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Is Your Business Ready to Scale?
Careful what you wish for...đ¨â ď¸
Hey, hey heyâŚ.
Howâs my favorite Amazon Creature?
Weâll talk about an itchy subject today⌠Scaling!
Letâs get something straight right now, off the bat: not everyone is ready to scale.
Yeah! There, I said it.
Everyone should work towards getting ready to scale, but not everyone is ready to scale now⌠ok? ***timing my friend, timing***
I know, I know. Scaling is the dream, right?
Watching those numbers shoot up, imagining your business taking over the world one Amazon sale at a time⌠and freedom and money for you⌠You breathe deeply and satisfied⌠you sigh while walking worry-free through the seashore of a paradise island, kicking the water from the gentle waves⌠pfffffff đš - BS!!! đ đŠ
Hereâs the brutal truth:
If your foundation isnât rock solid, scaling is gonna feel like trying to build a skyscraper on a trampoline.
If your foundation isnât ready: no seashore, no waves, no sighs, no worry-freeâŚ
And thatâs not pretty.
So, letâs talk facts. (BTW, you can check some cool scaling stories on this link)
Do you really have the infrastructure to scale?
Iâm not talking about hopes and good vibes.
Iâm talking about systems, inventory, cash flowâthe boring, gritty stuff that determines whether youâre ready to step up or whether youâll collapse like a house of cards.
So before anything else and before taking action, ask yourself:
Can your fulfillment process handle double or triple the volume?
Are you stocked and ready, or are you one sale away from telling customers âsorry, weâre out of stockâ đŤ ?
Is your customer service a mess or streamlined like a pro machine?
If any of these questions make you sweat, weâve got work to do.
Scaling is sexy. Cash flow problems? Not so much.
Scaling eats cash.
Youâre gonna need more inventory, more advertising, more everything.
And if youâre barely surviving on the cash youâve got, scaling will break you. Period.
No sugar-coating here, bro.
Start by getting real with your numbers.
How much can you actually afford to invest in growing this beast?
Do you have backup plans in case things donât go exactly as you hope?
Spoiler: they wonât.
And be honest, do inventory nightmares keep you up at night?
(âŚWelcome to the clubâŚ)
If you think managing stock is tough now, wait until youâre moving 2X, 5X, 10X the product. đ
You better have a game plan that's as solid as a rock.
No more guessing, no more âOh, weâll figure it out.â Figure it out NOW.
Because running out of stock when youâre scaling is like slamming on the brakes right when youâre gaining speed.
Itâs ugly like Steve Buscemi, itâs costly like Paris Hilton, and itâs absolutely avoidable like P.Diddy (or Epstein⌠you choose).
Process matters more than you think.
You wanna know the biggest mistake I see?
People think scaling is just about more sales: Wrong!
Scaling is about more efficiency.
More systems. More automation.
Like, bro⌠are you still manually answering customer service emails?
Still wasting hours on tasks a virtual assistant could handle for pennies?
You-Are-Waisting-Time. And TIME âłis MONEY đľ.
Scaling without processes in place is like throwing gas on a fire.
Sure, youâll get a big flameâbut you might burn everything down with it.
The Bottom Line:
Scaling isnât for the faint of heart.
Itâs for those whoâve got the foundation ready, the systems in place, and the guts to go after it.
So, are you ready? Or are you just dreaming?
Lmk, if you need a hand hereâŚ
Talk soon,
Hunter Harris
Founder @ Gigabrain
P.S.: Wanna learn my systems and get ready to scale to the moon? Book a no-cost, 30-minute strategy call with me here