About the notebook

Karl Stolly keeps notes on what small businesses should fix first.

My Businesses is written from Spokane, Washington, as Karl's working notebook for practical improvements: clearer pages, better customer answers, stronger proof, and the first fixes that make a business easier to explain and recommend.

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Karl Stolly Writer behind My Businesses
How this site works

Start with the practical bottleneck.

Most notes begin with a simple working question: where does the customer, owner, or team member have to guess? The answer usually points to the first fix.

Example policy

Composite examples are labeled.

Some notes use composite examples to show a pattern. Those examples should be labeled clearly and should not read like claimed client results.

Editorial promise

Useful before comprehensive.

A note should help someone make a better first pass. The goal is not to turn every article into a complete consulting engagement.

Good place to start

If you are reviewing a business, start with the fix-first pass.

Read the first guide