Eric Hardy · Speaker & author
The blueprint nobody gave us — now helping you build past $1M.
Eric Hardy spent 30+ years building a company from the trunk of a car to more than $800 million in lifetime revenue, and 20+ years in the boardroom. Now he mentors entrepreneurs through the $1M ceiling, and helps boards and leadership teams govern growth and AI risk before it costs them.
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Useful ideas for the hard part after the milestone.
01
Breaking the Entrepreneur's Ceiling
The structure underneath $1M growth — and the three tests that tell you whether your business can carry its own success.
02
Who You Build It With
An honest look at the founder-partnership decision, drawn from a 30-year partnership that started with four founders and ended with three.
03
The $1M Ceiling Is a Math Problem
Viability, pricing, and capacity formulas that turn a stuck milestone into a solvable operating question.
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Built to Last, Not Just to Sell
How to protect a growing business with cash cushions, lower client concentration risk, and structural discipline.
05
Governing What You Can't See
What boards need to ask as AI moves from pilot to production, drawn from 20+ years of health system governance.
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A better measure
“Revenue is a vanity metric; net margin is sanity.”
Bring the room to life
Give your room a structure it can use on Monday, whether it's full of founders or directors.
Want the structure applied to your own numbers? Alpha Prime Strategy runs the same framework as a paid diagnostic for growth-stage founders, boards, and executive teams.
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