You’re scaling. Revenue’s up. The team is growing.
But instead of momentum, you’re feeling drag.
What gives?
Here’s the truth most founders miss: your biggest scaling bottleneck is people — not systems, not strategy, not market conditions.
And the longer you avoid it, the more it costs: in momentum, morale, and margin.
🎙️ In this episode of The Scaling Paradox, we sit down with Angelina Galindo former enterprise exec turned leadership coach — to uncover what’s really breaking companies at $80K–$150K MRR and beyond.
With decades of experience in billion-dollar B2B deals, Angelina now coaches founders through the invisible breakdowns that stall growth:
Mis-hires and weak onboarding
Late firing decisions
Burnout from over-functioning leadership
Confusion between loyalty and competence
💥 What we cover:
• Why hiring too slow kills growth — and how to fix your hiring process
• The 1:1 framework that transforms updates into ownership
• How to identify misaligned team members early
• The right way to fire someone without guilt or delay
• How to coach mid-level leaders to make decisions without you
• Angelina’s 3 founder rules to scale sustainably (and stay sane)
🔊 Standout Clip:
“You already know who needs to go.”
It’s not just a gut feeling — it’s your unspoken data.
Ignoring it? That’s how teams stagnate and founders spiral.
🧠 Full Episode Breakdown
ACT I — The Spark
Angelina dominates in enterprise sales, then walks away to rebuild life on her own terms. From scuba diving to spirituality, she learns the deeper game: scaling is always about people.
ACT II — The Break
Coaching founders, she sees the same trap: over-functioning CEOs, loyal but ineffective teams, and no one taking ownership. Leadership debt builds. Growth slows.
ACT III — The Shift
She lays out her leadership operating system:
Create success paths
Shift 1:1s from status to strategy
Exit fast, but with grace
This isn’t theory — it’s the manager reset every founder needs.
ACT IV — The Wisdom
Burnout doesn’t come from doing too much. It comes from staying misaligned.
Angelina’s 3 rules:
Always show up.
Always upgrade.
Get over it.
Because growth doesn’t care how you feel — but your team reflects it.
🎧 Listen if you’re a founder who:
• Feels friction in your leadership team
• Is stuck in the weeds and can’t let go
• Needs to fix culture without slowing down
• Is scaling a SaaS, agency, or service business past $100K MRR
This isn’t a playbook.
It’s a mirror.
🔥 Tap play on “People Problems: The #1 Scaling Bottleneck Nobody Prepares You For”
with Angelina Galindo — and start building a team that actually scales with you.
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