Business Owner Doubles Sale Value and Increases Profitability by 150 Percent

After working with Karen Davis and her coaching, my business smoothed out and I just had a lot more confidence in what I was doing. and helped me take my business to a new level. I have and will continue to highly recommend Karen Davis because she's very results driven. I'm Tad Jacobs out of Santa Rafael, California. It was an interesting time that I met Karen. I had been running my business around 34 years at that time, and we were very successful. But I was just having some challenges. I was also in negotiation to potentially sell my company. And there was a lot of questions what that was going to look like, what that landscape was going to be like, how that was going to land with the team that had been with me for decades, how that was going to land with my clients. I was a bit frustrated, and for the first time, somewhat lacking confidence in my business decisions. And I reached out to a friend who introduced me to Karen. So when I first started working with Karen, I was a bit apprehensive, or maybe skeptical. But after working with her for a short period, I understood she's doing this for a bigger purpose. She wants to help people, and that's where she's getting her juice out of the squeeze. she gets a paycheck, but I've worked with other people that I've paid to do things, and she leans in, she becomes part of your life, part of your equation. Once I got past that silly mistrust on my part and really opened up, we made incredible changes. And there was some concerns, was it going to be worth the investment, both financially and time? But after I got going, the financial investment paid many times over, and the time investment was also really quite good. I found myself collecting my questions through the week. When we had our meeting, I would go ahead and get those answered see some mistakes I'd made earlier and how to remedy those, and then how to prevent myself from making further mistakes. I know she uses the term coach, but it was more like a partnership. I started working with Karen in 2020, and that was when we were in the throes of the pandemic. And one of the things that I was a little frustrated about was I'd heard about her Accelerator Program from her, and it sounded like the solution for me to really remove myself from my work environment and be an environment where I turned my phone off, just completely disconnected, and was able to focus one on one, and team build with her and come up with solutions to my challenges. I was surprised because I had gone away for other business events in the past. But how much work we got done and how much valuable work we got done in her first Accelerator Program. I immediately signed up for a second one, and it was equally as beneficial. The thing I think I got most out of the Accelerator program was working on daily declarations, which I still use today. I think the biggest difference makers that Karen made for me, both personally and within my business was the Daily Declarations. It really just sets your day up for success and reminds you of who you actually are. One of the things that I remind myself every day is that: I'm an energized, fun fit force of a human being! It helped me prioritize my time with my family. Being a business owner, it's easy to get caught up and convince yourself that what you're doing for the business is in essence, good for the family. But there's times it's important to step away. The measurables were fantastic. I was considering selling the company. four years later, I sold it for twice as much as the original offer that I was considering. And my profitability, we focused on bottom line over top line growth. one year I had 150% increase in profitability And to give an example of that, if I made $100.00 one year, the next year, after working with Karen, my profit went to $250. compared to the year prior, which was still a good year working with Karen. And we were able to give raises to the individuals that work there. Everything worked smoother. Everyone's productivity went up and further engagement with the team. So I have and will continue to highly recommend Karen Davis because she's very results driven. she's easy to work with. She really cares about the client me, and asked questions and did things that were maybe outside of the scope to help me find a better me and a better business person. The reason I've recommended Karen's coaching to other fellow business owners and friends We don't always realize that we're stuck. We're accustomed to being where we are and we're successful. We have a nice house, we have a successful business. Whatever the story is that someone's going through. Just because you're good or you're great at something doesn't mean that you can't be better. And she helps you find that inside of you helps create the desire to take that step further in life or business, whether it's personal professional. She helped me find it, and she's helped other friends as well. I think my next chapter with Karen Davis will be helping me with my new identity. Being a business owner for 37 years being a father and raising the kids, and now having that empty nest, helping me find that next challenge to where I can serve and be served both.