Most business owners spend 10-20 years building a business that can't survive a month without them.
Maybe the owner can take a holiday here and there - but the fortunes of the business are heavily dependent on them.
The impact on valuation isn't pretty.
Not to mention the negative impact on the owners themselves.
As a solopreneur, every decision is yours. But a small business doesn't generate many decisions.
Then you grow.
Every hire, every customer, every contract multiplies the decisions inside the business. And if they all still route through you - pricing, sign-offs, the key relationships - the weight grows with the business.
The hardest part? Hiring people was supposed to reduce the pressure - but it increased it.
That's the peak of the curve. Busier at £10M than you ever were at £1M.
And most owners sit there for decades.
Company size doesn't bring you down the curve. You have to design it.
A leadership team with real decision rights. Systems that encode your judgement and AI and automation that removes routine decisions entirely and accelerates progress.
Where are you on the curve?
We built The Owner Trap Quiz to see how much your business depends on you as the owner.
It takes less than 4 minutes.
You can take the quiz here: lnkd.in/e6yG6GbP
