Words.
Stages.

Where the work goes public. Articles, speaking topics, and everything press and producers need to bring me onto a stage or into print.

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Published Writing

Articles.

Where the framework gets aired in public. New pieces drop as the book moves toward launch.

Business Builders March 2026 Op-Ed

Cost-Cutting Is the Wrong Answer to Fuel Prices

When input costs surge, the founder reflex is to cut. But cost-cutting treats the symptom, not the structural pattern underneath. The case for what to look at instead — and why the standard playbook makes the problem worse over time.

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Business Builders May 2026 Op-Ed

The Budget Moved Three Variables. Most Founders Haven’t Even Priced Them Yet.

Three variables shifted in the federal budget. Most operators haven’t priced them yet. What changed, why the wait-and-see response makes the problem worse, and the structural reads to run through your numbers before the next quarter closes.

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On Air / Podcasts

On air.

Long-form conversations where the framework gets pressure-tested live. More drop as the book moves toward launch.

Million Dollar Days episode 140 — Troy Fazakerley

Million Dollar Days Ep 140 · June 2026 Podcast · 1H 13M

Chaos In Business Is Not Random When You Learn The Patterns

Long-form sit-down with hosts Robby Choucair and George Passas. What actually breaks as service-based businesses scale, the owner bottleneck and the shift from practitioner to leader, and the turnaround call to cut a $20M business back to $10M — rebuild a profitable core, then scale again.

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Speaking Topics

What I talk about.

Four signature topics. Each available as a 20-minute keynote, 45-minute talk with Q&A, or half-day workshop with the diagnostic built in.

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Signature Keynote

The Five Patterns Running Every Business

The framework talk. Ownership, Clarity, Rhythm, Flow, Value — the five structural patterns running every owner-led business, why scaling makes broken patterns worse, and the diagnostic questions that surface what's actually breaking. Built for operator audiences, leadership conferences, and industry summits.

Operator Audiences Conferences 45–60 Min

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Workshop

The Pattern Disruption Index — Live Diagnostic

Half-day or full-day workshop. Operators run the PDI™ on their own business, walk out knowing which pattern is breaking first, and leave with a structural priority list. Best delivered to peer groups, advisory boards, or executive networks of 8–20.

Peer Groups Advisory Boards Half-Day

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Industry Talk

Why Most $5M–$20M Businesses Are Structurally Unsellable

The exit-readiness talk. What buyers actually look at, why the gap between operating value and sale value is enormous, and the two- to three-year structural work that closes it. Built for M&A, accounting, advisory, and broker audiences.

M&A / Advisory Brokers / Accountants 30–45 Min

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Origin Story

From Sparkie to CEO to Author

The personal story behind the framework. The trade, the COO seat, the CEO chair, the MBA, and what it took to name a discipline that had been hiding in plain sight. Designed for podcasts, fireside chats, and leadership-development audiences.

Podcasts Fireside Leadership Dev

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Media Kit / Press Resources