We are a small team making a big difference. As founding principal, I have been an entrepreneur since I was ten years old and was deeply intrigued by Michael Gerber's work in The eMyth Revisited as a teen.
Over the years, I have utilized frameworks from Mr. Gerber and others, such as Verne Harnish (Mastering the Rockefeller Habits and Scaling Up) and Jim Collins (Good to Great, Great by Choice et al.), as an investor and co-founder of multiple service organizations.
Today we are a boutique firm bringing the best of these established methods and frameworks together as a system through training and coaching solutions.
Our Team
Dale Meador
Principal | Advisor
Rainier Gandolfo
Client Success | Admin Support
Mark Smiciklas
Marketing Manager
Our Core Purpose
We exist to help people realize their aspirations. This is our "why" and we welcome association with others who share or resonate with this purpose.
We believe the world is better when people are radically transparent with each other. This means we advocate for both open hearted vulnerability as a cultural norm as well as open book practices that lead to teams that think and act like owners.
We believe in long-term growth. This means we commit to growing as individuals first before asking others to do hard things. We make the first move when moving forward is hard and invest in others believing in a positive return. We are loyal and focus on building long-term relationships with those we serve, our partners, our teammates, and our communities.
We believe in practicing intelligent design. This means we think deeply before we act and put our energies into building and creating great experiences for others. We carefully select and create tools for our users using care to anticipate needs before they occur.
We believe in mastering the standards for success before improvising. This means we recognize the extreme value of cadence in our habits and routines and carefully master the basics before improvising artfully. We commit to practicing relentlessly, using checklists, and while we persevere, we often make adjustments.
We believe in making it beautiful. This means we seek to honor those we serve by going the extra mile, every time. We spend more on first class materials, venues, experiences, and believe that where is abundance where there is generosity.
"Shiny faucets save lives"
Our mantra tying each of these values together is "shiny faucets save lives." Details matter, and are sometimes a matter of life or death. Therefore we care, pay attention, and do the work of being consistent. We do what we say we will do.
Living these values authentically enables us to fulfill our purpose to help people realize their aspirations. Together, our values and purpose serve as our North Star guiding our mission and orienting us to what matters most.
About Us
Who are we?
We are a small team making a big difference. Our founder, Dale Meador, has been an entrepreneur since he was ten years old, and was deeply intrigued as a teen by the work of Michael Gerber in The eMyth Revisited.
Through the years, Dale utilized frameworks from Mr. Gerber and others such as Verne Harnish (Mastering the Rockefeller Habits and Scaling Up), Jim Collins (Good to Great, Great by Choice et al.) as an investor and co-founder of multiple service organizations.
Today we are a boutique firm bring the best of these established methods and frameworks together as a system through training and coaching solutions.
Our Mission (BHAG)
Create freedom in 5,000 households by December 31, 2040
Our Vision for the Future
Our vision for the future is of a world where the interests of capital, leaders, and makers are aligned. This means that people are able to create wealth for themselves and their families while benefiting from the power of ethical capitalism. We see companies populated with teams of financially literate employee owners who are wise and savvy in their business craft. We see a harmonious environment where governments exist as service providers to the populations they represent. And we see both public and private sectors as value creators and stewards of our environment.
Yes, it is an ambitious and hopeful vision. Yes, it is bi-partisan and responsibly optimistic. And yes, we land fully on the side of innovation and finding ways to solve our world's problems in a spirit of abundance.
With this vision of the future in mind, we have chosen a Big Hairy Audacious Goal to create freedom in 5000 households by December 31, 2040. We define freedom as being "having the resources to survive indefinitely without a salary (debt free, could retire, etc.) and choosing to work because they want to." This means training the team members of the companies we serve, coaching team members in both formal leadership and front-line capacities, and providing tools and resources to all our stakeholders.
