Founder carrying the weight of the business 5 Signs Founder Dependency Is Limiting Your Growth, and Why You Need a Fractional COO Why does every win seem to create more work? You sign a new client. Your inbox gets busier. You hire someone. Questions multiply. Revenue goes up. So does the chaos. On paper, everything looks successful. Behind the scenes? You're holding the whole thing together. Most founders assume this means they need another strategy. A new framework. A better