Is The Lone Hustler Dying?
Aug 5, 2025
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For decades, we romanticized the solo founder. The lone creative. The scrappy outsider, carving a path no one else could
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Time’s Up. Why The Billable Hour Is Dead.
Jul 25, 2025
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The old agency model—charging clients for every minute spent—is officially out of sync with today’s fast-paced, tech-driven world. Selling time
Collaboration Is Alchemy
Jun 12, 2025
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Step into any creative space—a studio, a boardroom, a kitchen, a workshop—and you’ll sense it: the charge in the air
Reinvent Your Agency Before It’s Too Late
May 22, 2025
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If you’re not reinventing your agency or professional service firm this year, it might soon be too late. And
The Agency Model That Actually Scales
May 20, 2025
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhMAN51TGH0 If there is one regret I have about how I built my brand agency and the three other agencies
The Real Cost Of Not Hiring Experts
May 18, 2025
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If you run a creative agency, business consultancy, or any other kind of professional service firm, you know the feeling:A
Is The Lone Hustler Dying?
TSC Admin
Aug 5, 2025
For decades, we romanticized the solo founder. The lone creative. The scrappy outsider, carving a path no one else could see. We applauded the hustle, the late nights, the bootstrapped
Time’s Up. Why The Billable Hour Is Dead.
TSC Admin
Jul 25, 2025
The old agency model—charging clients for every minute spent—is officially out of sync with today’s fast-paced, tech-driven world. Selling time might have made sense in the past (I actually never
Collaboration Is Alchemy
Tobias Dahlberg
Jun 12, 2025
Step into any creative space—a studio, a boardroom, a kitchen, a workshop—and you’ll sense it: the charge in the air when minds meet, ideas spark, and something entirely new begins
Reinvent Your Agency Before It’s Too Late
Tobias Dahlberg
May 22, 2025
If you’re not reinventing your agency or professional service firm this year, it might soon be too late. And at the same time, this is a golden opportunity to
The Agency Model That Actually Scales
Tobias Dahlberg
May 20, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhMAN51TGH0 If there is one regret I have about how I built my brand agency and the three other agencies in my mini-empire, it would be the following. I did
The Real Cost Of Not Hiring Experts
Tobias Dahlberg
May 18, 2025
If you run a creative agency, business consultancy, or any other kind of professional service firm, you know the feeling:A big opportunity or thorny problem lands on your desk. Maybe
Positioning Professional Services
Tobias Dahlberg
May 16, 2025
Positioning is dead! Long love positioning! Well, despite what some people are shouting, positioning will never die. It cannot. Because people will always want to know why they should choose
The Hidden Cost Of “Yes”.
Tobias Dahlberg
May 15, 2025
How Agencies And Consultancies Lose Money By Trying To Please Everyone. The conventional model that agencies and consultancies use to build key business relationships is built on goodwill. And unfortunately,
Are You Running A Business, Or A Circus?
Tobias Dahlberg
Apr 2, 2025
Picture this: you’re standing center stage, the spotlight glaring down on you. In one hand, you’re juggling flaming torches; in the other, you’re balancing on a wobbling tightrope. Somewhere in
Why No One Will Buy Your Professional Services Business
Tobias Dahlberg
Mar 26, 2025
There, I said it. You have been warned. The thing is, if you are building your consultancy, agency, or any other kind of professional service business, and you are building
How To Build A High-Value Company You Can Exit
Tobias Dahlberg
Mar 25, 2025
In the video above, I talk about a topic that’s close to my heart: building a high-value company primed for a successful exit. Did you know that more than 80%
What Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Wealth Managers
Tobias Dahlberg
Mar 21, 2025
I had lunch with a friend today. He is a wealth manager. His clients are wealthy individuals who want to optimise and maximise the return on their assets. As a
Ten Smart Ways To Grow Your Professional Service Business
Tobias Dahlberg
Mar 19, 2025
Growing a professional service firm is not that easy. But it can be simple. For 13 years, I ran a brand consultancy (with a couple of other agencies as subsidiaries).
Six Powerful Questions For Compounding Business Growth
Tobias Dahlberg
Mar 13, 2025
In the relentless pursuit of business growth, we often overcomplicate things. But what if the path to increased revenue and profit could be distilled into six simple questions? Questions that,
The Only Way To Scale A Professional Service Business
Tobias Dahlberg
Mar 3, 2025
A Strategic Choice for Growth, Profit, and FreedomEvery service business operates under one of two fundamentally different models (or through a hybrid of the two). These models are not just
Why Your Service Firm Is No Longer Growing
Tobias Dahlberg
Feb 26, 2025
Ever feel like your professional service firm is a hamster wheel? You’re running faster and faster, but not really getting anywhere? Don’t worry, you’re not alone. Most firms hit a
The Only Strategy
Tobias Dahlberg
Jan 28, 2025
“Why should they choose you”? This question has more or less defined my career as a strategist for almost the past two decades. Needless to say, I am fascinated by
Are You Selling To The Wrong Customers?
Tobias Dahlberg
Jan 14, 2025
As I am writing this, I just got back from a client meeting after having done a proper analysis of their business. A couple of big issues stood out. I’ve
Welcome To The Jungle
Tobias Dahlberg
Jan 9, 2025
“You know where you are? You’re in the jungle baby You’re gonna die” (Guns N’ Roses) The alarm blares at 6 AM, jolting you from a restless sleep. Another day
The Geometry Of Growth
Tobias Dahlberg
Jan 7, 2025
It’s the start of a new year, and we’re all fired up to grow our businesses. As the CEO or fearless leader of your company, I’m betting your brain is
Simplify To Scale
Tobias Dahlberg
Dec 16, 2024
Simplicity is the key to building and scaling a profitable business. Here is HOW to do it.
The Exponential Power Of “No”
Tobias Dahlberg
Nov 30, 2024
The word “no” can be a growth multiplier, when used in the right way.
Is Nike Running Out Of Air?
Tobias Dahlberg
Sep 25, 2024
Nike has been struggling recently, and it just ousted its CEO. In the latest episode of The Original Minds Podcast Tobias Dahlberg and Russell Raath discuss Nike’s current challenges, including
The Unsustainable State of Brand Consulting
Tobias Dahlberg
Sep 8, 2024
Brand consulting became hot. But the industry is trembling and only few independent consultant keep their head above water.
Why Agency Owners Rarely Exit Wealthy, And How You Can
Tobias Dahlberg
Aug 30, 2024
Unless you understand valuations, you might be building a worthless company.
The Money Equation
Tobias Dahlberg
Aug 22, 2024
Study the secret equation that explain your results to grow exponentially.
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