This founder CEO guide covers the 5 mistakes that kill momentum — clarity of vision, delegation failure, skills gaps, micromanagement, and self-awareness.
Essential viewing for UK business leaders scaling their companies.

Scaling from 50 to 100 people is where most founders come unstuck.
You go from a cosy, know-everyone operation to something bigger, messier, and far less forgiving.
The business grows faster than your leadership does, and suddenly the cracks show.
Vision gets fuzzy. Delegation collapses. Skills gaps widen.
And you, the founder, become the bottleneck you swear you aren't.

If you're leading the biggest company you've ever run, odds are you're making the same five mistakes I see in every founder at this stage.
None of them are exotic. None of them are special.
They're just predictable consequences of growth colliding with a leader who's still operating like it's day one.

I'm Dominic Monkhouse.
I've scaled two UK tech firms to £30M ARR in five years, and I coach founders wrestling with these exact issues.
They all think their problems are unique.
They're not.
And that's good news — because predictable problems have predictable fixes.

In this video, I break down the five bottlenecks that kill momentum between 50 and 100 people — and what you need to do to get out of your own way.

⏱️ TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Introduction: The 5 Bottlenecks That Kill Momentum
01:00 - Why You Need to Play to Your Strengths (Not Fix Weaknesses)
02:30 - Mistake #1: Lack of Clarity of Vision (The One-Word Strategy)
04:15 - Case Study: Smart Sourcing's "People" Strategy
06:00 - Mistake #2: Skills Gap (Does Your Team Have What It Takes?)
07:30 - Mistake #3: Delegation Failure (Why "I'll Just Do It Myself" Is Killing You)
09:00 - The Liverpool FC Hiring Strategy: Specialists vs Generalists
10:15 - Mistake #4: Micromanagement (Hoarding Work vs Developing Teams)
12:00 - Mistake #5: Self-Awareness (Do You Know Where You're the Problem?)
14:00 - The Working Genius Framework: Love vs Loathe Exercise
16:00 - Creating Psychological Safety in Your Leadership Team
17:30 - Recap: How These 5 Bottlenecks Interconnect

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ABOUT DOMINIC
I'm a UK-based business coach helping founder CEOs scale their companies from 50 to 250 employees.
I've scaled two UK tech companies to £30M ARR in five years.
Now, my mission is to help 2,000 British companies break through the bottlenecks that kill momentum.

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Discover the common pitfalls founders encounter between 50 and 100 employees.
This discussion highlights typical bottlenecks that hinder growth and momentum.
Learn practical tips and strategies to lead effectively and grow a business that doesn’t depend on you.