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The Founder Bottleneck

John Rake

Most founders spend too much time working in their business instead of on it. The right systems aren't in place. The bottleneck is usually a bad assumption, a decision they keep making manually every week, or a system quietly putting a ceiling on growth. The Founder Bottleneck is a daily podcast that tackles one specific problem and shows how technology and automation can solve it, so you can get back to working on your business.

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13 episodes

  1. AI can do anything you can undo 6:03
  2. You built your business software with AI. Now what? 5:52
  3. Good Operations Reduce Anxiety 17:57
  4. Automation vs. Software: Which One Does Your Business Actually Need? 13:05
  5. Places Your Business Is Losing Time Every Week 14:36
  6. A Business Owner Should Never Manually Do This in 2026 15:01
  7. What Stays in Your Head That Should Be in Your Business 13:17
  8. The Real Cost of Manual Workflows 13:49
  9. How to Hand Something Off Without It Falling Apart 15:37
  10. You're Your Own Bottleneck 15:23
  11. When Your Spreadsheets Become a Liability 12:28
  12. When Does Your Business Actually Need Custom Software? 13:33
  13. What a vCTO Actually Does 5:48