What happens when your business grows faster than your systems, leadership, and life can handle?
In this episode of Tenacity with Sonia C, Sonia sits down with Lauren Cockerell, founder of Kaidar & Co, to unpack the scaling mistake that nearly cost her everything.
After being laid off while 8 months pregnant, Lauren built her company from the ground up. But years later, rapid growth, hiring pressure, operational chaos, and leadership stress forced her to confront a hard truth: more revenue does not automatically create a better business.
Lauren shares the real behind-the-scenes reality of scaling a service business, including:
Growing revenue by 70% and watching systems break
Making hiring decisions too quickly
Navigating a business partner exit
Balancing leadership with motherhood
learning why niching down creates clarity
Rebuilding the company around intentional growth instead of survival mode
This conversation is for founders who are:
overwhelmed by scaling pressure
experiencing founder burnout
struggling with leadership decisions
trying to build a sustainable business
questioning whether the company they built still fits their life
If you are scaling fast but feeling exhausted, this episode will help you rethink what success should actually look like.
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