The Entrepreneur's Roadmap

Most service providers wait too long to hire - and then do it in a hurry. The result is rarely the support they were hoping for. Hiring with intention, at the right time, with the right preparation, changes the outcome entirely.   What We Cover • Why hiring as a rescue mission almost always creates more problems than it solves • Three questions you need to be able to answer before hiring anyone -...

Most service providers look at their financial statements once a year - when their accountant prepare their tax return. That's not financial clarity. That's avoidance. And it's costing you. What We Cover In this episode, we get into what your financial statements are actually for - and it's not just taxes. We cover: ● The difference between profit and cash flow (and why confusing t...

A plateau doesn't always feel like a crisis. Sometimes it just looks like another month with the same revenue as the last one, and the one before that. If that pattern has been going on for a year, it isn't stability. It's a signal worth paying attention to.   What We Cover In this episode, we get into the four real reasons service businesses stall and why most business owners are diag...

Marshall Stern has been in business for over 35 years. He built a sign and graphics company for 29 years and decided to sell it. He ran coaching and mentoring alongside that company for 14 of those years. He is now coaching full-time, and the way he talks about business, people, and decisions is worth your full attention. In this episode, Marshall shares the decisions that shaped his journey, incl...

If your business grinds to a halt the moment you step away, you don't have a capacity problem. You have a systems problem. And that's actually good news, because systems are fixable. In this episode of The Entrepreneur's Roadmap, we get intoone of the most common reasons service providers hit a ceiling - not because they lack clients or opportunities, but because the business is built...

Most service business owners know they need a strategy. What they don't have is a practical framework for building one they'll actually use. In this episode, Kendra Vyse walks through her five-part growth roadmap that turns strategic thinking into real decisions - covering what your plan needs to contain, why starting with goals is not actually the right first step, and how her GAP Framewo...

If you're a service provider who stays busy but never quite hits the financial results you're working toward, your offer suite might be the problem, and most people never stop to look at it. In this episode, Kendra breaks down the difference between an offer suite that was built with intention and one that simply accumulated over time. Because for most service providers, it's the secon...

If you're a service-based business owner who's working hard,growing revenue, and still wondering why it doesn't feel like enough, this show was built for you. Welcome to The Entrepreneur's Roadmap. I'm Kendra Vyse, and this is where we get into the practical side of building a service business that pays you well and grows in a direction you actually chose. What We Cover • Who t...

You can have a great revenue month and still wonder where the money went two weeks later. That's not a cash flow problem, it's a strategy problem. And it's more common than most service providers want to admit.   What We Cover • Why busyness and strategy are not the same thing - andthe real cost of confusing them • The question that reveals whether your business actually has a strategy...

There is a version of a service business that looks successful from the outside - full calendar, consistent clients, steady revenue - and is quietly in trouble on the inside. Not because the business is failing, but because the owner doesn't actually know where they stand financially. They have a feeling. They have a rough idea. But they don't have the numbers. Financial avoidance in servi...

If you're running a service-based business and growth feels like it's happening to you instead of because of you, this is for you. The Entrepreneur's Roadmap is a podcast for service providers who are ready to grow and scale without burning out. Over the coming weeks, you'll hear conversations and insights on strategy, financial clarity, building the right team, creating systems th...