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Many founders unknowingly become the biggest obstacle to growth, and scaling requires shifting from personally solving every problem to building systems, accountability and leaders who can operate independently.

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Many founders believe their company grows because of how hard they work. In the beginning, that’s often true. The founder sells, solves problems, manages operations, hires people, handles customer complaints and makes nearly every important decision. That intensity is often what allows a business to survive its earliest stages. But eventually, the same behavior that helped build the company becomes the thing preventing it from scaling.