Ever wonder what to focus on in each stage of growing your business—and what pitfalls to avoid along the way?
In this episode, I talk with Grant Findlay Shirras, a serial entrepreneur and business strategist who’s mastered the art of scaling creative companies profitably and sustainably. This is part 2- part 1 is episode #167.
Grant is the co-owner of Dekora, a top staging and design company in Calgary and Kelowna, where he grew revenue by 50% and profit by $200K in just one year.
Before Dekora, he built Parkbench.com into a $37 million real estate marketing platform serving over 8,000 agents and helped expand Fitness on the Go into Canada’s largest mobile fitness franchise.
Known for simplifying the complex, Grant brings deep expertise in financial systems, pricing strategy, operations, and leadership—helping creative founders turn chaos into clarity and creativity into cash flow.
He is also a national tennis champion, award-winning speaker, and passionate advocate for building businesses that create both freedom and fulfillment.
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In this episode you’ll learn:
What to focus on (and look out for) in the middle and late stages of business growth
Why it is important to raise prices as you grow
What Dekora did to generate more business
How our minds play tricks on us when losing sales
The biggest mistake business owners make in the prime of their business (and what to do instead)
Why the investment in “you” is an integral component of business growth
The email that generated $100,000 in business
Xo Marianne
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