Startup Hustle Simple Systems that Let CTOs Delegate Ownership—and Still Sleep at Night with Brittany Rastsmith
Dec 4, 2025
Brittany Rastsmith, founder of Bloom Remote, specializes in helping startups scale by overcoming common bottlenecks. In this discussion, she explores how founders can shift from micromanaging to building trust with their teams. Brittany emphasizes the importance of creating visibility and accountability through simple systems like scorecards. She shares insights on documenting decision-making to ensure clarity, the significance of psychological safety for team ownership, and the need to prioritize real outcomes over busyness for true productivity.
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Bottleneck Is A Stage, Not A Failure
- Being the bottleneck is a stage many founders reach, not just a mistake they make.
- Rapid growth often outpaces structure, trapping founders in constant firefighting.
Build Tiny Systems For Visibility
- Create simple scorecards and decision matrices to get visibility on work without micromanaging.
- Use quick daily or weekly checks to verify progress and only deep-dive when metrics show problems.
Define Success Before You Hire
- Define what success looks like for a new hire before you onboard them.
- Track outcomes (e.g., leads) by source so the hire knows how they're measured and can run experiments.
