Hi! I'm Kelly Berry - your fractional futurist

Check out my latest blog post below - or find it on my website. Glue Stick Guy: Right Person Right Spot In my second job after college, I worked in the Quality Assurance division of a manufacturing plant for a giant international corporation. This was my first experience with the world of manufacturing, and it was fascinating to learn my way around the plant and watch how our food products were produced (using the optimized recipes I created), canned and packaged for transport across the US,...

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Happy July Part Two! I am not on vacation this week, but it feels like everyone else is! I don’t want to ‘burden’ you with more new content to read on a sunny summer week. So instead I am sharing two past blog posts that perhaps you missed the first time around – or perhaps you could use a reminder of the incredibly insightful, um, insights, that I share once a month (said with total modesty of course!). Take a look with the links below, or just enjoy my short commentary and move onto the...

Happy July! I am on vacation and so this seems like a great time to remind you to check out some videos from the past that you may have missed. Check out these two great (imho) options: Three Ways to Lessen Your Stress - from January 22 2025 Quick Summary: Why do small businesses fail? The top reasons are lack of money, wrong market, not doing enough research (!!), and poor marketing. No wonder small business owners are stressed out all the time! So many ways to fail, so many decisions to...

You can read the latest post below, or check it out on my website here: https://secondstagegrowth.com/growing-small-business-solving-puzzle-with-no-picture/ After 20 years of helping small businesses grow, I've learned that every entrepreneur starts with the same hope: there must be a roadmap somewhere. A clear step-by-step process that, if followed, guarantees success. But here's what I've discovered working with hundreds of business owners... The Illusion of the Formula As business owners,...

Watch this month's video by clicking on the link below, or find it on my website: https://secondstagegrowth.com/weak-ties-your-secret-growth-tool/

Read on my website - Your Personal Advantage - or check out the post below. Your Personal Advantage Small Together Quick question for you today: what’s the name of your most recent hire? What is their partner’s name (or kid’s name or dog’s name or favorite breakfast drink)? In other words, how well do you know the people who work for you? My guess is that you know them all pretty well. You may not know everything (and that’s probably just fine), but you would certainly recognize them on the...

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You can read this post below - or check it out on my website. From Owner-Operator to Growth Generator: The Toughest Leap You'll Make (And How to Land It) Let’s face it: no one talks enough about the financial growing pains small business owners feel when they're ready to scale. Sure, the bootstrapping phase gets plenty of spotlight — you, a dream, a laptop, a lot of late nights, and maybe you’re starting in a garage (a classic) or you have a dog cheering you on as you figure things out. Sound...