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10 Business Lessons I Wish I Knew That Made Me £30 Million

Why do so many CEOs follow "smart" advice and still end up wrecking their companies? I've built two tech businesses past £30 million and coached over 100 founders, and I've seen it happen over and over. Here are 10 hard lessons every CEO needs to hear before they fuck it all up. I'm Dominic Monkhouse. I scaled two UK firms—Rackspace and Peer-1—to £30m ARR in five years. I've coached over 100 founder-CEOs, 12 of whom have had fantastic exits. These lessons come from real mistakes—mine, my clients', and the patterns I see everywhere. ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Why CEOs Follow Smart Advice and Still Wreck Their Companies 0:17 - Pay Yourself Properly (Stop Carrying C Players) 1:53 - Working With Friends Is Fine (If You're Not a Coward) 2:56 - "Fail Fast" Doesn't Mean Fail Stupid 3:56 - Revenue Doesn't Solve Everything (Focus Problem) 5:15 - Don't Hire Great People and Disappear 6:39 - Growth Without Profit Is Just Expensive Chaos 7:42 - You Can't Keep Control Forever 8:50 - Don't Build a Board Early 10:05 - You Don't Need the Biggest Market Now KEY TAKEAWAYS: Test assumptions before committing—fire bullets before cannonballs Focus beats revenue—cut everything that dilutes your story Build a structure so experts can make decisions without you Growth without profit is expensive chaos—focus on your economic engine Performance first, sentiment second—even with friends One ICP, one problem, one route to market—win the smallest niche first Get your plan on one page or it's too complicated to execute 📧 Want the full system? I've broken down 33 myths that keep founders stuck in 33 daily emails. These are the essence of my book Mind Your Fucking Business for busy founders who don't have time to read. Sign up here: https://join.monkhouseandcompany.com/... 📞 Ready to identify your biggest constraint? Book a call: https://book.monkhouseandcompany.com/... → FOLLOW DOMINIC MONKHOUSE: LinkedIn: 👔 / dominicmonkhouse Instagram: 📷 / dominicmonkhouse Website: https://www.monkhouseandcompany.com ABOUT DOMINIC: I'm a UK-based business coach who helps founder-CEOs scale their companies from 50 to 250 employees. I've scaled two UK tech companies to £30M ARR in five years. Now, my mission is to help 2,000 British companies build systems that scale without the founder at the centre of everything. None of this matters if you're not fixing your biggest constraint first. #FounderCEO #ScalingBusiness #Leadership #BusinessLessons