Your business is trying to tell you something.It starts with an inkling.
ARE YOU HEADED TOWARD A FLAME OUT,
A FADE OUT,
OR A BOW OUT?
Inklings show up as
That feeling is early-stage business intelligence: a sense that something needs to change, even when the business still works. You feel it before you can explain it. What happens next depends on whether you ditch, defer, or direct it.
Discover your founder type. 9 questions. 90 seconds.
Set 1 of 3
Go with your gut. You can always come back to this.
1Do you consider yourself impulsive — especially once you've finally had enough?
2Do you stay out of obligation — to clients, your team, or the identity you've built — more than actual desire?
3If someone notices your blind spot, are you open to hear it — or tend to get defensive?
No wrong answers here — just honest ones.
4Is there a decision about your business you've been avoiding because you don't like the only options you can see from where you sit?
5Do you have a clear-eyed objectivity about when it's time to let something go from your business?
6Do you yearn to do something different but can't fully picture what that next move would actually be?
Last set. Stay with what's true, not what sounds good.
7Have you been experiencing a prolonged sense of boredom or unease in your business?
8If you were earning the same (or more) income tomorrow without operating your business as-is, would you feel relieved — or disappointed?
9Are you driving a decision — or allowing things to take their course?