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Why Growth Alone Doesn’t Make a Business Better

5 Jan 2026 · 1 min

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So you raised some really important things there that I, you know, that are worth kind of double-clicking on. And the first is, you know, the idea of growth for the sake of growth. And, you know, there's, you know, very often just this belief a bigger business is a better business. You know, businesses are like sharks. They have to constantly move forward and grow or they're going to die. Yeah. And that's not always true because There's actually growth available through improving systems and processes that improve your profitability and your margin and your EBITDA and really having an understanding. And, you know, you talked about, you know, sort of multi, you know, multi-location restaurants in the retail space or restaurant space that you're operating in.