When I went from that 2 million to like 18 million a year it honestly took me about 2 years to fix all of that damage. And so in hindsight it was actually really stupid. I should have just hired some people to help me a lot earlier but when you get sleep deprived you get delusional. 20% the other 80% is thinking about tomorrow, thinking about the future and building up everything things that we're going to be using in the future.
Scaling a business is an awesome topic, cleaning up the mess and paying back the debt from scaling is not. This is a tricky thing to balance. Most entrepreneurs get it wrong. If you don't grow fast, a competitor might overtake you —but— grow too fast and you'll make a mess and accumulate too much debt for the company to get out of. Finding the perfect balance between these two extremes is an art-form that lies at the core of an entrepreneur's ability. This podcast teaches you how to think about three things: scale, mess, debt, and how they're all parts of the same "growth cycle". I share practical tips to handle these issues in your business today + share personal stories of the rollercoaster ride I've been on to date.
Full blog post here: https://www.consulting.com/channel/scale-mess-and-debt