The Secrets to Building a 7-Figure Self-Led Team
Update: 2025-09-15
Description
We’re pulling back the curtain on how we went from contractors to a self-led W-2 team that runs on Scrum, thrives with a 4-day workweek, and delivers at a seven-figure scale.
Inside this episode:
- Our journey: contractors → W-2 employees → Scrum
- How we made the 4-day workweek sustainable
- What a self-led, client-obsessed culture really looks like
- The biggest lessons (and mistakes) along the way
Top tips:
- Be a multiplier, not a diminisher
- Embrace agility and experimentation
- Get support (coaches, consultants, mentors)
- Learn fast from your mistakes
Resources mentioned:
- The story of Margy becoming the first employee, then co owner
- Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time (book)
- Our first HR Specialist, Carmen Torres
- Multipliers, Revised and Updated: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter (book)
- Brandi Olson, our agility consultant
- Visibility and the Nervous System episode
- Brain Based Wellness affiliate link (nervous system regulation)
- The Capacity Gap Workshop
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