Lewis Janetos
Dover, New Hampshire, United States
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As a Controller, I help small businesses gain financial clarity, improve cash flow, and…
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Lewis Janetos shared thisAfter months of research, product development, and market evaluation, I’m excited to share that I’m launching a new consumer products company. The company is centered around a premium, natural fiber product that is currently positioned and marketed to the wrong audience, creating a meaningful opportunity to build a differentiated and scalable business. Over the past several months, I’ve been validating the market, studying the competitive landscape, and developing a long-term strategy around the brand and product roadmap. I am now beginning conversations with a small group of potential investors, advisors, and strategic connections as we prepare for launch. If you’re interested in learning more, have experience in consumer products, apparel, e-commerce, or brand building, or know someone who may be a good fit for this opportunity, I’d welcome a conversation. Excited for what’s ahead. #Startup #Entrepreneurship #ConsumerProducts #Ecommerce #Apparel #BrandBuilding #Investing #AngelInvesting #BusinessGrowth #ProductDevelopment #SmallBusiness
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Lewis Janetos shared thisManufacturers: Profit and cash are downstream indicators of how effectively information moves through the organization. Many operational and financial problems begin as information flow problems. DM me if you’d like one idea that may help accelerate cash conversion in your business. #Manufacturing #OperationalExcellence #CashFlow #WorkingCapital #SupplyChain
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Lewis Janetos posted thisManufacturers: DM me if you’d like to get paid faster, move product out the door more efficiently, or free up cash that’s tied up in inventory. Many business slowdowns aren’t caused by people working harder or longer hours. They’re often the result of delays, bottlenecks, and blind spots in the way information moves through the company. A few small improvements can sometimes unlock meaningful gains in cash flow, productivity, and profit. #Manufacturing #Operations #CashFlow #Inventory #Productivity #BusinessGrowth #SupplyChain #Lean #PrivateEquity #CFO #Controller
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Lewis Janetos posted this“Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.” ~ Leonardo da Vinci In business, the same principle applies: There’s a part of your business that must be seen — structured, measurable, and clearly communicated. And there’s a part that must be felt — the experience, trust, and energy people associate with you. Most people focus on one without really meaning it or realizing. If you want to really grow, you need both. Here’s how that shows up in practice: • Seen (Structure): Clean financials, clear pricing, defined processes — if someone looks under the hood, it should make sense immediately • Seen (Communication): Your offer, messaging, and positioning should be obvious within seconds — no confusion • Felt (Experience): How clients feel working with you — responsiveness, confidence, and trust matter more than you think • Felt (Reputation): What people say when you’re not in the room — this compounds faster than any marketing tactic • Alignment: When what people see matches what they feel, you become very hard to replace Now, how to measure any of these? All you need is a good thermometer. Master both sides, and you become a real force. #business #leadership #entrepreneurship #growth #consulting
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Lewis Janetos posted thisMost businesses don’t stall because of bad strategy. They stall because of misdirected energy. I’ve been thinking about this as a simple pseudo-code: No growth. Redirect energy. It sounds obvious, but many teams will double the effort and expect a different result. Here are a few examples: • Sales pipeline is dry - refine targeting, messaging, or timing • Financial results are inconsistent - core decisions could be slow or wrong. Dig in to gain visibility • Company output is flat - Too many priorities. Remove noise, narrow focus, and increase throughput • Marketing isn’t converting - Might not be a traffic problem. Could be messaging or pursuing the wrong audience Better alignment of effort is your goal. #BusinessGrowth #Leadership #Entrepreneurship #Operations #Strategy #Finance #SmallBusiness #Scaling #Productivity #Execution
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Lewis Janetos posted thisAre you actually working or just constantly checking tasks and status? There’s a point where being busy stops being productive. If your day looks like this: • checking email • responding to messages • reviewing dashboards • bouncing between tasks It can feel like you’re getting a lot done. But in reality, you’re just switching gears over and over again, which absolutely kills real progress. Every time you shift attention, your brain has to reset. That time adds up fast; and it prevents you from doing the work that actually moves the business forward. How to break the cycle: • Block uninterrupted time • Batch communication • Prioritize one critical task for the day • Reduce noise Focus is the key. #productivity #leadership #focus #operations #businesstips
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Lewis Janetos posted thisBusiness risk is highest immediately after a process change. Not because the change is wrong; but because execution hasn’t caught up yet. Here are 3 things you can do today to reduce that risk: • Run old and new in parallel For at least one cycle, run the old process alongside the new one. Compare outcomes, identify gaps, and catch breakdowns early before they impact customers, revenue, or operations. • Shorten your feedback loop to daily Don’t wait to discover issues. Set a daily check-in to keep a pulse. What broke? What slowed down? What confused people? Resolve any issues. • Assign a single owner for accountability When everyone owns it, no one owns it. One person should be responsible for monitoring results, documenting issues, and driving corrections. Process changes rarely fail because of the strategy itself; they fail during execution and adoption. #businessrisk #operations #processimprovement #leadership #execution
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Lewis Janetos posted thisThe RMS Titanic sinking wasn’t just a tragedy. It was a failure of decision-making, ego, and overconfidence. Here are some lessons that can be applied to your business: 1. Overconfidence kills The Titanic was called unsinkable. In business, the moment you believe your model can’t fail is when you stop managing risk. 2. Ignored warnings compound risk Multiple iceberg warnings were received and dismissed. Your front lines are constantly sending signals. If you ignore them, problems are right around the corner. 3. Speed over safety is a dangerous trade-off They pushed forward at high speed into a dangerous situation. Chasing growth, deadlines, or outcomes at the expense of fundamentals eventually catches up. 4. Account for worst-case scenarios There weren’t enough lifeboats. If your business isn’t prepared for downside scenarios, you’re operating on hope, not strategy. 5. Ego driven decisions Decisions were influenced by reputation, competition, and perception. If your incentives reward speed, ego, or short-term wins, don’t be surprised when risk is ignored. Great businesses don’t fail from hitting a single iceberg. They fail because they ignore the patterns and decisions that keep putting them on a collision course in the first place. #Leadership #RiskManagement #BusinessStrategy #DecisionMaking #LessonsLearned
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Lewis Janetos posted thisYou know that role no one can seem to fill? The one where people cycle in and out every 6–12 months? It’s usually tedious. Detail heavy. Undervalued. This isn’t a people problem. It’s an economics problem. Supply and demand. If you want stability, raise the pay, aggressively. Not slightly. Not competitive. Raise it until people are competing for the job. That’s your market signal you’ve priced it correctly. These roles are harder than they look; and they rarely get the credit they deserve. Compensation may eventually need to go beyond salary (flexibility, structure, support), but pay is the fastest lever you can pull. Start there. #Leadership #Hiring #Compensation #BusinessStrategy #WorkforcePlanning
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Lewis Janetos liked thisLewis Janetos liked thisMy brother and I discuss/debate capitalism. This one is an oldie but a goodie. https://lnkd.in/gWiFp59vSean & Brendan Dempsey Share a Glass (or Two) of Scotch & Discuss Capitalism (2020 Episode)Sean & Brendan Dempsey Share a Glass (or Two) of Scotch & Discuss Capitalism (2020 Episode)
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Lewis Janetos liked thisLewis Janetos liked thisTechnology doesn't fail on the technology. It fails on adoption. That conviction just got a new voice at Benson Consulting. Jason Alexander has joined the team as Chief Revenue Officer. Jason co-founded and grew Alexander Technology Group and BANKW Staffing into a $100 million enterprise over 25 years. He is the founder of ChiefAI, a respected AI advisory firm, and he shares our core belief: organizations only realize value from technology when their people are equipped to use it. "What excites me most is that he shares our core belief: technology only works when people actually adopt it. Adding his revenue leadership and AI expertise to what our team already does best is going to help a lot more companies get real results." — Candice Benson, Founder & CEO Please join us in welcoming Jason to the Benson Consulting team. We're excited for what's ahead and for the opportunity to help even more organizations bridge the gap between technology investment and lasting business impact. Read the full announcement: https://lnkd.in/gF8c5rmQ
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Lewis Janetos liked thisLewis Janetos liked thisCashQuestKids.com is ABSOLUTELY AMAZING AND GROWING daily! I'm so PROUD to teach Adults and Kids about how money, taxes, insurance, and business works. Yes, it's designed for kids.. However, I hear more and more how adults need so much of this information! Did you know that 60% of the US population cannot answer basic financial questions? Like what does your insurance cover? How do you plan for retirement? When can you retire? Then they have no idea how to save for themselves or their kids future! Flexlifefi and CashQuestKids work in tandem and continue to grow grow grow!CashQuest Kids — Business & Money Lessons Kids Love | Ages 6–16 | $49.99/yr or $9.99/mo — Flex Life FiCashQuest Kids — Business & Money Lessons Kids Love | Ages 6–16 | $49.99/yr or $9.99/mo — Flex Life Fi
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Lewis Janetos liked thisLewis Janetos liked thisCome one, come all. This Tuesday evening at 6pm the esteemed Timothy Boyle will be leading an interactive presentation and Q&A about the Infinite Banking Concept (IBC). I will host it at my home in Stratham NH, and we should have enough seats for roughly 55 people. Please DM to RSVP.
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Lewis Janetos liked thisLewis Janetos liked thisAllow me to be vulnerable for just a second. In 2020 I was dealing with massive, crippling depression during the height of the COVID-19 epidemic and the government-overreach via lockdowns and the bifurcation of humanity that took place during that timeframe. It was a very painful and intense struggle that took a long time to recover from (perhaps I never will fully can recover from the horrible things said and done by others during that timeframe). I was reading a lot of Camus during that period and it was a great solace to me in better understanding and interpreting the bitter savagery of groupthink and “hive mind” nature of humanity. I came to write a short story in late 2020 that helped me deal with the philosophical questions I was grappling with. It was based around the dark newspaper clipping found in the cell of Meursault in the novel The Stranger (a “story within a story”). I took that brief newspaper clipping and made a whole story about it, which I later published as part of my anthology of short stories and poems in 2024. On today’s episode of my podcast I lay out a philosophical breakdown of that story and its larger meaning as well as what it says about the human condition. Can we rise above our brutal impulses; can the angels beat back the devils living inside all of us? https://lnkd.in/g7kn_RXr
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Lewis Janetos liked thisLewis Janetos liked thisThis morning, while talking with my wife and eating fresh, in-season Mexican dragon fruit, I realized something slightly uncomfortable about myself. I’m very good at solving problems. I’ve built my career around creating systems, fixing broken processes, finding inefficiencies, and making complicated things work better. I do it for other people. I do it in my own businesses. And once I’ve solved the obvious problems, I have a tendency to go find new ones. Or, more honestly, invent new ones. Because solving problems gives me a dopamine rush. It makes me feel productive, useful, and intelligent. There is always a new system to improve, a new tool to test, a new workflow to automate, or a new project that suddenly feels urgent. But constantly solving new problems is not always the same thing as moving the business forward. Sometimes, it is just a sophisticated form of distraction. The activities that actually grow most businesses are usually much less exciting. Publishing consistently. Following up with leads. Making offers. Starting conversations. Sending the email. Posting the video. Asking for the sale. Then doing it again tomorrow. The real challenge for entrepreneurs who are naturally good at building and problem-solving is not learning how to solve harder problems. It is developing the discipline to stop creating new ones and focus on the boring, repetitive actions that reliably produce revenue. You probably do not need another system. You may not need another project. You may simply need to market, sell, follow up, and repeat long enough for the work you have already built to compound.
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Lewis Janetos liked thisLewis Janetos liked thisLet them judge you. Let them misunderstand you. Let them have their opinions. You keep moving forward. It starts with self-doubt: “What will they think?” “Why don't they understand me?” “Maybe I should change to fit in.” “Perhaps they're right about me.” But the truth: → Opinions cannot define your value → Authenticity attracts the right people → Character matters more than perception → Consistency speaks louder than criticism → Peace grows when actions align with values The energy spent seeking approval today, takes away from the life waiting to be lived. What living authentically looks like: ✓ Staying true to your values ✓ Speaking with honesty and kindness ✓ Accepting that everyone will not understand your journey ✓ Letting actions reflect character ✓ Continuing to grow without needing everyone's approval People will judge. People will misunderstand. People will form opinions. Your responsibility remains the same: Keep learning. Keep growing. Keep shining. Am I living for approval, or living according to my values?
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Lewis Janetos liked thisHow cool is this? Throughout my career, I've been fortunate to have mentors, colleagues, and teachers who challenged me to think differently and thus helped me grow. I'm excited for the opportunity to work with Dean Lucy Gilson and her team to ensure students at UNH Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics graduate with the skills they need to thrive in today's continuously evolving business and technology landscape. University of New Hampshire played an important role in my journey, so I'm grateful for this opportunity to help the next generation of wildcats. #paulprideUNH Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics
UNH Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics
Lewis Janetos liked thisWe’re pleased to welcome Meg Rotondo ’11G to the Dean’s Executive Advisory Board. Rotondo is senior vice president of strategy & planning at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance, where she leads enterprise strategy, planning, and technology alignment. Prior to that, she held leadership roles at Digimarc and Liberty Mutual Insurance. With nearly 30 years of experience in technology, product operations, and organizational transformation, she has focused her career on driving operational excellence and aligning business strategy with execution. A passionate advocate for community service, Rotondo co-founded Community Toolbox in 2013 to support safe and healthy housing and led its merger with Southeast NH Habitat for Humanity in 2023. She also played a key role in the launch of Ink 4 Pink, a nonprofit that provides recovery assistance to breast cancer survivors. She currently serves on the Executive Leadership Team for the American Heart Association’s Boston Go Red for Women campaign. Rotondo holds a bachelor’s degree in Mathematics and Italian Language & Literature from Binghamton University, an MBA from the University of New Hampshire, and studied Organizational Behavior at Harvard University (non-degree). The Dean's Executive Advisory Board comprises business leaders from a range of industries who advise and assist Paul College with educational and research initiatives, external engagement, and resource development to support the college's mission. -
Lewis Janetos liked thisLewis Janetos liked thisLife hack: Make your default meeting 45 minutes instead of 60. Anything you can do in an hour, you can probably do in 45 minutes. Parkinson’s Law: work expands to fill the time allotted. Try it and thank me later.
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