Why Does Growth Still Feel This Hard? (For Founder-Operators)

You’ve built something that works.

So why does running it still feel heavier than it should?

You’ve hired. Added structure. Pushed harder. And yet - decisions still come back to you, the business still depends on you more than it should, and progress isn’t compounding in the way you expected.

Most advice focuses on tactics: hire better, improve systems, generate more leads.

This session focuses on something else:

~Why the fixes you’ve already tried haven’t shifted things and what’s actually driving it underneath.

In this 90-minute session, you’ll:

• Identify the patterns that keep things harder than they should be
• Understand why previous fixes haven’t stuck
• See the commercial impact of leaving it unaddressed

This is not a typical workshop.

You won’t be talked at - you’ll work through your own business in the room, not just listen to ideas.

This is for you if…

• The business is working — but feels heavier than it should
• You’re making progress, but it’s not compounding
• You’re still the one everything comes back to
• You’ve tried the obvious fixes and they haven’t shifted it
• The business is established, with a team and consistent revenue

Registration Note

To keep the session relevant, we'll send a few short questions after registration about what you’re currently dealing with.

About our host

Annabelle Mayhew works with founder-led businesses where growth has become more complex.

She helps founders who’ve built something that works but find that scaling isn’t getting easier - decisions carry more weight, the business still relies heavily on them and progress feels heavier than it should.

Her work focuses on diagnosing what’s actually limiting growth beneath the surface problem, and helping founders make the right decisions in the right order so the business can evolve beyond founder-dependency.

Before this, Anna co-founded TowerXchange, grew EBITDA from £150k to £1m, and completed an eight-figure exit to Euromoney (FTSE 250).

Location: FOUNDRY, Poole

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The Foundry (Bus Station Entrance) - Poole, The Dolphin Centre, Poole, United Kingdom

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