You can’t hire your way out of a broken system.
If you’re constantly buried in tasks, fixing your team’s mistakes, and still making every important decision yourself, you probably don’t have a headcount problem. You have a transfer problem.
Most founders assume the answer is more people. But what they actually need is a way to get results without being the one pushing every task over the finish line.
The Real Bottleneck Isn’t Headcount. It’s You.
This isn’t about ego or control. You want to step back. But the work won’t move without you.
- You’re answering the same questions over and over.
- You’re redoing sloppy work because your team “should’ve known better.”
- You’re reviewing tasks that never quite hit the mark.
- You’re still the only one who sees the full picture, so the big stuff stays on your plate.
And every time you hire someone new, it doesn’t solve the problem. It just gives you more to manage: