Business Growth Lab · Samantha Riley
Why Scaling With a Lean Team Can Make You More Money
May 29, 2025·39 min·3 clips
Leon reveals how one micromanaging leader turned an entire 500-person team into a 'cover your ass' culture.
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A practical case for hiring to buy back founder time.
Business growth is reduced here to a blunt founder question: what stays on the founder's plate, and what should move to someone else. Samantha Riley and Leon Fliton make a solid case for hiring as a way to reclaim time, and the strongest parts land when they get concrete about…
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You want to buy back founder time by handing repetitive work to someone else.
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