A founder should think like a shareholder in their own company, not a worker grinding endlessly. That means three things: collect profits, have a say in decisions, and pick the leadership team. It's how you actually scale instead of burning out.
The idea of entrepreneurship is just bastardized. I thought entrepreneurship was hustle and grind and workaholism. It's not. You can't scale a business that way. You know, that's the trap now that entrepreneurship equals hustle and grind. It's not scalable. The day you're tired, the day you're done, the business is done. I want you to own a new label starting today. It's a shareholder. Yeah, a shareholder. What does a shareholder do? If you own public stock, for example, you collect the profits, you render opinions or votes, and you determine the leadership team. Those are the three elements you should be doing for the business you started. So starting today, no longer call yourself an entrepreneur, even though I love that term, call yourself a shareholder, because that's how you need to behave.
