Anthony Kennada

ROI is not just for assessing certain projects or investments. You should be using it to assess your partners and the value they bring to your business as well. #unipacproducts #ROI #distribution #meat&poultry #value

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Organizational ReWild’s Stages of Growth: A GPS for SMB Leaders Run your company with intention, not intuition. The Stages of Growth Methodology reveals unseen challenges in your organization, pinpoints friction, blind spots, and misalignment, and highlights stress points at each stage. It's Diagnostic: - Reveals unseen challenges in your organization - Pinpoints friction, blind spots, misalignment - Highlights stress points at each stage It's Prescriptive: - Maps your best options to resolve issues - Aligns leadership focus with business needs - Clarifies how to grow with fewer bottlenecks It's Predictive: - Prepares you for what’s coming next - Forecasts your team’s likely pain points - Removes the mystery from growth transitions Classic Challenges & Rules: - Every stage has its non-negotiable rules - Ignore them, and your growth will stall - Follow them, and scale becomes sustainable From Owner-Centric to Enterprise-Centric: - The biggest leap? Between Stage 2 and 3 - From 20 to 35–40 employees - Span of control, process, and people become key What Leaders Learn: - Where to focus time and energy - How to grow people before process - When to shift roles vs. scale structure What ReWild's Stages of Growth Focuses On: - Critical thinking & decision discipline - Leadership development at all levels - 1:1 coaching & manager enablement - Customer & market intelligence - A strong value prop + brand clarity - Financial fluency: P&L, cash flow, drivers The Bottom Line: Stages of Growth = clarity, not chaos. It’s GPS for serious business builders. Let’s Talk. Are you stuck, not growing? Not growing fast enough? Do you know what Stage you are in currently—and what to expect next? Put “Stages of Growth” in the comment section to learn more. #becauseworkmatters #CEO #Leadership

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M&A is dating. You can’t just show up once, flash a term sheet, and expect a long-term commitment. It takes time, real conversations, shared wins, and trust that’s built one interaction at a time. The best deals don’t start in an auction; they start over coffee chats, joint projects, and genuine curiosity about how another team thinks. That’s what Buyer-Led M&A™ is really about: showing up early, asking good questions, and actually listening. Because by the time the “proposal” comes, both sides already know it’s a fit. And if it still feels like speed dating… you’re probably doing it wrong. M&A isn’t about chasing the next deal, it’s about building relationships that outlast the contract. Hear my full conversation with Stefan Williams, of Snowflake, to learn how to make your deals actionable: https://lnkd.in/g8BBi7gh

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Most enterprises still think collateral = “one master deck.” ❌ That deck ends up bloated, confusing, and irrelevant in 80% of buyer conversations. The real move is to build collateral for situations: 💡 Quick one-pagers for busy execs 💡 ROI snapshots for CFOs 💡 Deep dives for evaluators Generic content kills momentum. Tailored content moves deals forward. So...are you giving your sales reps the right collateral?

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If you are an early stage founder that is innovating with AI, applications for the new Oregon AI Accelerator close tomorrow. It’s a completely free program with no equity taken that gives selected startups access to a bunch of great resources and in-person coaching, including co-working space at Portland State University, cloud perks, technical deep dives, go-to-market strategy sessions, and the opportunity to compete for grant prizes at the end of the program.

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Partnerships don’t work without trust. When Bill and I started working together, we were wired differently. → I lean toward vision, big ideas, and the long game. → Bill thrives on execution, details, and getting things across the finish line. At first, those differences could’ve pulled us in opposite directions. Vision without execution stalls. Execution without vision gets stuck in the weeds. But over time, something better happened, we learned to trust each other. • I trust Bill to execute. • He trusts me to cast vision. And together, we close the gap between dreaming and doing. That trust didn’t come overnight. It came through… → Honest conversations. → Respecting what the other brings to the table. → Focusing on outcomes, not egos. Now, when I throw out an idea, I know Bill is already mapping the steps to make it real. And when Bill digs into execution, he knows I’m thinking about how it scales. That’s the kind of partnership that not only builds a business but builds a culture. Trust isn’t just a leadership principle, it’s the glue that holds everything together.

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How Structure and Clarity Create Organizational Freedom - Adi Klevit, Founder and CEO of Business Success Consulting Group, on The Customer Wins with Rich Walker Full Episode: https://lnkd.in/gRgG6AHu

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If you aren’t able to text message at work, you need to be asking compliance to upgrade with Archive intel It’s a no brainer. Text, WhatsApp, social media all in a compliant manner!

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