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November 9, 2021 35 mins

Crista Grasso is a lean business consultant who helps growing businesses achieve more by doing less through a combination of strategic planning and lean business practices. Known as the Business Optimizer, Crista has the ability to quickly act through the noise and focus on optimizing the core things that will make the biggest impact to grow and scale a business. She specializes in helping businesses identify the most important strategically aligned things they should focus on right now and that will drive maximum value for their customers and maximum profits for their business. As the creator of both The Lean Out Method and the 90-Day Lean Out Planner, Crista has been helping businesses achieve accelerated results and increased profitability for more than two decades. 

In today's episode Crista and Jen discuss: 

8:30 the downside of doing "all the things"

9:25 the 3 parts to a creating a vision for your business and life

11:55 the things we think we should be doing but really don't need to do

20:55 the one thing you need to do if you truly want to a laptop lifestyle

22:55 what to consider when hiring

27:25 the key to scaling quickly

30:30 why you should consider adding a physical product to your online service

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