Why Emotional Energy Is the Real X-Factor in Scaling a Business (Not Strategy)

Most founders think strategy is what separates the businesses that scale from the ones that stall. It isn't. Lee Benson built an aerospace maintenance company from zero to over 100 million dollars with no outside investors and sold it for a 21.6x EBITDA multiple, in an industry where an 8x is considered a strong exit. He says the real driver wasn't the strat…