The Founder Trap: Why Your Business Depends Too Much on You

Most founders start out as the person doing everything.

That may be necessary in the beginning. But eventually, the same involvement that helped build the business can become the thing holding it back.

In this episode of The Expert Method, Ian Gatzke sits down with Ari Meisel to explore what it actually means to become a replaceable founder—and why building a real business requires learning to separate your identity from being the person every decision, task, and process depends on.

Ari breaks down why founders often become bo...