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5 Things People Don't Tell You About Being a High-Growth Entrepreneur

Steve Laidlaw

created: July 16, 2025, 6 p.m. | updated: July 17, 2025, 1:43 p.m.

Revealing the hidden truths of high-growth entrepreneurship — a must-read for any entrepreneur eager to grow wisely and sustainably. If you spend five minutes on LinkedIn or Instagram, you'd think being a high-growth entrepreneur is nothing but private jets, roundtables at Davos and "crushing it." Here are five things people don't tell you about being a high-growth entrepreneur, and why knowing them might save your sanity, your business and perhaps your health. I've seen founders sell businesses not for the money, but to escape the role their own success trapped them in. Related: The Truth About Achieving Exponential Growth in Business, ExposedMy hard-earned conclusionBeing a high-growth entrepreneur is extraordinary.

3 months, 3 weeks ago: Entrepreneur