Take a founding spot | Ben Trengrove · The Self-Running Business

Quick one to start

We don’t want to be strangers, what’s your name?

What’s the best email for you?

About you

Now, who are you in the business?

The business

Roughly what’s the business turning over?

The business

Roughly how many on the team?

Where it hurts

What breaks if the owner steps away for a week? (pick any)

✓ Everything routes through one person, it can’t really run without them

✓ Nobody’s clear on who actually decides what

✓ It’s all in people’s heads, barely anything’s written down

✓ The day-to-day eats any time to work on the business

✓ Manual busywork eats the day, none of it automated

✓ Something else, let me explain…

Where it hurts most

Which of these feels most broken right now? (pick any, or none)

✓ Direction — the vision & goals live in heads, the team guesses

✓ Delegation — no one owns a clear lane, decisions land back on us

✓ Automation — nothing’s documented and the busywork is all manual

✓ The owner is the bottleneck, can’t step back without it wobbling

✓ Key-person risk, if one person’s away the whole thing stalls

✓ Something else, let me explain…

What you’ve tried

What have you tried to fix this so far?

Why now

What’s making you look into this now?

Timeframe

Be honest, how ready are you to start fixing this?

There’s no wrong answer. It just tells me how to help.

Where it hurts

What currently routes through you? (pick any)

✓ It all depends on me, the place can’t really run without me in it

✓ I can’t take a proper break without the phone going off

✓ It’s all in my head, barely anything’s written down

✓ I’m too buried in the day-to-day to work on it

✓ Every decision and approval still lands on my desk

✓ Something else, let me explain…

Where it hurts most

Which of these feels most broken right now? (pick any, or none)

✓ Direction — the vision & goals are in my head, the team guesses

✓ Delegation — no one owns a clear lane, I can’t see how to let go

✓ Automation — nothing’s documented and the busywork is all manual

✓ I can’t see how to step back without it falling over

✓ Too much of the value is tied up in me

✓ Everyone talks AI, I’ve no idea where to start

✓ Something else, let me explain…

The team

Have you got a team you could delegate to, if it ran better?

Why now

What’s prompting you to look at this now?

Timeframe

Be honest, how ready are you to start getting out of the weeds?

There’s no wrong answer. It just tells me how to help.

Last bit

Last thing, a number to reach you on?

Mobile *

Business name & where you’re based

Anything else you want me to know? (optional)

I read every one myself. You’ll hear back within a couple of working days, from me, not an autoresponder.

Take a founding spot. Let’s see if it’s a fit.

Thanks, it’s with me.

Hold on, you’re nearly there.