The problem
Founder Bottleneck Syndrome
Growth stalls when every important decision still runs through the founder. The signs:
- Decisions queue for your approval, and the team waits.
- Delivery slows as the team grows, not faster.
- Technical debt from the early days now dictates the roadmap.
- Hiring is ad hoc, and new people take months to become effective.
- You're the only one who knows how things really work.
Three fixes
What I fix
Process
A delivery and product process the team owns, so work flows without you approving every step.
Technical debt
A clear-eyed assessment and a plan that pays down what is slowing you, without stopping delivery.
Hiring
The roles, the bar and the process to build a team that can lead itself.
Every engagement is designed to end.
Success is the day you don't need me.
The ginger in question
Why me
- 30years in software, from engineering to product leadership.
- 1Founded a bank.
- 2Bachelor's in software engineering; postgraduate diploma in product management.
- IEBased in Ireland.