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Why Business Owners Should Hug their Bankers Regularly!

Dave Fuller

May 18, 20233 min read

Why Business Owners Should Hug their Bankers Regularly!

It was one of the most stressful times of my life. I had just built a new house, we had our first child who had colic, I was trying to...

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Why We Need to do a Better Job of Supporting Indigenous Entrepreneurs!

Dave Fuller

May 4, 20233 min read

Why We Need to do a Better Job of Supporting Indigenous Entrepreneurs!

Jeff and William approached me in the fall of 2019 about helping them with their Ecotourism business. They had started the business in...

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Dave Fuller

Oct 6, 20224 min read

7 Things Business Owners Fear

The day I got married was the scariest day of my life. I walked up to the altar shaking like a leaf. At 31, I would have thought that I...

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Dave Fuller

Oct 14, 20215 min read

Are You Being Ripped Off?

Here are 10 ways that you might be being cheated…. And what you can do to prevent it. James and John came into the office one day and...

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Dave Fuller

Sep 9, 20213 min read

Why I Served Road Kill to My Investors

It was my lucky day when Emile told me that he had some road kill in his freezer that he would give me in trade for a couple cases of...

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Why Vaccine Passports are Bad News for Small Business

Dave Fuller

Sep 2, 20213 min read

Why Vaccine Passports are Bad News for Small Business

The rollout of the requirement of vaccine passports is bad news for small businesses who have already faced the brunt of covid 19...

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How Burned-Out Are You? Burnout is The Upcoming Leadership Crisis!

Dave Fuller

Aug 26, 20212 min read

How Burned-Out Are You? Burnout is The Upcoming Leadership Crisis!

If you are in a leadership position and feeling burned out, you are not alone! It seems that weekly I am hearing from leaders who are...

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Dave Fuller

Aug 12, 20215 min read

Taking Family Out of Family Business

In early 2000, I had to fire my wife from our business. The business, a start-up, was struggling, and my wife was involved in running one...

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5 Things You Should Know about Selling your Business

Dave Fuller

Aug 5, 20214 min read

5 Things You Should Know about Selling your Business

After a couple of years of pandemic stress, business owners are pondering their next steps. You might be an owner who has decided that...

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5 Leadership Lessons from the Tokyo Olympics

Dave Fuller

Jul 29, 20214 min read

5 Leadership Lessons from the Tokyo Olympics

My Olympic fascination started in 1976 when the summer games took place in Montreal. As a 12-year-old I was glued to our black and white...

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3 Things Every Business Needs To Do To Improve Sales (But They Don’t)

Dave Fuller

Jul 8, 20213 min read

3 Things Every Business Needs To Do To Improve Sales (But They Don’t)

Debra was flustered. She had taken over a business with the intent of growing it but had come to the realization that increasing the...

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Incremental Change is the Key to Success!

Dave Fuller

Jun 30, 20212 min read

Incremental Change is the Key to Success!

Help is a word that is foreign to many entrepreneurs, and so when I get a phone call and the caller verbalizes that they need help, I...

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Dave Fuller

Jun 24, 20213 min read

Don’t Let Your Job Define Who You Are!

Norm was a faller! For three years, Norm fell big trees in the wilds of British Columbia. Norm was so good at falling trees that he could...

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What You and Your Business Can Learn From Strava

Dave Fuller

Jun 10, 20214 min read

What You and Your Business Can Learn From Strava

My cycling buddies have been using Strava for years to track their rides. Strava, for those of you who are unfamiliar with it, is a phone...

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Dave Fuller

Jun 3, 20213 min read

The Tourism Rebound, Are We Ready?

Canadians are ready for the borders to be re-opened and will be flocking to sun destinations this winter like never before. The number of...

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5 Questions to Ask Yourself Before You Start or Buy a New Business?

Dave Fuller

May 27, 20214 min read

5 Questions to Ask Yourself Before You Start or Buy a New Business?

Weekly we get people reaching out to us at Pivotleader to get some advice on whether or not they should diversify their current business...

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Buying or Selling a Business? How Much Is a Company Worth?

Dave Fuller

May 20, 20214 min read

Buying or Selling a Business? How Much Is a Company Worth?

The current economic climate has changed the way that business owners think about their businesses. While we had worked with companies...

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Are You Setting Yourself Up for Failure?

Dave Fuller

May 13, 20213 min read

Are You Setting Yourself Up for Failure?

A client of mine was buying a new business. The company they were purchasing had been successful, however as a result of the effects of...

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Does Your Boss have this Deadly Problem? E.D. is a crippling disease for many organizations!

Dave Fuller

May 6, 20214 min read

Does Your Boss have this Deadly Problem? E.D. is a crippling disease for many organizations!

“I need your help” were the first four words out of John’s mouth when I walked into his office recently. “We are starting a new business...

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Should You Control or Surrender Your Future?

Dave Fuller

Apr 30, 20213 min read

Should You Control or Surrender Your Future?

Early last year, I received a call from Sergey Shchepotkin asking if I would be his assistant coach for the University of Northern...

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