{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"10 Questions to Get Your Business Ready for 2026","description":"Before you rush into goal-setting, optimization, or \u201cwhat\u2019s next,\u201d there\u2019s something more important to do: integrate the year you just lived. In this reflective year-end episode of The Experienced Entrepreneur, Marissa Lawton guides seasoned business owners through 10 powerful questions designed to help you make sense of 2025 and move into 2026 with more clarity, steadiness, and intention. This is not a productivity episode. It\u2019s an integration episode \u2014 created for entrepreneurs who have been in business long enough to know that insight doesn\u2019t come from moving faster, but from listening more closely. Through a series of thoughtful prompts, Marissa invites you to reflect on the ways your business grew beyond revenue, the patterns that repeated themselves throughout the year, and the moments that revealed how much your capacity and maturity have expanded. You\u2019ll explore: Where your business quietly grew in resilience, boundaries, and self-trust Patterns in your metrics, energy, or decision-making that shaped your year Wobbles you moved through with more steadiness than in past seasons What you released in 2025 \u2014 and how letting go created space for something truer How aligned your business felt with the life you\u2019re trying to build What steady growth could look like in 2026 Which parts of your business are asking to be tended to before your next step How you want decision-making to feel in the year ahead What kind of rhythms, boundaries, or structures will support the version of you you\u2019re becoming Which wobble you want to catch earlier next year \u2014 and what will help you steady it Marissa also shares an invitation to a live, waitlist-only focus group for The Monday Meeting, a new mentorship space designed for experienced entrepreneurs who want a steadier relationship with their business and clearer signals for navigating the year ahead. If you\u2019re craving reflection without pressure \u2014 and clarity without hustle \u2014 this episode offers a grounded place to pause before stepping forward. ","author_name":"The Experienced Entrepreneur","author_url":"http:\/\/marissalawton.com\/","html":"