Al-Abdullah: Founders must delegate scaling before starting their next venture
Ayman Al-Abdullah · The Step-by-Step Plan to Go From $0 to $10M+ · Feb 10, 2025 · at 32:36
Ayman Al-Abdullah explains why serial entrepreneurs often fail when launching new ventures before properly delegating operational leadership.
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“And so if you have discovered flight mid seven figures, your only job right now is go, am I the right CEO for the next phase of growth? And if not, the only thing you should be doing is either hiring a COO or a president, To execute on your vision or recognize this is actually not a business I'm very passionate about and hire a CEO to take your vision to the next level. Once you do that, go back to tinker mode because that's actually way more valuable for your skill set. But the problem that most founders face is they go right back to tinker mode when the first thing still is a spinning plate and ends up crashing, failing, and now they have nothing to show for all that hard work.”
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