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Sobiech: Founders often limit company growth by believing they can do everything

Greg Sobiech · What Got Me to Today Will Not Get Me to Tomorrow · Feb 21, 2024 · at 37:50

Greg Sobiech, CEO of Delve, discusses the organizational bottleneck created when startup founders fail to delegate operational responsibilities.

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“Often the founder is the limiting factor to growing the company because she thinks that she can do it all.”

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