How do you determine if a founder's delegation bottleneck is driven by thin margins or mispricing?
Replied byAlex Hormozi
Founder & Managing Partner at Acquisition
Niche: Finance
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Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Started: 2020
If a founder is overwhelmed but has zero cash to hire help, the root cause is thin margins. Their pricing or delivery terms are incorrect, meaning they are offering too much value for too little money, preventing them from affording assistance.
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