
FREE AI Automation Finder
The AI Automation Finder is a guided tool that helps small and medium-sized businesses uncover their Top 5 AI Automations the most impactful, high-ROI opportunities to save time, reduce costs, and boost efficiency.

Creating the AI Habit: Transitioning to an “AI First” Company
Today’s competitive edge comes from being AI First, rethinking every process, decision, and customer interaction with AI at the core. It’s not just about tools, it’s about culture, leadership, and decision-making evolving together.

Drive the Plan, Drive the Business: Lessons from an 11-Day Road Trip
A few weeks ago, I returned from an 11-day road trip up the California coast to Portland, Oregon. The trip went flawlessly.

FREE Business Health Check Tool
The FREE Business Health Check is a quick yet powerful diagnostic tool that gives you a clear snapshot of how your business is really doing.

FREE Simple Email CRM Tool
CRM Tools are expensive. Using the FREE Simple Email CRM Tool is a great way to get started using CRM’s. Setting up a CRM using Gmail or Outlook is one of the smartest moves you can make as a business owner.

FREE Download: Change Your Business Overnight - Business Goal Setting Worksheet 5-Step Checklist
Excited to finally get this out! I've been working on this for years. I created a FREE Business Goal Setting Worksheet 5-Step Checklist that will change your business overnight.

Podcast: How Wes Chyrchel Helps CEOs Design the Life They Actually Want
I had a blast chatting with Hector on the How to Scale a Business podcast. We got deep into what it actually takes to turn a big vision into a business that runs smoothly—and scales with intention.

How NOT to make $10 million
The CEO set an ambitious goal for the coming year, “We’re going to hit $10 million in sales” he declared! Soon, the wheels were in motion. We were ready!

Who is Wes?
The journey to figure out who you are is volatile. Lots of starts and stops. Epiphanies, highs, lows and tough lessons. They say you learn more from your failures and though I agree, most often you are getting hit with life lessons every day.

Top 3 Reasons You Know It's Time to Hire a Fractional COO
Is your small or medium-sized business struggling with constant crises, overwhelmed teams, or chaotic growth behind the scenes? In this video, discover the top 3 signs that indicate it's time to hire a Fractional COO.

5 Ways You Are Self-Sabotaging Your Business
In this video, "5 Ways You Are Sabotaging Your Business," we explore common yet often overlooked habits of small and medium-sized business owners that significantly hinder growth and profitability. With 27 years of experience as a Fractional COO, I highlight key pitfalls like micromanaging employees, avoiding difficult conversations, neglecting strategic planning, overextending yourself, and fearing change.

Like Vacations? Create a business process.
Want to Take a Vacation Without Your Business Falling Apart? Watch This. In this video, we dive into the critical importance of building strong business processes for small and medium-sized businesses that want to scale, increase profits, and actually enjoy time away from the day-to-day grind.

Introducing Wes Chyrchel, Fractional COO
My name is Wes Chyrchel. I love helping small and medium sized businesses succeed. I love what I do and I go on adventures in my van to de-stress and stay grounded. I hope you'll come on this journey with me!

The Future: Smaller Companies, Expert Strategists and Deep Automation
Real exponential growth will be seen at the start up level where businesses that needed access to cost prohibitive experiential data can now get answers with a click of a button.

Confidence is the #1 Killer of Self-Employment
I always thought confidence was rooted in fear. Basically I thought I was just afraid. In a recent blog post, 45 Things + 5, this has been a popular Wes’ism where I wrote, “15. Fear is why we don't do things and why we do things.” Recently I had a conversation with someone that gave me a different point of view.

How an Annual Roadmap Drives Growth, Culture, and Purpose
This is real business. I wish it was easier. There’s nothing more that I would like to do than to come into a business and tell them I was going to save them and it’s going to be easy from here on out. You can’t hustle your way out of growing a successful business.

45 Things + 5
We get off track sometimes and I guess this was my 45 year old self telling me to not take myself so seriously and enjoy the life I’ve lived. Several people have asked about the article, so I decided to republish it. I hope you get some lessons out of it too.

Podcast Interview - Overcoming Fear, Building Your Own Life, and Rules to Live By
It was an absolute blast to be on the Dare To Dream Podcast and be interviewed by Gregory! I’ve had a long career in helping businesses grow and it was great to share some of the lessons I’ve learned along the way. We had a great conversation and I hope you get a chance to watch it or listen to it on Spotify!

Why Metrics Matter for Small Businesses: Unlocking Competitive Advantages with BlinkMetrics - My New Favorite Tool
Marketing effectively takes time, and time is money. To ensure you're using your time as efficiently as possible, you need to leverage metrics.

Get Ready to Trade Your Time
Modern entrepreneurs understand that time is fluid. Its value is not in stretches of time that you do something, but in the units themselves. We can charge down to the second for how long something takes and because of that, we are not constrained by day, night, weeks or even months.