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EPISODE · Oct 15, 2025 · 20 MIN

#45 - Paige McPheely: How Founders Can Lead Without Burning Out, Protect Time and Trust Their Teams

from growth path · host Andy Culligan

Paige is the CEO of Base, a company helping leaders delegate smarter and build better support systems. She’s spent 11 years scaling a remote-first, venture-backed business and believes productivity isn’t about doing more, it’s about designing a life and company that actually works. She came onto growth path to share her insights to help other founders protect their time, trust their team, and lead without burning out.➡️ Key topics- Background of stepping into the venture backspace, and leading a company in a fast-paced tech space.- The point where she realized the pressure she was putting on herself as a founder and not getting burnt out.- The importance of a support network to maintain balance- The influence of moving countries from US to Spain in her work life balance- Grappling with feelings of guilt and not doing enough - Her current writing projects - building a business without breaking yourself apart- Delegating and offloading tasks, and enabling others to lead- Generational shifts in the amount of “on” screen-time they have- Prioritizing fun and down time to enjoy life and workWhere to find Paige:https://www.linkedin.com/in/paigemcpheely/🧐 Learn more- Subscribe to the podcast ► https://open.spotify.com/show/6h3X5P0kWkt62woYZRWDZU- Learn more about purple path ► https://www.purplepath.io- Get more content ► https://www.purplepath.io/content- Contact purple path ► https://www.purplepath.io/contact- [Free B2B SaaS GTM Guide] ► https://go.purplepath.io/guides/b2b-saas-state-of-the-union

Paige is the CEO of Base, a company helping leaders delegate smarter and build better support systems. She’s spent 11 years scaling a remote-first, venture-backed business and believes productivity isn’t about doing more, it’s about designing a life and company that actually works. She came onto growth path to share her insights to help other founders protect their time, trust their team, and lead without burning out.➡️ Key topics- Background of stepping into the venture backspace, and leading a company in a fast-paced tech space.- The point where she realized the pressure she was putting on herself as a founder and not getting burnt out.- The importance of a support network to maintain balance- The influence of moving countries from US to Spain in her work life balance- Grappling with feelings of guilt and not doing enough - Her current writing projects - building a business without breaking yourself apart- Delegating and offloading tasks, and enabling others to lead- Generational shifts in the amount of “on” screen-time they have- Prioritizing fun and down time to enjoy life and workWhere to find Paige:https://www.linkedin.com/in/paigemcpheely/🧐 Learn more- Subscribe to the podcast ► https://open.spotify.com/show/6h3X5P0kWkt62woYZRWDZU- Learn more about purple path ► https://www.purplepath.io- Get more content ► https://www.purplepath.io/content- Contact purple path ► https://www.purplepath.io/contact- [Free B2B SaaS GTM Guide] ► https://go.purplepath.io/guides/b2b-saas-state-of-the-union

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