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The it's-all-up-to-me drive that builds a company can eventually break its founder. Townsend Wardlaw explains why identity, not tactics, unlocks the next stage, and why a big exit rarely buys security.
Strangled by a stranger in a parking lot, Erika Rothenberger chose to thrive instead. She shares her BOLD method, a 36-minute daily habit for audacious goals, and why connection brought her back.
A CEO who said "we just hate HR" and a childhood dodgeball memory taught Ben Eden why founders stay stuck: they change tactics when they should change the questions they ask about who they are becoming.
Two founders from the Speakeasy vault: Joy Houston on the burnout that followed a near-million-dollar win and her monthly Thrive Week, and Alex Snider on why abdication is not delegation and how SOPs protect a business.
Alex Snider, founder of Leaders Who Build, explains why founders get stuck as over-functioning managers and how to delegate, plan, and lead a team that owns outcomes.
Mitch Russo shares the certification failure that taught him to build culture first, three questions that show if you're ready to certify, and how to license a process you already own.
