Growth gets harder after $5M because effort stops being the constraint and leadership, systems, and financial clarity start to matter more than hustle.

Lance Bachmann has built, scaled, and sold multiple companies across home services, technology, and marketing. Today, he partners directly with business owners to help them break through growth plateaus, install real operational structure, and build companies that can scale quickly and profitably.

In this episode, we talk about why so many owners get stuck between $5M and $10M, the leadership behaviors that quietly cap growth, and why financial literacy is often the missing link between effort and results.

This conversation is for owners who are growing fast, feeling the pressure of complexity, and realizing that working harder isn’t solving the problem anymore.

What You Will Learn in This Episode

• Why growth feels heavier after $5M instead of easier
• The leadership mistakes that silently limit scale
• Why most businesses struggle with the same fundamentals
• How fear-based leadership hurts teams and results
• The difference between revenue growth and operational control
• Why financial literacy creates real freedom for owners
• How personal spending inside the business slows growth
• Why clean systems matter more than new tactics
• What actually changes when a company moves toward eight figures
• How disciplined execution beats complexity every time

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