I already know your answers. (Building a business alone)
• None of your friends are serious business people.
They prefer talking about soccer, relationships, hair, makeup, gossip, or who’s doing what.
• You don’t have investors or partners because, frankly, most people aren’t trustworthy.
• You could get a mentor, but they’re either too expensive or not accessible.
• You could hire a highly qualified assistant, but cashflow hasn’t allowed it yet.
So here you are —
with big dreams —
trying to build alone.
Fair enough.
But it’s important to understand what you’re actually doing.
Nothing mystical. Just physics.
Imagine trying to build a tall house while:
• standing on one leg
• holding all the bricks yourself
• with no ladder
• no rails
• no helpers
You can manage for a while…
But one day your body will say:
“Nah. We’re stopping at one floor.”
Not because you can’t build higher —
but because you’d fall and break yourself.
So your brain quietly limits how big you build.
That extra help you don’t have right now?
That’s what construction people call scaffolding.
Without it, you’ll limit your own growth
without even realizing why.
You don’t need everything.
You need something.
At minimum, you need one or two of the following:
• someone to double-check your money, records, compliance
• someone who can say, “This contract is nonsense”
(yes, some of you will use ChatGPT — still counts )
• someone who can help you stay calm when the emotional rollercoasters hit
• someone competent who just handles things
• someone you can actually count on
• someone who shares risk with you
• someone who can keep customers happy while you nap or take a weekend off
If your entire support system is:
you + your brain + hustle + prayer
Then growth will feel dangerous.
And you’ll stay small —
even while telling yourself you have “big dreams”.
Start where you are. Here are realistic options:
• A group or association of like-minded people
(entrepreneurship hubs, founder groups, industry communities)
• Business seminars and conferences
• Books and frameworks
(borrowed brains still count)
• Software to remove repetitive work
• Part-time experts
• Interns or students
• Saving intentionally for a future high-value employee
• Business partners with revenue-sharing, not equity
• Barter exchanges with experts
(offer value in return for what you need)
• A spouse / partner / girlfriend / boyfriend
(choose carefully — support matters more than romance)
And if you already chose a partner who doesn’t support you?
Well… you probably saw the red flags and ignored them
See your life now!
Seriously — unless someone is physically imprisoning you,
you can build your support structure elsewhere.
SERIOUSLY THOUGH:
You’re not weak for building alone.
You’re just human.
But if you want to build bigger,
stop pretending you’re supposed to do it by yourself. Have a great week ahead.
