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Balancing Plates: The Honest Truth About Being an Entrepreneur During the Busiest Season of the Year
Entrepreneurship is rarely described the way it actually feels. People love the highlight reel, flexibility, passion, “being your own boss,” the sparkle of freedom. But if we’re being honest? Entrepreneurship is less like juggling and more like balancing a table full of spinning plates while someone keeps handing you new ones. You think you can set one down, another wobbles. You fix one problem, three more call your name. You tend to your business, your family needs you. You
Addy Brennan
Nov 24, 20254 min read


RUN or RUIN: The Acronyms for a Great Presentation
The difference between a good presentation and a painful one usually starts before you open your mouth. Let’s be honest… We’ve all sat through a presentation that made time stand still. Too many slides. Too little focus. A speaker reading word-for-word while you quietly wonder if pretending to cough could get you excused early. But if we’re being really honest, we’ve probably also given that presentation once or twice. Public speaking isn’t just about confidence; it’s about
Addy Brennan
Nov 12, 20254 min read


Conversations You Aren’t Ready to Hear: The Self-Reflection of Leadership
Even CEOs need to ask: If I were my own boss, would I fire me? Leadership is messy. It’s not just about giving orders or closing deals, it’s about showing up honestly, owning your habits, and building a place people want to work. As a small business owner, you’re both boss and team member, vision-carrier and culture-keeper. The question you’ve been avoiding: If you were your own boss, would you keep you on the team? In this post, we’ll dig into why leadership self-reflection
Addy Brennan
Nov 6, 20253 min read


Don’t Be a D.I.C.K: How to Build Better Managers and Stronger Cultures
We say it all the time at Value Addy: Your culture isn’t what you put in your handbook. It’s what your managers say at 4:37 p.m. when...
Addy Brennan
Jul 27, 20253 min read


The Culture Cliff: Why Companies Lose People When They Ignore Feedback
We've all heard about "that" company... once mid-sized, (maybe) fully remote, fast-growing, and "proudly people-first" according to their...
Addy Brennan
Jul 27, 20253 min read
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