You've built a business that traps you. The harder you work, the less freedom you have. Revenue grows but profit doesn't follow. Your team expands but you're still the bottleneck.
Most founder-led businesses struggle with 1-2 systemic problems:
- CAPACITY → Working 60-80+ hours/week. Your team waits for your approval on everything. You're the bottleneck in every workflow.
- CLARITY → Stuck analyzing growth options but can't commit to a direction. Scattered priorities. Analysis paralysis keeping you from executing.
- PROFIT → Revenue grows but margins stay flat or shrink. Underpricing. No idea which clients/services are actually profitable.
The problem manifests differently at each stage, but the root cause is the same: missing strategic infrastructure.