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An Entrepreneur contributor opinion piece argues that founders should evaluate whether a business idea can be defended from competitors before focusing on growth, using the example of a company that rebranded from Treat-a-Dog to Paw.com in 2018 after acquiring the domain, which the author says more than doubled sales in the following year.
In an Entrepreneur opinion piece, ButterflyMX's founder argues that as companies grow, operational systems like dashboards and SOPs alone cannot manage the rising complexity of human relationships and conflicts. The author, drawing on over a decade building the company, contends that emotional intelligence becomes an essential management skill that complements process and automation at scale. The piece outlines practical steps such as manager training, structured feedback and upward feedback loops to make EQ a repeatable organizational practice.
The founder of Teamflect, a workplace software company, recounts how his habit of personally approving routine decisions—once efficient at startup scale—became a bottleneck as the company grew. He describes noticing that nearly finished work would stall simply waiting for his sign-off across sales, product, marketing and customer success teams. To fix it, he began assigning clear decision owners, documenting reasoning behind verdicts, and accepting 'good-enough' decisions rather than requiring his final approval.
The founder of DRC Ventures, who has launched more than 22 companies, argues that entrepreneurs must shift from doing everything themselves to building systems and teams that operate independently. He cites Gallup research showing CEOs with strong delegation skills generated 33% more revenue than peers, even though most surveyed entrepreneurs scored low on delegating ability. The piece outlines five specific moves founders can make to remove themselves as the bottleneck in their own companies.