Signs You're Too Involved In Your Business — Here's What It's Costing You w/ Gwen Taniguchi

The founder doing everything is why a business gets off the ground. It's also why it stops growing.

Gwen Taniguchi, partner at Peek Advisory Group and a CEPA, has seen what happens when a founder mistakes being needed for being valuable. In this episode, she shares one dependency every business should eliminate first, the subtle signs that you're still more involved than you think, and what to fix before it costs you at exit.

Topics discussed:

(00:00) Introduction

(01:19) Her path into operations and exit planning

(07:01) The one dependency to eliminate first

(09:58) Why founder dependency puts your team at risk

(11:34) The link between owner involvement and valuation

(15:26) Signals of founder dependency

(18:16) Confusing activity with progress

(21:04) The red flag she spots in the first hour

(24:01) What good leaders do differently