Jump Start networking talk
Reducing Chaos with Simple Tools: A Founder's Guide to Getting Your Life Back
Build a business that creates freedom instead of consuming it.
Presented at the Jump Start networking meeting.
What the talk covers
Many founders end up as the operating system of their company. Every question, approval, and exception runs through one person, so the business only works when they are in the room.
The way out starts with a different view. Your business is a system: a lead comes in, gets qualified, receives a proposal, the work is delivered, and payment is collected. Chaos lives wherever a step has no clear owner, standard, or result.
You do not have to fix everything at once. The talk shares a simple loop for tackling one source of chaos at a time, using the minimum useful tool.
The five-step loop
- Identify
- Observe
- Define
- Transform
- Improve