Stories of Scale with Jonathan Herps
Hi, I'm Jonathan Herps. If you're a business owner, CEO, or senior leader looking to scale your business, you're in the right place.
Here, we go beyond generic business advice.
I share proven strategies, practical tools, and real-world insights that help you build a self-managing, scalable, and profitable business.
But it's not just about the business—it's about you as the leader. Because the success of your business is a direct reflection of your growth.
On this channel, you can expect:
- Growth Strategies: Learn how to scale revenue, profits, and impact.
- Leadership Development: Discover the habits and mindset shifts that make great CEOs.
- Team & Culture: Build a high-performing, accountable leadership team that doesn't rely on you for every decision.
- Systems & Processes: Understand how to streamline operations for predictable, consistent growth.
I’ve been fortunate to mentor and coach 100s of CEOs across many industries and geographies, helping them overcome growth plateaus, build high-performing teams, and achieve more freedom in their business and personal lives. My mission is to help you do the same.
Ready to scale up? Hit subscribe and join me for actionable insights that can help you lead with confidence, grow with intention, and create a business that serves your life, not the other way around.
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Stories of Scale with Jonathan Herps
CEO Playbook Ep 21: Scaling Beyond the Million Mark
Scaling doesn’t break at the money level. It breaks at the people level. And if you don’t fix that, you’ll stay stuck forever.
Jonathan opens up about the real barriers leaders face when moving from survival growth into scalable success. You’ll hear how to shift from short-term hustling to long-term building, and why the way you think about people, money, and planning determines whether you stay stuck or scale up.
Most CEOs don’t fail because of their ideas. They fail because they keep running their company like it’s still at $1M when it should be at $10M.
In this episode of Stories of Scale with Jonathan Herps, you’ll discover:
- Why moving from $1M to $3M revenue is really a people challenge more than a money challenge (00:43)
- Why annual planning fails CEOs and the alternative rhythm of three-year visions and 90-day sprints that drive execution (03:15)
- Principles to align business and life vision that lets you scale from chaos to $100M revenue (05:13)
Key takeaways for CEOs and business owners:
- Growth always breaks at the people level. Scaling requires not just more people but the right level of people, and a strategy for funding them.
- Annual planning keeps most businesses stuck. A three-year vision paired with 90-day execution cycles creates rhythm, alignment, and results.
- Profitability doesn’t come from cutting back. It comes from structuring investments in people and systems that create scalable growth.
- Leaders who grow must evolve. Sometimes that means replacing team members (or even themselves) when the business outgrows existing skills.
Scaling is less about pushing harder but more about thinking bigger, planning smarter, and building a rhythm that frees you from being the bottleneck.
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