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“Don’t sweat the small stuff” is popular business wisdom that builds on the premise that you are more successful when you focus on the big important goals and don’t get lost in the seemingly insignificant details that go into making the big, important goals happen. I get that. I am a big proponent of focusing […]

“Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night…” For some reason, this USPS motto is sticking in my head right now. Perhaps it is following too much US politics or maybe it’s because the refrain I repeat each day as I find my way down the path of managing a growing business and […]

‘Listen Up! Local’ is a special series from Rise Up Podcasts that shines a spotlight on local businesses and their owners who have reinvented their businesses to not only survive but thrive amid COVID-19. In this episode Rise Up Strategies CEO Adam Smith speaks to Gareth Davies, Founder and CEO, Maker House Co.   Podcast transcript […]

In the early part of 2017, I finally took a leap I’d been thinking about for a long time: I launched my own company, Rise Up Strategies. Since the first day, it has been both challenging and exciting to be a business owner with a growing company.  The global spread of COVID-19 has up-ended all […]