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Happy Sunday!
I know, it's later than normal. I'm only sending things as they come to mind, and before I head out, I wanted to send over this list of growth/exit ideas as you make your 2026 plans.
I originally shared this online, so that's why it's formatted the way it is. I decided not to make any changes to it because I thought it was useful the way it is.
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You aren’t going to find many conversations surrounding exit planning and maximizing your growth potential because you’re not surrounded by the right people.
Luckily for you, I do this for a living, and here are some examples of what to do to maximize and also work towards your exit.
For my fellow Service Providers, our growth doesn’t have to be clients alone. It looks like making digital versions of us and selling it.
– license your framework or methodology
– Turn your repetitive work into digital products
– offer internal playbooks or toolkits for teams
For my educators, you’ll need to remove yourself from being the one who delivers everything.
– license curriculum to organizations
– train facilitators to run your program
– automate your delivery
Nonprofits/Community-focused orgs…
– license programs to other regions
– package your curriculum or training models to similar orgs
Tech companies (who are generating revenue)
- standardize your cross-team workflows and place leaders
– document your systems so teams can move independently
– create internal playbooks for departments/subsystems
These are very broad, so feel free to reply with what you do, and I can give some potential ideas of what you need to do for growing and working towards your exit. **I probably won't respond until the following week, but just know I'll get to it <3** |
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Actionable Steps For You
- Rest!
- If you're working on strategic planning, think about what your long-term growth vision is and how you want to exit. This gives you something to work towards and make sustainable systems in the process.
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What's Happening this Month?
- Rest and updating sub-systems!
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Something You May Like
Partnerships are a part of my strategic growth plan. It took a while to get to the point of building trusted professionals. Here's a bit about that journey I shared on LinkedIn
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Resource of the week
I've done some minor updates with the Lazy Systems Club. Check it out to see if it's a fit for your journey.
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Video of the Week
If taking downtime seems out of reach, then this video is for you.
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P.S. If you're on Linkedin or Alignable and found my content useful to your journey, I would love your recommendations and feedback!
Feedback/Comment of the week: this really resonates with me. I've seen so many entrepreneurs (especially in the SME space) struggle with this exact mindset - thinking that charging appropriately somehow makes them greedy. What's wild is the ripple effect you mentioned about money circulation. When business owners undervalue themselves, they can't invest back into their communities or hire others. I've been working with clients on building sustainable wealth strategies and the confidence shift around pricing is usually the first breakthrough. What helped you make that mental switch from 'bare minimum' to 'appropriate value'?
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Ashley Tindall
Your Fav Chief Systems Officer
I'm Ashley, CEO & Founder of Solution Integrators - I help female entrepreneurs scale beyond six figures through the power of client journey improvements, systems automation, and project management support. In a nutshell, I make sure you're secret sauce is showcased throughout every phase of your client journey.The key to really creating an experience that brings in referrals is making sure your clients feel seen, heard, and supported within every checkpoint. I like to encourage people to think through their best and worst experiences with another service provider - what made that experience so great and what could you have done without. Don't overlook the small things - include a custom video in your proposal to make sure the potential client knows that you listened and understood their key painpoints. Don't take their money and run lol after onboarding make sure they know exactly what they can expect to happen next, and when. And once a project is wrapped up, incentivize them for coming back or sending folks back to you |
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