Delegate operations to spend <10% time on cashflow business and >90% on vision
Once operations are working, delegate day-to-day execution completely so founders can stay 'above the clouds' focused on vision, exploration, and creative work. The moment founders get pulled into daily fires and operational tasks, strategic thinking stops and the business plateaus.
When to use
After achieving product-market fit and operational stability - hire operators who can handle execution without founder involvement
Don't do this
Founders staying involved in every decision, answering every question, putting out every fire - prevents scaling and strategic work
3 Founders Who Did This
Outsourced entire agency operations, spend maybe 1 hour daily on agency oversight, rest of time on content creation and exploration
Has EAs manage all social media accounts, screen notifications without ego attachment, and manage DMs. About half of Levels team given EA access. Uses Athena agency.
Uses 'nerds in residence' as operators for each venture, spending <10% time on operational businesses and >90% on vision and new ventures