Send us a text Every dashboard tells you you’re winning — green lights, perfect metrics, record performance. But if the business still feels stuck, it might be because you’re chasing the wrong numbers. In this episode of Mike and Blaine, we tackle the myth of “magic KPIs” and why metrics can sometimes blind you instead of guide you. We share the real stories behind times we crushed every goal on paper but still almost crashed the business — and how we learned to separate meaningful resu...
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Send us a text Every dashboard tells you you’re winning — green lights, perfect metrics, record performance. But if the business still feels stuck, it might be because you’re chasing the wrong numbers. In this episode of Mike and Blaine, we tackle the myth of “magic KPIs” and why metrics can sometimes blind you instead of guide you. We share the real stories behind times we crushed every goal on paper but still almost crashed the business — and how we learned to separate meaningful resu...
“Too Much Process, Not Enough Progress”: Why Overengineering Kills Small Business Growth on Mike and Blaine
Business, Beer & BS with Mike & Blaine
57 minutes
1 month ago
“Too Much Process, Not Enough Progress”: Why Overengineering Kills Small Business Growth on Mike and Blaine
Send us a text Ever build a process so perfect that no one actually uses it? In this episode, Mike and Blaine tackle one of the biggest traps entrepreneurs and small business owners fall into: overengineering. From automating tasks that never needed automating, to building dashboards for a team of one, to writing SOPs that no one ever reads—these are the mistakes that slow businesses down instead of moving them forward. We share real-world stories, laugh at the times we’ve been guilty o...
Business, Beer & BS with Mike & Blaine
Send us a text Every dashboard tells you you’re winning — green lights, perfect metrics, record performance. But if the business still feels stuck, it might be because you’re chasing the wrong numbers. In this episode of Mike and Blaine, we tackle the myth of “magic KPIs” and why metrics can sometimes blind you instead of guide you. We share the real stories behind times we crushed every goal on paper but still almost crashed the business — and how we learned to separate meaningful resu...
