Strategy Meets Finance

How much cash is hiding in your business? See if you qualify for a Free Financial Health Check   Financial Intelligence Toolkit   Elevate by Design: www.ebdstudios.com   Nisho: www.studionisho.com   Chris Turner walked away from a secure design job with no plan, just a feeling he wasn’t in the right place. That leap led him to co-found one of Denver’s top high-end landscape design studios.  In thi...

How much cash is hiding in your business? See if you qualify for a Free Financial Health Check   Financial Intelligence Toolkit   What if you could make more money without adding more work, more stress, or more customers? In this episode, Steve breaks down three overlooked levers that can grow your profit and cashflow without scaling your team or chasing more revenue. You’ll learn how just small t...

How much cash is hiding in your business? See if you qualify for a Free Financial Health Check   Financial Intelligence Toolkit   Before you book that offsite or map out next quarter, listen to this. Steve breaks down the five mistakes that derail most “strategic planning” sessions: picking the wrong facilitator, ignoring communication styles, showing up without data, jumping to tactics before str...

How much cash is hiding in your business? See if you qualify for a Free Financial Health Check   Financial Intelligence Toolkit   Most business owners spend thousands on sales and marketing, but few know if it’s actually paying off. Steve breaks down how to measure the real return on your sales and marketing spend using three simple checks. He explains how to evaluate the effectiveness of your fun...

How much cash is hiding in your business? See if you qualify for a Free Financial Health Check   Financial Intelligence Toolkit   Major moves and market momentum in this week’s top financial stories, including: Chipotle Stock Tanks as Young Customers Cut Back BlackRock Caught in a $500 Million Fraud Scandal Meta’s AI Spending Sparks Investor Doubt White-Collar Jobs Vanish as AI Takes Over Google’s...

How much cash is hiding in your business? See if you qualify for a Free Financial Health Check   Financial Intelligence Toolkit   Every business has a strategy, even if it’s not written down. The real question is whether yours is working. In this episode, Steve explains what strategy actually is, why every company needs one, and how to identify the strategic problem that’s holding your business ba...

How much cash is hiding in your business? See if you qualify for a Free Financial Health Check   Financial Intelligence Toolkit   Major moves and market momentum in this week’s top financial stories, including: Inside Silicon Valley’s 100-Hour AI Grind Tesla’s Profits Drop as Musk Bets on Robots Home Sales Rise as Mortgage Rates Ease Grocery Prices Keep Climbing Quantum Stocks Surge on Trump’s Tec...

How much cash is hiding in your business? See if you qualify for a Free Financial Health Check   Financial Intelligence Toolkit   Most companies want to grow, but few are actually ready to scale.  In this episode, Steve shares three things every business needs to do before turning on the growth engine. You’ll learn why documenting your processes can 10x your company’s value, how defining success i...

How much cash is hiding in your business? See if you qualify for a Free Financial Health Check   Financial Intelligence Toolkit   Major moves and market momentum in this week’s top financial stories, including: Boomers Fall Behind on Retirement Blackstone Brings Private Equity to 401(k)s AI Data Centers Build Their Own Power Plants Southwest Ends Open Seating Walmart Joins ChatGPT for AI Shopping...

How much cash is hiding in your business? See if you qualify for a Free Financial Health Check   Financial Intelligence Toolkit   Most business owners confuse strategy with planning. In this episode, Steve breaks down what strategy really means—and why getting it wrong can cost you. You’ll learn the difference between strategy and strategic planning, how to identify your company’s true strategic p...

How much cash is hiding in your business? See if you qualify for a Free Financial Health Check   Financial Intelligence Toolkit   Major moves and market momentum in this week’s top financial stories, including: Tariffs Rise, but U.S. Debt Tops $1 Trillion Trump Pushes Fannie Mae to Back Builders Home Sales Slide as Prices Hit New High PepsiCo Rebrands Lay’s Amid Snack Slowdown Tune in for smart co...

How much cash is hiding in your business? See if you qualify for a Free Financial Health Check   Financial Intelligence Toolkit   Learn more about Ready Electric: readyelec.com   What separates a good CFO from a great one? Steve sits down with Tim Anderson, CFO of Ready Electric, to talk about what it really takes to lead the financial side of a business. They unpack how the CFO role has evolved f...

How much cash is hiding in your business? See if you qualify for a Free Financial Health Check   Financial Intelligence Toolkit   Most business owners avoid finance because it feels complicated—but it doesn’t have to be. Steve breaks down three simple financial concepts that will put you ahead of 90% of people in business: understanding your unit economics, mastering cash flow, and knowing the eig...

