Your weaknesses don’t matter

Plus, growth secrets from Uber and Tinder ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  December 6th, 2021 The Memo | Issue #71 Together With: What would your business look like without you? It’s one of the truths of the business world: a company has to work with or without the founder. It’s what we call transferable value, and it’s a key factor in [the Scalable Impact Framework](. Transferable value is two-pronged: the business needs to have value without you and it needs to be able to run efficiently, too. This week’s issue focuses on the latter—helping the business run without you by focusing on your strengths, investing in employees, and delegating. Now, let’s dive in... Win A 30 Minute Strategy Session With Ryan Deiss? 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See the full contest details [here.](  Why You Should Double Down On Your Strengths “There are 5,000 people that work at HubSpot now and exactly zero of them report to be—and that’s always been the case.” As a founder or CEO, you wear a lot of hats, but that doesn’t mean you can do everything. Everyone has their own strengths and weaknesses—so is it better to work on improving your weaknesses or just double-down on your strengths? HubSpot founder and CTO Dharmesh Shah argues for the latter: [doubling down on your strengths](. In this bite-sized 2-minute video, Dharmesh explains why none of HubSpot’s 5,000 employees report to him and breaks down the fallacy that everyone has to move into management. Related: [What kind of founder are you?]( Get Genius With Your Marketing [Sponsored] What if you could deliver your message to people with the highest propensity to engage at the lowest possible cost? That would be genius, right? We’d like to introduce you to our partners at Genius Monkey. They have developed a set of proprietary algorithms that help companies to optimize their marketing in real-time. This allows businesses to get ads in front of the right customer at the right time and lead them to you. So if you’re looking to get more for your marketing dollars and have confidence that it is in fact working for you with data to back that up, Genius Monkey is the perfect fit for you. [Click here to learn more today.]( Growth Secrets From Tinder, Uber, And Twitch “Between the early adopters and the early majority you have this chasm where all the nerds will love you but the mainstream market has no clue what it is that you do.” Businesses have never grown faster than they do today. Think about brands like Uber and Tinder—they went from startup to massive company in a matter of months. Few people get to see the ins and outs of that growth process the way Andrew Chen has. Andrew was recently a guest on The Tim Ferriss Show podcast, where he spilled the beans on [growth secrets behind Tinder, Uber, and Twitch](. We love this episode because Andrew and Tim cover a ton of ground—from growth to startup investing to the metaverse—including common growth mistakes Andrew’s seen founders make and lessons learned consulting for Uber in its early days. Related: [6 reasons your company isn’t growing as fast as it could]( You Need An Executive Assistant “We kept pushing ourselves and prioritizing other teams until suddenly we were working until 10 pm every night, doing tasks we didn’t like, and knowing this wasn’t where our focus should be.” As founders, we imagine the need for an executive assistant will bash us on the head with a Eureka! moment. But most of the time, that isn’t the case. Work piles up, workdays get longer, and other priorities deflect our focus. In other words: it’s easy to miss very clear signs it’s time to hire some administrative help. We experienced this ourselves while building Scalable, so we know what it looks like and we want to help you avoid putting the process of [hiring an assistant]( off until you’re completely drowning. In this article, we share 5 clear signs you should watch out for—signs that indicate you’re overloaded, distracted from high-value work, and in need of an executive assistant stat. Related: [How to delegate at scale]( One Last Thing... Remember: you ≠your business. - The Scalable Team --- We hope you enjoyed this week’s issue. If you did, could you do us a favor and share it with 3 friends and colleagues? It would mean the world to us. 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