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Key Takeaways Sign #1: Your growth is outpacing your confidence.
Sign #2: You develop leadership needs outside your skillset.
Sign #3: Pride is impacting your progress.
Early-stage business growth is a wonderful thing, but it can also be misleading. It can also be addictive. Given both of those things, it’s easy to see why some founders assume they can keep running their company forever without ever bringing in new talent. But my career has taught me otherwise.
When my brother Todd and I started Roof Maxx to provide a cost-effective roof restoration alternative to homeowners whose shingles didn’t yet need replacement, we were in charge of every major executive decision. We wore multiple hats because that’s what it usually takes to be successful in the early days. Everything has to run lean in order to get things moving.
But once things do start moving — and picking up speed — it often becomes impossible for one or two people to keep tabs on every aspect of running a company. That’s when you need to bring some extra help on board.
So here are three signs that you’re reaching that critical point, backed up by my personal experience. If any of the following feels familiar to you, it might be time to start headhunting.
Sign #1: Your growth is outpacing your confidence
I certainly hope that anyone who starts a business does so with a certain degree of confidence. You should start a business because you’ve clearly identified a problem no one else is solving — or solving properly — and you believe you’ve found the best way to solve it.
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