Prep Talks

Leadership is hard. And it can be lonely. Big decisions, hard conversations, and ambiguous futures are day-to-day realities – particularly in small businesses. We all occasionally need a sounding board and someone cheering us on. 

Here on the Permanent Equity Operations Team, we have the privilege of helping 15 businesses in different industries and geographies, with different people and skills. For us to stay helpful, we do our best to collect wisdom from our experiences so we can share it with our leaders. And now we want to share it with you.

We're collecting what we call Prep Talks (you know, a Preparatory Pep Talk) for the tough calls and conversations leaders face. Each Prep Talk is based on conversations we’ve had internally and with our portfolio companies. They're a bit stream of consciousness, but guess what? So is leadership. Think of them as collections of those bits of wisdom (on topics from moving into management to firing well to finding the right tech for your business) we've picked up along the way. We hope they're helpful!

– Mark Brooks, Co-President and COO