The Scaling Mistake That Nearly Cost a Founder Everything

What happens when your business grows faster than your systems, leadership, and life can handle?

In this episode of Tenacity with Sonia C, Sonia sits down with Lauren Cockerell, founder of Kaidar & Co, to unpack the scaling mistake that nearly cost her everything.

After being laid off while 8 months pregnant, Lauren built her company from the ground up. But years later, rapid growth, hiring pressure, operational chaos, and leadership stress forced her to confront a hard truth: more revenue does not automatically create a better business.

Lauren shares the real behind-the-scenes reality of scaling a service business, including:

Growing revenue by 70% and watching systems break

Making hiring decisions too quickly

Navigating a business partner exit

Balancing leadership with motherhood

learning why niching down creates clarity

Rebuilding the company around intentional growth instead of survival mode

This conversation is for founders who are:

overwhelmed by scaling pressure