Is Your Current Business Smaller Than Your Dreams?
Lucas Walker helps entrepreneurs transform the business they have into their dream business.
Common Entrepreneurial Plateaus
Establish Product Market Fit
The most important milestone in your business is developing an irresistible service or product.
Do you know who your specific Avatars are within your Target Market? Have you established their specific buying triggers, pain points, and your customized solutions to their pain?
Have you adjusted your offering and presentation to provide “Surplus Value” to your clients?
Are you seeing an influx of happy Repeat and Referral business?
Hire First Employees
Many bootstrapped businesses start as a solo-venture until they are big enough to start bringing on contractors and employees.
Are you ready to start scaling your operation by adding leverage?
How do you communicate your vision to other people?
How do you maintain your quality when you aren’t the one personally doing the work?
What kinds of systems and processes do you need in place?
How do you keep the added expenses of your team from eating up more profit than they are earning you?
Develop First Managers
Eventually hiring employees becomes a fairly straightforward proposition since most of their tasks are black and white. Developing your first manager is a totally different experience.
How do you hire a manager to oversee the employees?
How do you oversee your manager without micro-managing or abdicating responsibility?
How do you impart your values to your manager so they can make judgment calls in line with your wishes?
How do you justify the finances to pay for “non-profit-generating” middle management?
Adjust To Absentee Ownership
You have a team in place but your hand always has to be the one steering the ship.
How can you get to a place where you can trust your business is operating well and continuing to give your customers quality service without being involved in the day-to-day operations?
What would your business need to look like to be ready to sell or pass down to a family member?
Grow Profit
Earning more revenue is straightforward, but how do you make sure you are earning more profit and not working harder for less money?
How do you know when to adjust your prices or spend money on large purchases?
How do you analyze your financial reports and make projections for the future?
How do you use financial data to make informed decisions on what is working and what is not?
Find Work-Life Balance
Starting a business takes an enormous amount of focus at the cost of other activities.
Once a business is off the ground and running how do we rebalance our priorities?
How do we make sure our business isn’t a prison we made for ourselves but instead is our dream business?
How do we find the time to live a life worth living?
How do we put up protective borders and boundaries to make sure our work doesn’t take over every moment of our day?
How do we reinvent ourselves as entrepreneurs who work hard AND enjoy life?
Practical Solutions To Improve Your Entrepreneurial Life.
How Does Lucas Walker Help During Business Consultations?
Sounding Board
Sometimes an owner already has concepts of what they want to attempt and just need to run the ideas by a trusted source to put a plan in place.
Supporter
Running a business can feel lonely at times, and having someone in your corner cheering you on for the wins that others may not know to appreciate can help you maintain motivation.
Strategist
When the vision is clear and the steps are not, it can feel impossible to get to the goal. A clear plan with strategy and tactics defined makes the goal possible.
Teacher of Skills
Knowing the right skills for the right situation makes every task much easier.
Problem Solver
Each situation is unique. An expert who can help find a path to overcoming whatever problems are being faced keeps you from feeling stuck.
Responsibility Partner
As an owner, it can feel hard to stay on track. Consistent consultations means consistent accountability of actions.
What Happens In A Consultation?
Lucas has worked with hundreds of entrepreneurs across more than 50 industries. Let his experience guide your journey so you can focus on what you do best.
Questions
Exploring questions can lead to a deeper understanding of the current situation and uncover root problems.
Resources
Additional knowledge in key areas provided at the right time can be invaluable.
Exercises
Develop the skill to solve not just the specific problem being faced but also the confidence to solve future similar problems.
Tools
More than 60 tools have been developed that are shared as needed during consultations to streamline the work of running a business.
Mirroring
An outside unbiased perspective can help owners identify truths about themselves and their approaches that would otherwise remain blindspots.
And More…
Every client, business, problem, and consultation is unique. The goal is to get clarity on a problem, and work together towards improvement by whatever means are most efficient.
What Are You Waiting For?
Share the challenges you are facing and discuss solutions in a no-charge 30-minute call with Lucas.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Every problem, owner, business, and market are unique. A history of solving a large variety of problems across a large variety of those variables should offer some convidence.
Schedule a 1:1 Context Call phone meeting so we can get to know each other and see if we are a good fit.
(Click “Schedule” on the top navigation bar and you can book directly onto my appointment calendar)
This 30-minute meeting is at no charge. I just want to learn about what problems are giving you heartburn.
In my experience, it is likely that I will be able to help you.
If they are things I can help with we can look at the next steps.
If there isn’t a fit we can go our separate ways and maybe I can refer you to someone more in line with your needs.
During our Context Call, we agree on the best way to start working together going forward.
Two of the most common options include
1.) One-Off Consultations
This is an option for clients who want to work on a specific problem together that is smaller in scope. They can reach out again in the future on an as needed basis for one-off consultations on future problems as well.
2.) Ongoing Weekly Consultations
This every-week structure allows us to work together to make ongoing improvements and then follow up on the results to further hone systems and processes going forward.
We will set up a recurring day and time for our consultations. (For example, every Tuesday at 2:00).
Meeting weekly provides the most benefit and fastest improvements.
One-hour consultations give enough time to get deep on a topic without getting lost or taking too much time away from the running of the business.
The compensation varies based on each engagement.
We will always discuss the rates that apply to any service before engaging so you are clear on the amount being billed.
Once we visit via our Initial Consultation Call (at no charge)I will be able to quote you an accurate price for moving forward.
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