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Key Takeaways The PPPT Framework is the foundation of your success: This means ensuring your product solves a real problem, hiring fractional executives, building scalable systems and investing in structured training.
Understand the importance of company values and culture. But instead of creating aspirational statements, identify the principles that have already brought you success.
Once your business surpasses $5M in revenue, metrics become your best friend. They provide clarity, remove emotion from decision-making and help you allocate resources effectively.
From the outside, entrepreneurship looks irrational.
Nearly 90% of startups fail, and over 35% shut down because they can’t find product-market fit. Founders willingly trade stability, predictable income and work-life balance for uncertainty, stress and a statistically unfavorable outcome.
Yet entrepreneurship persists because when it works, it compounds. Those who survive the early chaos build systems, teams and products that create long-term leverage.
Through my journey of owning and investing in multiple businesses, I’ve discovered foundational principles that apply universally. I call this the PPPT Framework — Products, People, Process and Training.
Had I understood these principles earlier, I would have shortened my learning curve by years. More importantly, I would have built with clarity instead of learning through avoidable mistakes.
The PPPT Framework: The foundation of your success
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