Entrepreneur

6 Ways You Are Holding Your Business Back -- and What to Do About It

As your business grows, your original road map may not be the best path to success. But letting go of your vision (and control) is not easy.
Source: Benedetto Cristofani
Benedetto Cristofani

Launching and growing a business is never easy -- especially when it's time to let go and let others do some of the work. Sometimes, you can actually be holding back your company from growth. So, what do you do if you're the problem? Six entrepreneurs chime in. 

1. Trust your team.

“I used to review each line of told me I was creating a large bottleneck. I had to learn to tolerate incongruities with the way I think our brand should come to life and the way it actually does. Today, I see most brand creative when our customers do. It’s not easy, but empowering our team gives me space to think about the brand's evolution.”

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from Entrepreneur

Entrepreneur6 min read
Takasago Thermal Engineering
“Japan is at a turning point”, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, a grouping of affluent countries, noted in a January 2024 survey of the country’s economy. The OECD noted that the Asian giant is on track to meet its 2% inflat
Entrepreneur15 min read
Why Small Businesses Can't Afford To Grow
IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A CELEBRATORY LUNCH—THE KIND WHERE YOU ORDER FRENCH FRIES AND CHEESECAKE, THEN GO HOME TO NAP AND DON’T EVEN FEEL BAD ABOUT IT. Instead, Stacey Abrams and Lara Hodgson were sitting in an Atlanta restaurant, dazed with disappointme
Entrepreneur2 min read
Weathernews Inc.
“Asia will be the furnace in which a new era is forged,” according to global consultancy McKinsey – and Japan, as the continent’s second-biggest economy, will play a central role in this. The key engine of growth is likely to be services, which accou

Related Books & Audiobooks