Welcome to Experience Works

Let me tell you how this all started.

I was sitting in my cluttered garage one night, half-drunk on cold brew and surrounded by stacks of dusty legal pads. I’d just wrapped up a brutal week consulting with three business owners, each brilliant in their own way, each one convinced they were just a quarter away from either a breakthrough or a breakdown.

And somewhere between scribbling out another cash flow chart and muttering something about “margin compression,” it hit me.

We don’t need another generic business blog regurgitating the same six steps to “maximize productivity” or “hack your morning routine.”

What we need, what I needed, was a place where the stories behind the strategy actually mattered.

That’s when Experience Works was born.

Real Business. Real People. Real Insight.

Experience Works isn’t just another dot-org in the digital haystack. It’s a living, breathing space where the grit of entrepreneurship meets the grind of reality. You know that moment when your gut tells you to make a move—but the spreadsheet says otherwise? Yeah, we talk about that here.

This isn’t a hub for ivory-tower theory. It’s where a plumbing business owner from Michigan, a biotech founder from San Diego, and a franchise broker in Charlotte can all come to swap war stories, find clarity, and (hopefully) laugh at the absurdity of it all.

We’re not selling inspiration here. We’re building something way messier. Way more human.

What Makes Us Different (And Why That Matters)

We didn’t create this platform because we thought the world needed more “thought leadership.” Frankly, that phrase makes me want to walk into traffic.

We made it because there’s a gap between what’s happening on the ground and what’s being shared online. Most entrepreneurs aren’t living inside sleek offices with glass walls and venture capital on speed dial. They’re making payroll by the skin of their teeth, figuring out tax strategy with a Google tab open, and negotiating lease renewals while eating a cold sandwich in the front seat of their truck.

We see you. We are you.

So when you read an article here, it’s not just SEO-fluffed content—it’s advice forged in the same fires you’re walking through. Mergers, exits, marketing pivots, burnout, hiring screw-ups, even the odd victory lap when something actually goes right… it’s all here. Served straight, no chaser.

A Word on Tone: We Keep It Professional—But Real

Now don’t get it twisted. We’re not reckless. We’ve sat in plenty of boardrooms. We’ve closed deals. We know what EBITDA means and how to use a CRM that doesn’t make you want to throw your laptop across the room.

But we’re not here to impress anyone with buzzwords.

We write like we talk—clear, direct, and with just enough sarcasm to make you wonder if we’re kidding (we usually are… sort of).

The Contributors: A Motley Crew of Sharp Minds and Scarred Knuckles

The folks writing for Experience Works aren’t faceless avatars or AI content farms pretending to be experts. They’re operators, analysts, brokers, builders, and sometimes accidental philosophers who’ve been punched in the face by the market more times than they’d care to admit.

Think of it like the bar after the business conference—the real stories come out over a drink, not under a spotlight.

Who This Is For (Spoiler: It Might Be You)

If you’ve ever:

  • Googled “how to sell a business” at 2 a.m. while stress-eating pretzels

  • Wondered if your partner is dragging the company down—or saving it

  • Debated firing a key employee who’s also your cousin

  • Had a banker tell you “we’ll get back to you” and never did

  • Thought about giving it all up and becoming a fishing guide in Montana…

Then you’re in the right place.

What’s Coming Next

We’re just getting started. The content’s already rolling in—deep dives on selling service businesses, how to handle buyer due diligence without losing your mind, case studies from real exits (both glorious and grisly), and tools we wish someone had handed us 10 years ago.

Plus: interviews, playbooks, templates, and maybe even a few hillbilly Harvard-style rants when the mood strikes.

Final Thought: Why “Experience Works”?

Because it does.

Experience isn’t just a badge of honor—it’s the only thing that sticks when everything else falls apart. When the numbers don’t line up. When the plan gets shredded. When the only thing keeping your business alive is the fact that you’ve been here before.

Welcome to the campfire. We’ve got stories to tell.