Chuck Blakeman

Author, speaker, and founder of the Crankset Group.



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Local Business is Critical to Our Health

Big is not healthy in business, either.


A study of 3,060 counties in America shows a direct and consistent correlation between a higher density of locally owned businesses, and the health of everyone living there. Want to be healthy? Get the city council to stop giving breaks to Giant Corporation, Inc., and promote local small businesses instead.

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Government Killed Small Biz Jobs on July 15

And the SBA is non-responsive.


In April I shared Why Small Business is Fed Up With Government – both sides are addicted to “big”. That addiction continues to escalate and hurt small businesses nationwide. And a Washington Post survey say you’re tired of it.

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Bismarck had it all wrong - Retirement blows chunks.

Shut up. Sit down. LIve invisibly. Go out quietly.


I’m working on my third book “Retirement is a Bankrupt Industrial Age Idea” and the research confirms everything I’m seeing in the world around us – the title of my book reflects reality. We’ve got to rethink the whole idea.



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My Book

You’re too busy making money; no business can survive that. Your business should give you both time and money. Not just money.

Making Money is Killing Your Business

My Company

I started Crankset Group out of a desire to help small businesses in the Denver, Colorado area grow and mature. It continues to mature itself as we bring a lot of the tools and practices that I’ve created working one-on-one with business owners over the years online. Now these tools and resources are available to you.

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