Roadmap—what it is, why it matters, and how to approach it with clarity instead...
