Running Isn’t Scaling: How CEOs Build to Scale

07/01/2026 16 min Temporada 6 Episodio 1

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If your company is growing but feels harder 🏋🏾to run every quarter, you may not have a scaling problem. You may have a design problem.In this episode, Rich Laster 🔍breaks down the difference between a business that runs and a business that scales. Drawing on Harvard, Wharton, and B Lab research, plus 27 years repairing revenue engines that looked successful on paper, Rich explains how growth can quietly increase fragility instead of enterprise value.You will learn what structural scalability actually means, why founder dependency is the clearest warning sign, and how to diagnose whether your economics, operations, and leadership can compound rather than collapse under growth. Rich walks through the Scale Readiness Triad and the practical 4R Scalability Model so CEOs can assess repeatability, reliability, runway, and responsibility without relying on gut feel.This episode is especially relevant for Seed and Series A CEOs, B Corp leaders, and investors who want to know whether a company is truly built to scale profit and purpose, or simply burning effort to stay ahead of complexity.The📈 Blunt On Business podcast🎙️ goes live this, and every Wednesday at 1pm PT | 4pm ET on    YouTube/@growexpandFor CEOs who want to move from heroic execution to structural scale, visit RichLaster.com to explore deeper strategy frameworks and scalability assessments.

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