{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode #102: You Can't Scale A Broken Business","description":"The other day someone told me, \u201cYou can\u2019t scale a broken business, you need to fix it first.\u201d  It was one of those moments when something sounds so profound and so obvious at the same time. Like I already knew this but I was hearing it for the first time. This idea is one of those things that gets skipped A LOT but when you actually think about it, it\u2019s so important.  So today I wanted to talk about that, about not scaling a broken business.    In order to scale a business well, it needs to be running well or it all falls apart.  It\u2019s like an old car; at slow speeds for stops around town it\u2019s ok if the brakes aren\u2019t great and everything is being held together with rust.  But when you hit the interstate you need all the parts to work.    Now, when you ask most entrepreneurs what their business needs, you will almost always get \u201cmore leads\u201d or some version of that as the answer.  So much focus is put on getting people in the door and selling and everything else is less important. Until of course everything breaks.   I\u2019m a self professed ops nerd so I may seem a bit biased here, but hear me out. What if what you need isn\u2019t just more business?   For help with your business visit Reynolds OMB. Join Kelly's Facebook group.   ","author_name":"The Get Your Act Together Podcast","author_url":"https:\/\/reynoldsobm.com\/podcast\/","html":"