What if small businesses stopped saying “we can’t offer that” and started building benefits that actually support real life? I’m sharing why I expanded profit sharing, healthcare coverage, sabbaticals, and PTO at Studio West — and why it matters more than we think.

Every winter, while the rest of the world sprints to the finish line, we do something that makes other business owners look at me like I’ve lost it. We close. Fully. The whole agency. For two weeks. No inbox.No Slack.No quick requests. I used to think that kind of pause was irresponsible as a small […]