How Much Is Founder Dependency Really Costing Your Business?

Most founders running $1–10M ARR businesses underestimate the cost of being the bottleneck. This free calculator shows you the number — clearly and objectively.

Built from real patterns observed across scaling founder-led businesses.

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Section 2

Founder Dependency Doesn’t Feel Risky — Until It Is

At a certain stage, growth stops feeling exciting and starts feeling heavy.

❌ Decisions still land with you.

❌ Quality still depends on you.

❌ Momentum slows the moment you step back.

Revenue hides this for a long time. On the surface, things look fine. Underneath, founder dependency quietly compounds — showing up as mis-hiring, slow execution, and a business that can’t really run without you.

This isn’t a motivation issue.
It’s a leverage issue.

Section 3

If This Feels Familiar, You’re Not Early — You’re Stuck

You’re still involved in decisions you shouldn’t be
Senior hires look good on paper but still rely on you
Growth adds pressure instead of removing it
Stepping away for 30 days feels uncomfortable
You’re working hard, but leverage isn’t increasing

Most founders assume this is “just part of scaling”.
It isn’t.

Section 4

Why Smart Founders Still Struggle Here

Most founders try to solve this by hiring faster, promoting internally, or pushing themselves harder.

The issue is simple:
Hiring doesn’t create leverage. Ownership does.

Without clearly defined decision rights, role clarity, and deliberate founder disengagement, every new hire simply shifts the bottleneck rather than removing it.

That’s why founder dependency persists — even with capable people.

Section 5

The Founder Leverage Calculator

The Founder Leverage Calculator helps you quantify something most founders can feel but rarely measure:

How much of your time is being spent on low-leverage work
Where decisions unnecessarily flow back to you
The estimated annual cost of founder dependency
How exposed the business really is if you step away

This isn’t a personality test or a generic scorecard.

It’s a leverage diagnostic designed specifically for £1–10M ARR founders.

Section 6

What You’ll Get From the Calculator

✅ A Founder Dependency Score

✅ An estimate of annual cost leakage

✅ Clear signals showing where leverage is breaking down

✅ A reality check on whether growth is compounding — or just adding weight

No tactics. No noise. Just clarity.

Section 7

We took this information one step further and implimented a system for Ventore Group that won back founder time and allowed them to scale beyond $25M ARR

Client: Ventore Group Context: 100% Growth to hit $25M ARR this year

Before this work, the business was successful — but it leaned on the founders far more than they realised. Clarifying ownership and removing decision dependency completely changed how the company operates. Growth is now calmer, faster, and far less fragile.

"Through using you guys we were able to get a lot more visiblity"

Section 8

Built for Founders Who Don’t Need Motivation

This calculator is for founders who already know how to build.

You’re not looking for hacks, hustle, or surface-level advice. You want to understand whether your business is genuinely set up to scale — or whether it still depends too heavily on you.

If you’ve felt that tension, this will make it visible.

Get Access to the Free Founder Leverage Calculator

Answer a few questions and see where leverage is really breaking down.