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Chris Piper

Chris Piper is The Growth Operator who builds scalable systems for founder-led businesses.

Your financials are lying to you

May 17, 2026

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14 min read

Your financials are lying to you

I'll help you fix it in 15 minutes.

Chris Piper
Chris Piper
Your greatest strength is your company's weakest link

May 10, 2026

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5 min read

Your greatest strength is your company's weakest link

The blind side

Chris Piper
Chris Piper
You're cutting winners & funding ghosts

May 3, 2026

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5 min read

You're cutting winners & funding ghosts

Your dashboard is helping you do it.

Chris Piper
Chris Piper
Overthinking is a disease.

Apr 26, 2026

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5 min read

Overthinking is a disease.

So is underthinking. Here’s your treatment for both.

Chris Piper
Chris Piper
I cleared $1M in 6 months

Apr 19, 2026

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4 min read

I cleared $1M in 6 months

I'm embarrassed by it

Chris Piper
Chris Piper
You are not serious people

Apr 12, 2026

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10 min read

You are not serious people

The $0 business advantage nobody's talking about

Chris Piper
Chris Piper
I cost myself 6 figures in 6 months

Apr 5, 2026

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7 min read

I cost myself 6 figures in 6 months

The guilt tax

Chris Piper
Chris Piper
You’re successful despite yourself

Mar 29, 2026

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9 min read

You’re successful despite yourself

The "house of cards" test

Chris Piper
Chris Piper
The $450K mistake she almost made

Mar 22, 2026

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8 min read

The $450K mistake she almost made

Right hire. Wrong time.

Chris Piper
Chris Piper
The month that never existed

Mar 15, 2026

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8 min read

The month that never existed

Someone owns the KPIs. Who owns the truth?

Chris Piper
Chris Piper
How get to $7M (on a broken product)

Mar 8, 2026

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8 min read

How get to $7M (on a broken product)

What feeding the wrong horse gets you

Chris Piper
Chris Piper
You've built something. Do you own it?

Feb 22, 2026

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9 min read

You've built something. Do you own it?

The Phantom Asset Problem

Chris Piper
Chris Piper
You're Doing a Job That Doesn't Exist

Feb 15, 2026

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10 min read

You're Doing a Job That Doesn't Exist

It has no title, no description, and no one to hand it to.

Chris Piper
Chris Piper
Your Team is Solving Problems. That's the Problem.

Feb 1, 2026

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9 min read

Your Team is Solving Problems. That's the Problem.

The harder your team works on fixing things, the more stuck you get.

Chris Piper
Chris Piper
The $250K Hiring Mistake

Jan 18, 2026

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10 min read

The $250K Hiring Mistake

And it wasn't even a bad hire...

Chris Piper
Chris Piper
Your 2026 Plan Might Be Built on Fiction

Jan 11, 2026

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10 min read

Your 2026 Plan Might Be Built on Fiction

I helped build one. Here's what I missed.

Chris Piper
Chris Piper
There's No Such Thing as a Business Problem

Jan 4, 2026

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12 min read

There's No Such Thing as a Business Problem

Your ‘marketing problem’ isn’t a marketing problem. It’s a people problem wearing a disguise.

Chris Piper
Chris Piper
How to Kill a $25M Company in 18 Months

Dec 26, 2025

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9 min read

How to Kill a $25M Company in 18 Months

The leadership team brought data. The CEO chose ego. Here’s how it unraveled.

Chris Piper
Chris Piper
The Hero Who Almost Killed His Company

Dec 21, 2025

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9 min read

The Hero Who Almost Killed His Company

Tucker Max fired himself as CEO. Most founders can’t make that call—and it costs them everything.

Chris Piper
Chris Piper

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