Let’s call it what it is:
You are the business.
Your name, your brain, your relationships, your gut instinct—those are the engine. But what happens when that engine wants to slow down?
For most founders, it’s not a pretty picture.
At least 70% of founder-led businesses have no succession plan.
And it shows—especially when the owner takes a vacation, burns out, or tries to sell.
You Can’t Sell a Job. You Can Sell a Business.
If you’re still the go-to for every decision, every client fire, every quote… that’s not a sellable company. That’s a job that no one else wants.
The real value comes when someone else can step in without everything breaking.
Here’s How You Start:
Document your processes—even just the 5 you touch most.
Train someone else to run key meetings without you.
Let your team practice owning things (even if it’s messy at first).
Shift from being the hub to being the coach.
You don’t have to vanish. But you do have to stop being the single point of failure.
If your business can’t run without you, it can’t grow without you either.
Let’s fix that—before you’re ready to exit.