You built the team. So why are you still stuck doing it all?In this episode of the AI-First CEO Podcast, Aarti Anand sits down with Cruz Gamboa, founder of Ascent Growth, to unpack one of the most frustrating traps for growing founders: hiring a team… but still being the bottleneck.We talk about: • Why delegation alone won’t save your time • How to design a business that doesn’t depend on you • When to build systems vs. add headcount • The invisible ways founders stay stuck in operator mode • What real leverage looks like from $3M to $10M+If you’ve ever felt like your business can’t breathe without you — this episode will hit home. Cruz brings clarity, frameworks, and founder-to-founder truth bombs that every scaling CEO needs to hear.

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