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Business Strategy

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  • Business Strategy

The Strategic Pivot That Saved My Business (And the One That Almost Sank It)

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I’ve made two major strategic pivots in my business’s history. One of…
  • Mira Layli
  • 16/07/2026
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  • Business Strategy

The Moat Small Businesses Actually Have (It’s Not What the Business Books Say)

A medieval castle with a drawbridge over a moat, representing the real competitive moat small businesses can build
I spent real time early on trying to build the kind of…
  • Mira Layli
  • 16/07/2026
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  • Business Strategy

The “Good Enough” Trap: When Chasing Perfection Costs You the Market

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I delayed launching my first real product for five extra months, polishing…
  • Mira Layli
  • 03/07/2026
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  • Business Strategy

Why Copying a Successful Competitor’s Playbook Usually Fails

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I copied a successful competitor’s pricing structure almost exactly, three tiers, the…
  • Lina McRobert
  • 27/04/2026
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  • Business Strategy

How to Tell if You’re Solving a Real Problem or a Convenient One

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I built a product around a problem I personally found genuinely interesting…
  • Mira Layli
  • 18/04/2026
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  • Business Strategy

How to Say No to Revenue That’s Wrong for Your Business

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A prospective client offered me a contract worth more than 20% of…
  • Lina McRobert
  • 08/04/2026
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  • Business Strategy

Niching Down Feels Like Losing Customers. Here’s Why It’s the Opposite.

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I removed two-thirds of my target audience from my marketing on purpose,…
  • Lina McRobert
  • 16/02/2026
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  • Business Strategy

The Competitive Analysis Most Small Businesses Get Wrong (And a Simpler One That Works)

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I once spent an entire weekend building a competitive analysis spreadsheet, twelve…
  • Mira Layli
  • 28/11/2025
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  • Business Strategy

Growth vs. Survival: The Different Playbooks Nobody Tells You to Choose Between

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I ran my business for almost two years applying growth-stage advice, aggressive…
  • Mira Layli
  • 18/11/2025
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  • Business Strategy

When to Kill a Product Line That’s Still Technically Profitable

Three business people in suits reviewing documents, representing the hard decision to kill a product line
I kept a product line running for nearly two years after I’d…
  • Mira Layli
  • 12/11/2025
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The First 90 Days: What to Actually Prioritize When You Launch

I spent most of my first month in business designing a logo.…
  • Mira Layli
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Startup Legal Basics: The 5 Things to Handle Before You Take Your First Dollar

A friend took her first client payment before she’d written a single…
  • Mira Layli
  • 04/08/2026
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Top 7 WordPress Hosting Providers Worth Actually Considering in 2026

I’ve moved client sites off more hosts than I can count at…
  • Lina McRobert
  • 26/07/2026
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How Much Should You Actually Pay Yourself in Year One?

I paid myself nothing for the first eight months of my business,…
  • Mira Layli
  • 24/07/2026
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