Too Many Captains, Not Enough Crew

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    Corey Quinn

    Founder, Deep Specialization™

    Two of my clients said the same thing to me last week:

    "I'm frustrated because we have too many captains and not enough crew."

    Meaning we're rich on ideas but poor on bandwidth to execute. Good ideas, frameworks, strategies, etc., are critical. But the gold is in the execution.

    Even more reason to focus everything on the 20% of things that drive 80%+ of the results.

    Less = more

    What areas of your business are you spending too much time and energy for too little return?

    What changes could you make today to fix this?

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    About Corey Quinn

    Founder, Deep Specialization™

    Corey helps founder-led agencies scale through Deep Specialization™ and programmatic M&A. Former CMO of Scorpion ($20M to $200M). Author of "Anyone, Not Everyone."

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