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Revenue Looks Great. You Still Can't Leave. (Forrest Derr) | 384
The revenue looks great. And everything still flows through you.
You hand something off. It comes back with questions. You hire more people. Now there are more questions. Your phone goes forty times a day, and you're the one picking up.
You tell yourself that's just what owning a business is.
Forrest Derr sits with founders right there.
He had one founder write every decision he made on a Post-it. A couple of days later you couldn't see the desk.
He asks founders one question. If their spouse is in the business, he'll ask them too. When was the last time you took a week off? One owner had to…
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