Pull the Chute - Grow your People, Grow your Company Podcast
The goal of this podcast is to interview business owners and/or C-level executives to get an understanding of how they built their culture, what worked, what failed, and what tips can they give new and upcoming business owners. Our goal over the next ten years is to help as many small to medium-sized businesses get to the next level by growing their people, which will grow their company. Through coaching and transformational leadership, Pull the Chute can guide company leaders to invest time to get to know their people and understand their roles, goals, and challenges to provide learning & growth opportunities - ultimately helping their people be the best they can be.
Pull the Chute - Grow your People, Grow your Company Podcast
Why startups struggle to scale Featuring Courtney De Ronde
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Most businesses don’t fail because of bad products.
They stall because the founder never fully becomes the leader.
In this episode of Pull the Chute, Courtney De Ronde, CEO of Forge Financial & Management Consulting, shares:
• Why startups struggle to scale
• The mindset shift from owner → leader
• The 5 core systems every scale-up needs
• Why delegating outcomes beats delegating tasks
• And how people-first leadership drives long-term growth
Scaling isn’t about doing more.
It’s about building systems that don’t depend on you.
If you’re feeling like the bottleneck in your own company…
This conversation might change how you lead.
🎧 Listen now.
💬 Comment “SCALE” if you’ve felt stuck in founder mode.
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