Zeneca built Zen Academy after years working alone, then hit a wall trying to manage a team. The biggest challenge: learning to delegate instead of doing everything himself. E-Myth Revisited offers a framework for scaling without burning out.
What was one of the biggest challenges that you faced as a founder?
Probably the biggest challenge has just been learning how to manage a team/delegate. I never worked for anyone. I never worked with anyone. I was very much, you know, a loner. I did things all myself, and it was really a challenge and a learning process, sort of taking that leap of faith and letting go of control. And it's like, sure, I know how to do things the way I want, but then it's like realizing, you know, not only can other people do these things as well as me, they can do things way better. Like, there are people who are experts at that. It's like, Okay, so let them shine. Let them, you know, execute on a way higher level and use skills that I don't even have so I can focus on what I'm good at.
Just a little tip out there. E-Myth Revisited by Michael Gerber, one of the best books that I personally have read that taught me we cannot always be working in the business, but rather we need to be working on the business. And that's what allows us to expand ourselves and to copy and paste ourselves to many different open editions.
