
Conversations with founders, operators and advisors about the bottlenecks that stop businesses scaling. We explore founder dependency, leadership, hiring, decision-making, operations and the realities of building a business that doesn’t rely on the founder to hold everything together. If you’re tired of being the bottleneck in your own business, book a Structural Diagnosis Call: savvycal.com/kiera... more
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 9 | Founded | 5 months ago |
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| Categories | BusinessEntrepreneurship | ||||

Most founders assume that if a business is profitable, it must also be valuable.
Buyers see things differently.
In this episode, I sit down with Andy Alloway, CEO of Empire Flippers, to discuss the most common reasons profitable businesses struggle... more
Most agency founders think their core problem is SOPs, hiring, or tools.
It’s not.
In this episode, I sit down with Michael Coleman (Founder of Local Health Marketing) to break down what actually unlocked scale in his agency.
We cover:
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Why p... more
Most agencies don’t break because of strategy. They break because everything still runs through the founder.
This was a conversation with Elysia Raphael from NYX Social about what actually changes when you scale past that point.
We got into:
– why... more
When does a founder become the bottleneck in their own business?
In this episode, I sit down with Jason Snider, founder of Main Street Financial and Peoplewise.
Jason runs a productized financial services firm with a team of roughly 25–30 people, a... more
Most agencies don’t stall because their marketing “stops working.” They stall because the operations around delivery can’t keep up.
In this episode, I’m joined by Huyen Truong, Search Marketing Director at a 7-figure Sydney agency serving medical pr... more
Preparing for maternity (or paternity or any) leave when you’re running a business feels impossible, especially if you’ve become the “everything manager.” In this episode, Jennifer Grojean, Director of Operations at Baloo Living, walks us through how... more
What happens when you scale an agency without bloating payroll?
Geoff shares how he built a flexible delivery model: six core staff, a large contractor network, and fractional CMOs layered in strategically.
We unpack:
– the hidden cost of offering... more
Paul Evans shares how replacing meetings with clarity changed everything: sharper briefs, better use of AI to support thinking, and systems that let the team move without constant alignment calls. A practical look at why fewer meetings can actually r... more
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