169 The CEO Job Changes Every Time Your Company Doubles with Anthony, Chris, Stephanie

What if the skills that made you successful are now holding your company back?Rand Fishkin built Moz to 150 employees before admitting he'd become the company's biggest bottleneck. His mistake wasn't incompetence. He kept doing the job that worked at fifteen people.In this episode, we map the specific shifts required at each growth milestone. What behaviors to abandon. What new muscles to build. Why the ceiling you're hitting isn't about your team or your market. It's about a version of yourself that's overstayed its welcome.We cover the brutal transition at ten employees when tribal knowledge dies, why founders retreat to operator mode when anxiety spikes, how to find people who will actually tell you the truth, and the uncomfortable reality that every growth stage demands you fire yourself from jobs you're good at.This isn't theory. It's the playbook for founders who refuse to be the reason their company stalls.Keywords: CEO evolution, founder growth, leadership transitions, scaling yourself, company growth stages, self-awareness, delegation, entrepreneurship, startup leadership, founder bottleneck