Michael Girdley
CEO of an 11-business, 600-person holding company. Fireworks, software, +9 more. Writing about holding co's, starting businesses, life, and leading.
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What happens in the days after you die? It will be horrible for your loved ones. I just learned about something you can do to make that easier for them: The Green Box Exercise....
Our tax code loves business owners. I see this pattern often: A retiring person owns a business worth $750k. But they used that business years ago to buy real estate now worth m...
I started 9 companies that employ >1,000 people. But… I don’t build startups like everyone else. I use a system called “Effectuation”. It will change how you build innovative bu...
Will you lose your key employees? Here are 15 simple but effective ways to retain your best team members. (No, none of them involve stupid Zoom happy hours.) https://t.co/z4zGGOm...
20 books that teach you how to be a CEO: CEO of a small business is a crazy hard job. You must know something about all aspects of business. Things like taxes, law, managing sal...
What happens in the days after you die? It will be horrible for your loved ones. I just learned about something you can do to make that easier for them: The Green Box Exercise....
I built my ideal "look great on Zoom/podcasts" setup. It costs some money -- but it’s worth it. Here is how I did it (if you want to copy it): https://t.co/hTqIkhCYP1
Beautiful questions lead to billion-dollar breakthroughs: - Uber: why do I have to wait for a crappy taxi? - Amazon AWS: why is our IT a cost center, not a profit center? - FedEx:...
Generation X is weird. These 43-58 year-olds are so strange it presents golden opportunities. Here are 10 mind hacks to use with Gen X:
Here are my 16 biggest life mistakes. I am 48 years old. I still feel young, but old enough to have real regrets. A thread:
A Holding Company is a business that owns other operating companies. Many people know the most famous HoldCo -- Warren Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway. But there are actually 4 type...
Great managers ask great questions. Here are my tactics for asking world-class questions: