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8th 2020 November
Most founders solving the wrong problems don’t realise it at first. On the surface, it looks like a team issue. A marketing issue. A sales issue. Something external that needs fixing. But in reality, what’s happening is much deeper. They’re fixing symptoms, not root causes. Over time, that’s exactly what keeps the business stuck. I saw this play out recently with a founder who told me their team w 5 mins read
Your Business Isn’t Scaling Because You’ve Become the Operating System Whilst lack of demand, capability, or even strategy are often blamed for the demise of service businesses, a more common and less discussed cause is founder dependency. At a certain stage of growth, the founder becomes the operating system of the business. Every decision, approval, and point of progress flows through them. On t 5 mins read
The Difference Between Perseverance and Misalignment There’s a difference between perseverance and misalignment. A lot of founders confuse the two. We’re taught to keep going, to push harder and stay consistent. To not give up too early. That advice works, until it doesn’t. Because sometimes things feel harder not because you need more effort, but because you are pushing in the wrong d 4 mins read