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Les Blake
Les Blake

Fractional CFO | Founder | Investor | Builder

Debt Debacle

Oct 31, 2026

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5 min read

Debt Debacle

Geopolitical Lessons For Your Business

Les Blake
Les Blake
Cash Crunch

Oct 24, 2026

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5 min read

Cash Crunch

The 20,000-Year-Old Problem Hiding In Your Business

Les Blake
Les Blake
Retained Earning

Oct 17, 2026

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5 min read

Retained Earning

What Keeps Customers Coming Back

Les Blake
Les Blake
Talk Is Cheap

Oct 10, 2026

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5 min read

Talk Is Cheap

How To Tell What Your Customers Actually Value

Les Blake
Les Blake
Age of Abundance

Oct 3, 2026

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5 min read

Age of Abundance

Business When Everyone Has Everything

Les Blake
Les Blake
The Industry Illusion

Sep 26, 2026

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4 min read

The Industry Illusion

Tell Me About Your Business Without Telling Me About Your Business

Les Blake
Les Blake
Data Dump

Sep 19, 2026

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4 min read

Data Dump

How to Think About the Data You Give AI

Les Blake
Les Blake
Power Play

Sep 12, 2026

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5 min read

Power Play

My Opinion On AI Doomerism

Les Blake
Les Blake
Student Body Right

Sep 5, 2026

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4 min read

Student Body Right

Don't Mistake the Environment for the Business

Les Blake
Les Blake
Blind Spot

Aug 29, 2026

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5 min read

Blind Spot

The Painful Math Behind Getting Noticed

Les Blake
Les Blake
Average Tuesdays

Aug 22, 2026

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6 min read

Average Tuesdays

Life Questions I'm Pondering After Wilderness Survival Training

Les Blake
Les Blake
Main Character Syndrome

Aug 15, 2026

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4 min read

Main Character Syndrome

Reframe Your Offering To Grow Your Business

Les Blake
Les Blake
The Gatekeepers

Aug 8, 2026

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4 min read

The Gatekeepers

Old Lessons In A New World

Les Blake
Les Blake
Give-to-Ask Ratio

Aug 1, 2026

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3 min read

Give-to-Ask Ratio

How I'm Learning To Give More

Les Blake
Les Blake
Zoom Out

Jul 25, 2026

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5 min read

Zoom Out

How A Lack Of Perspective Can Cost You

Les Blake
Les Blake
Knowledge Transfer

Jul 18, 2026

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4 min read

Knowledge Transfer

What Makes Most Businesses Impossible To Sell

Les Blake
Les Blake
Small Doses

Jul 11, 2026

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6 min read

Small Doses

Embrace Struggle Before The Stakes Get Any Higher

Les Blake
Les Blake
The Core Value

Jul 4, 2026

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5 min read

The Core Value

Reflections On What Makes America Great

Les Blake
Les Blake
Economic Engines

Jun 27, 2026

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5 min read

Economic Engines

What Makes A Business Valuable

Les Blake
Les Blake
Intelligence For Rent

Jun 20, 2026

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4 min read

Intelligence For Rent

The New Platform Dependency Risk

Les Blake
Les Blake
Fresh Eyes

Jun 13, 2026

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4 min read

Fresh Eyes

What The Outsider Sees That You Don't

Les Blake
Les Blake
The Price of Attachment

Jun 6, 2026

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5 min read

The Price of Attachment

Avoiding The Trap of Overvaluing Your Business

Les Blake
Les Blake
In The Loop

May 30, 2026

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5 min read

In The Loop

Why The Best AI Companies Keep Humans In It

Les Blake
Les Blake
Imaginary You

May 23, 2026

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4 min read

Imaginary You

Planning For Your Average Self

Les Blake
Les Blake
The Firehose Problem

May 16, 2026

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4 min read

The Firehose Problem

Keeping Up With AI Without Drowning In Updates

Les Blake
Les Blake

The Leap