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Lions Den Small Business Community 🚀 Helping entrepreneurs build profitable businesses with expert guidance & a supportive community!

Clyde & Tonya Harden goal is to show business owners how to start, sustain, sell or scale their business for success.

Some Problems Stop Looking Like Problems When You’ve Worked Around Them Long Enough.Every business has a few things that...
10/14/2026

Some Problems Stop Looking Like Problems When You’ve Worked Around Them Long Enough.

Every business has a few things that have become normal simply because they’ve been done the same way for so long. Maybe it’s information being entered twice, a customer question you answer every week, a task only you know how to do, or an extra step everyone follows because no one has stopped to question it.

Over time, the workaround becomes the process.
That is why an outside perspective can be so valuable. Someone who does not live inside your business every day may notice something immediately and ask, “Why are you still doing it that way?”

Today, choose one routine process and explain it step by step to another business owner. Don’t defend it or explain why it became that way. Simply ask, “What part of this looks unnecessary to you?”

Then take one thing they notice and improve it. Sometimes the problem isn’t that you don’t know something is inefficient. You’ve simply gotten so used to it that you stopped seeing it.

That is one of the advantages of being around other business owners: fresh eyes can reveal what familiarity has taught you to overlook.

The Best Lesson May Be the Part They Wouldn’t Repeat.When we see another business owner succeed, we naturally want to kn...
10/13/2026

The Best Lesson May Be the Part They Wouldn’t Repeat.

When we see another business owner succeed, we naturally want to know what worked. What strategy did they use? What decision made the difference? What would they recommend?

Those are useful questions, but they only tell part of the story.

Behind many good decisions is an earlier decision that had to be corrected. There may have been a hire that taught them what to look for next time, money spent in the wrong place, a process that created more problems than it solved, or an opportunity they accepted before understanding what it would require.

You can learn a lot from someone’s success, but sometimes the more valuable question is:

“What would you never do that way again?”

The answer may reveal something the polished version of the story never would.
The next time you talk with a business owner who has already accomplished something you’re working toward, don’t only ask how they did it. Ask what they had to change, what cost them more than expected, and what they know now that they wish they had known then.

Then look at your own plans and decide whether there is something you can adjust before experience has to teach you the same lesson.

That is part of the value of the right business community. You don’t only get access to people’s wins. You get access to what those wins taught them.

10/12/2026

Growth will challenge the way you’ve always done business.

As your customers change and your business grows, some of your methods will have to change with them. But progress should never come at the expense of the standard attached to your name.

The real work is learning what needs to evolve while protecting what should remain consistent: quality, reliability, communication, and the experience people have when they do business with you.

That takes more than keeping up. It takes leadership.

Another lesson from the Lions Den that still applies today. 🦁

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Tomorrow morning, before the emails start coming in and the week starts asking for your attention, take a few minutes to...
10/11/2026

Tomorrow morning, before the emails start coming in and the week starts asking for your attention, take a few minutes to get focused on how you’re building.

Monday Morning Roar returns tomorrow at 6:30 AM CST. 🦁

This isn’t about adding one more thing to your Monday. It’s about starting the week with encouragement, perspective, and the kind of mindset that helps you lead your business instead of simply reacting to it.

VIP Lions, meet us LIVE in the classroom.

Not inside the Den yet? There’s more happening here than what you see on your timeline.

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Don’t Only Ask If the Plan Sounds Good. Ask Where It Could Fail.When you’ve spent time building an idea, it’s easy to se...
10/09/2026

Don’t Only Ask If the Plan Sounds Good. Ask Where It Could Fail.

When you’ve spent time building an idea, it’s easy to see the reasons it should work. You know what you meant, why you chose it, and what you hope will happen next. That closeness can make it harder to see the weak spots.

Before you launch something, make a hire, change your pricing, buy equipment, or commit money, take the plan to someone who is not emotionally attached to it. Don’t ask, “Do you like this?” Ask:
“Where could this break?”

A good answer may expose an assumption you haven’t tested, a cost you overlooked, a customer reaction you didn’t consider, or a step that only works if everything goes exactly right.
The goal is not to have someone talk you out of the decision. It is to find the weak point while you still have time to strengthen it.

