Chuck Blakeman

Author, speaker, and founder of the Crankset Group.



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We Don’t Find the Sandbars With An Anchor in the Water


Our desire for safety is paralyzing. We’re so afraid of hitting a sandbar that we’re willing to just sit in the harbor for years on end. Then we have the audacity to wonder why our business never grows up.

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Planning won’t even get you a good plan, let alone success.

Stop thinking. Get moving.


Planning does not create success or even the best plan. It also doesn’t create action. Most planning just creates paper, spreadsheets, complexity, doubt, paralysis, and dream-dampening. There are two things that create a far better plan than planning itself.

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Every Business Owner Needs Two Bosses. Do You Have Them?


Ever feel like you’ve got 11 ping pong balls to hold under the water and only 10 fingers? There is a solution.

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Bad Plans Carried Out Violently Many Times Yield Good Results. Do something.


This was my Marine Corps soccer team’s motto 30 years ago. It has since become a key business practice for me. It’s also the title of a book I’m writing and the basis for Carrie’s great story below.



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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

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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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