How much cash is hiding in your business? See if you qualify for a Free Financial Health Check   Major moves and market momentum in this week’s top financial stories, including: OpenAI Hits $500B Valuation  OpenAI Launches TikTok-Style Video App  Meta to Use AI Chats for Ads  AI Spending Reaches Bubble Territory  Tesla Delivers Surprise Rebound Tune in for smart commentary, sharp context, and the...

How much cash is hiding in your business? See if you qualify for a Free Financial Health Check   Financial Intelligence Toolkit   If you’ve ever felt stuck, ashamed, or on the edge of giving up, you’re not alone.   Steve opens up with his raw and uncut transformation story—from growing up broke, hitting rock bottom with bad habits and toxic relationships, to rebuilding his life and business with c...

How much cash is hiding in your business? See if you qualify for a Free Financial Health Check   Financial Intelligence Toolkit   Most business owners confuse strategy with planning. They make to-do lists, call it a strategy, and wonder why results don’t stick. In this episode, Steve breaks down what business strategy really means and why it’s different from a plan or a set of tactics.  You’ll lea...

How much cash is hiding in your business? See if you qualify for a Free Financial Health Check   Major moves and market momentum in this week’s top financial stories, including:  Nvidia Gives Intel a $5B Lifeline Fed Cuts Rates With More Likely Ahead The Truth About Mortgage Rates What It Takes to Afford a $1M Home Meta Bets on Glasses as the Future of AI Tune in for smart commentary, sharp contex...

How much cash is hiding in your business? See if you qualify for a Free Financial Health Check   Financial Intelligence Toolkit   Learn more about Timberline One: timberlineone.com   Most landscape companies stall out at a few million in revenue. Timberline One didn’t.  In less than a decade, they scaled from $10 million to $50 million, and they’re still growing. Steve talks with CEO Judd and Chie...

How much cash is hiding in your business? See if you qualify for a Free Financial Health Check   Major moves and market momentum in this week’s top financial stories, including:  Stocks Rally as Fed Cut Nears Job Growth Revised Sharply Lower Mortgage Rates Hit 11-Month Low Oracle Signs $300B Deal with OpenAI Saudi Arabia Bets Big on Solar Tune in for smart commentary, sharp context, and the financ...

Ready to see how much cash is hiding in your business? Get your free Financial Health Check now: coltivar.com/check   This is Part 10 of Steve Coughran’s book Cash Flow . Steve unpacks the sixth lever of cash flow: risk. He explains how uncertainty lowers valuation multiples and raises the cost of capital, the biggest risks that scare investors, and the steps business owners can take to de-risk th...

Ready to see how much cash is hiding in your business? Get your free Financial Health Check now: coltivar.com/check   This is Part 11 of Steve Coughran’s book Cash Flow . Steve covers the seventh lever of cash flow: strategy. He explains why profit is just the result of a good strategy, how ROIC is the scoreboard that proves whether your strategy is working, and the two main paths to long-term com...

Ready to see how much cash is hiding in your business? Get your free Financial Health Check now: coltivar.com/check   This is Part 12 of Steve Coughran’s book Cash Flow . Steve introduces the Cash Flow Scorecard—a simple framework to diagnose where your business is leaking cash across the seven key levers. By scoring each area, you can pinpoint constraints, prioritize fixes, and build a roadmap fo...

Ready to see how much cash is hiding in your business? Get your free Financial Health Check now: coltivar.com/check   This is Part 13 of Steve Coughran’s book Cash Flow . Steve introduces the Cash Flow Playbook—a step-by-step plan to apply the seven levers, use the scorecard, and build a resilient, cash-generating business. He shows how to prioritize the right levers, implement changes, track prog...

Ready to see how much cash is hiding in your business? Get your free Financial Health Check now: coltivar.com/check   This is Part 14 of Steve Coughran’s book Cash Flow . In the conclusion, Steve shares the personal lessons and turning points that shaped his obsession with cash flow. He emphasizes why business leaders have a fiduciary duty to master it, how cash flow fuels stability, growth, and c...

How much cash is hiding in your business? See if you qualify for a Free Financial Health Check   Financial Intelligence Toolkit   Free Financial Pro course: coltivar.com/byfiq   Why do so many businesses fail even when they have a plan and solid financials? Steve breaks down the concept of strategic finance and why connecting your strategy to your numbers is the key to survival and growth. He shar...