Your action: Choose one decision you’re preparing to make and ask another business owner to challenge it before you move forward. If they point out a weakness, don’t defend the plan first.

Examine it.

That is one of the advantages of being in the right business community. The person who questions your plan may protect you from a problem the person agreeing with you would never mention.

What Happens After the Customer Says Yes?Getting more customers is exciting, but bringing people through the door is onl...
10/07/2026

What Happens After the Customer Says Yes?

Getting more customers is exciting, but bringing people through the door is only part of growth. The business still has to be ready to receive them well.

What happens after someone says yes? Do they know what comes next? Does your team know? Is there a clear handoff, follow-up process, schedule, first step, or does every new customer start a new round of figuring things out? That's where growth can quietly get lost.

Before you work harder to bring in more customers, walk through what happens to the next one.

Start with the moment they say yes and follow their experience through the first few steps. Look for delays, unclear communication, repeated questions, or places where nobody clearly owns what happens next.

Then fix one weak point before the next customer reaches it.

Growth isn't only about getting more business. It's also about being able to receive the business you're working so hard to get.

10/05/2026

YOUR BANK STATEMENT IS TELLING A STORY.

And you may not be the only person who eventually reads it.

As your business grows, opportunities can require you to show more than revenue. Your records may need to demonstrate that the business is being managed like a business. That’s why financial discipline matters long before you apply for financing, pursue a bigger opportunity, or sit down at tax time.

Every transaction becomes part of the paper trail.

Mr. Clyde shares an important business lesson in this clip about something that can quietly create problems when personal life and business finances start crossing paths.

Here’s a quick challenge: Pull up the last 30 days of your business account. If someone who knew nothing about you reviewed it, would every transaction make sense?

That answer may tell you something.

Building a business can get heavy when you feel like you have to carry everything by yourself. That’s why community mat...
10/04/2026

Building a business can get heavy when you feel like you have to carry everything by yourself. That’s why community matters.

Tomorrow at 6:30 AM CST, our VIP Lions are meeting for Monday Morning Roar, a Monday morning boost for entrepreneurs who are still building, still learning, and still pushing forward.

Inside the Lions Den VIP Community, the encouragement doesn’t stop there. Members also have access to business coaching, practical resources, accountability, and a community of entrepreneurs growing alongside them.

VIP Lions, meet us LIVE in the classroom tomorrow morning.

And if you’ve been watching from outside the Den, maybe it’s time to come inside. 🦁
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You Don’t Have to Have Everything Figured Out to Be Ready.Being ready doesn’t mean every system is perfect, every positi...
10/02/2026

You Don’t Have to Have Everything Figured Out to Be Ready.

Being ready doesn’t mean every system is perfect, every position is filled, or every possible problem has been solved. It means you have enough capacity to take on the work, enough clarity to know who is responsible, and a clear next step once the opportunity arrives.

The question isn’t, “Is everything perfect?”

It’s:
“If this started tomorrow, would we know what to do first?”
Take one opportunity you're currently pursuing and walk through the first 48 hours after saying yes. Who gets notified? What needs to happen first? What resources are needed? Where could things stall?

If you can't answer those questions yet, that's not a reason to stop pursuing the opportunity.

It's a signal showing you what to prepare next.

What Would Change If You Got What You Wanted?Maybe you're working toward a larger contract, more customers, a bigger tea...
10/01/2026

What Would Change If You Got What You Wanted?

Maybe you're working toward a larger contract, more customers, a bigger team, a new location, or an opportunity that could change the direction of your business. It's easy to focus on getting there. But spend some time thinking about the day after it happens.

If the contract were awarded tomorrow, what would you need first? If ten new customers called next week, who would respond? If you hired the person you've been needing, would they know what to do? If sales increased, where would the additional work go?

Those questions aren't meant to talk you out of growth. They're meant to show you what to build before growth asks you for it.

Before this week ends, choose one opportunity you genuinely want and write down what would have to change inside your business if you received it tomorrow. Then don't try to fix everything.

Choose the first gap and start there. The opportunity may not be in your hands yet, but you can make sure the business receiving it isn't the same business that started asking for it.

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