Chase founded Ground Control and The Tangent to build the finance company he wanted for his businesses. He writes about whatever random tangent he is currently obsessed with. He likes bootstrapped, cashflow businesses.
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May 15, 2026
Win more by not playing to averages
May 8, 2026
Start these now, show off those toned P&L's and sculpted Balance Sheets by summer
May 1, 2026
Investing in growth doesn't look like you thought it would
Apr 25, 2026
The endless pursuit of not being the sucker
Apr 17, 2026
Lessons for when everything goes wrong
Apr 11, 2026
Put a money-back guarantee on these
Apr 3, 2026
Those feelings are common. But there might be a gem underneath the laundry.
Mar 27, 2026
The hardest things to quantify that you should still be investing in
Oct 31, 2025
Simple gets done, done gets results
Oct 25, 2025
Understand what your balance sheet says about your business
Oct 14, 2025
THIS is the year you get on top of it early
Oct 9, 2025
Read a P&L like the pro's
Sep 30, 2025
The business you can sell, is the one you won't want to
Sep 24, 2025
What my neighbors taught me about moving product
Sep 16, 2025
The exact checklist we follow when setting up a new client from the ground up
Sep 9, 2025
The silent killers draining the profits from your business
Apr 10, 2025
What the ER teaches us about making better financial decisions
Apr 1, 2025
Revenue models for world-bending creatives
Mar 22, 2025
Math-ish analysis of the Ratliff family wealth
Mar 17, 2025
How the successful REALLY handle taxes
Mar 10, 2025
Real instructions for creating cash reserves
Mar 4, 2025
How much money should you keep in the business?
Jan 11, 2025
The no-excuses, ready-for-anything, banking stack for Operators
Dec 13, 2023
Let's turn this fear into an asset.
