Rebuilding Draft.dev for 2026 and Beyond
As I began my journey with Draft.dev in 2020, little did I know the wild twists and turns the road ahead would hold. By 2025, I found myself grappling with a landscape altered by economic uncertainty and shifting client needs. The strategies that once drove our success quickly became outdated, and I realized that to keep our momentum, a reinvention was necessary.
Read more about our progress and how we're reshaping the business to ensure it can thrive in 2026 and beyond.
Retained Trust
Starting a Beverage Brand with Jon Schroeder
Join me as I chat with Jon Schroeder about his innovative product, BrewJoy and how he's tackling everyday wellness challenges. We dive deep into his entrepreneurial journey, the lessons he's learned, and the power of focus in building a successful startup.
One Year Update from Chris Gwinn
Join me as I chat with Chris Gwinn about the highs and lows of his second year building Midwest CFO. Discover how he’s harnessed operational KPIs and refined his sales approach to empower clients with smarter financial strategies!
Linkedin Discussions
First-time agency founders obsess over quality. Experienced ones obsess over pipeline.
It’s easy to get stuck perfecting the service or polishing the offer.
But no matter how good your work is, you can’t hire your way out of an empty sales calendar.
I thought I’d be the last person to enjoy sales, but it's because other people just do it wrong
So many founders dream of outsourcing sales, but founder-led sales isn’t a phase you can skip. It’s really the foundation your business is built on.
Here’s what I learned the hard way...
The most rewarding things I’ve done have been the hardest things
From the outside, it seems like entrepreneurship must get easier when your company grows, but that's not really true. Running a business is hard at any size, the stakes just get bigger as your company does.
In 2025, video is no longer optional for SEO
We ran a series of experiments this year, and our best results came from basic, authentic videos - tutorials, listicle walkthroughs, expert interviews. If you’re serious about SEO in 2025, embed videos into your written content. The lift doesn’t have to be huge, but the ROI can be.