586 : (Solo) How I Solve The Biggest Problems in My Business (and How You Can Too)

The Foundr Podcast with Nathan Chan

Nathan Chan

Marketing, Business, Entrepreneurship

4.8 • 662 Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Every business has one major constraint holding it back from the next stage of growth — and solving it is the fastest way to scale. In this episode, I share the exact formula I use to identify the biggest problem in my business, find the right person who’s already solved it, and get the solution faster than years of trial and error. This is the same approach I’ve seen countless successful founders use to break through roadblocks and grow with speed. Here’s what you’ll take away: • How to identify the single biggest constraint holding your business back • The fastest way to find and learn from people who have already solved your problem • Why paying for expertise can save you months — or even years — of wasted time If you’re stuck or plateauing, this episode will give you a clear, actionable way to diagnose the issue and solve it faster than you thought possible — so you can get back to growing your business. This is a brand new solo series I’m testing, and I’d love your feedback. Email me directly at [email protected] — I read every reply. Hope you enjoy it. SAVE 50% ON OMNISEND FOR 3 MONTHS Get 50% off your first 3 months of email and SMS marketing with Omnisend with the code FOUNDR50. Just head to ⁠⁠⁠https://your.omnisend.com/foundr⁠⁠⁠ to get started. HOW WE CAN HELP YOU SCALE YOUR BUSINESS FASTER Learn directly from 7, 8 & 9-figure founders inside Foundr+ Start your $1 trial → ⁠⁠⁠https://www.foundr.com/startdollartrial⁠⁠⁠ PREFER A CUSTOM ROADMAP AND 1-ON-1 COACHING? → Starting from scratch? Apply here → ⁠⁠⁠https://foundr.com/pages/coaching-start-application⁠⁠⁠ → Already have a store? Apply here → ⁠⁠⁠https://foundr.com/pages/coaching-growth-application⁠⁠⁠ CONNECT WITH NATHAN CHAN Instagram → ⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/nathanchan⁠⁠⁠ LinkedIn → ⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathanhchan/⁠⁠⁠ FOLLOW FOUNDR FOR MORE BUSINESS GROWTH STRATEGIES YouTube → ⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/2uyvzdt⁠⁠⁠ Website → ⁠⁠⁠https://www.foundr.com⁠⁠⁠ Instagram → ⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/foundr/⁠⁠⁠ Facebook → ⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/foundr⁠⁠⁠ Twitter → ⁠⁠⁠https://www.twitter.com/foundr⁠⁠⁠ LinkedIn → ⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/foundr/⁠⁠⁠ Podcast → ⁠⁠⁠https://www.foundr.com/podcast⁠

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0:00.0	Hey Founder Fam, I want to talk to you about something super exciting. We're officially partnered with Omniscend, the email marketing and SMS platform built specifically for e-commerce founders. We've been recommending OmnisCent to Founder students for a while now because it just works. Whether you're launching your first store or you're scaling the seven figures, it really helps you automate your marketing and get real results.
0:24.0	Did you know on average, Omnysend customers make $68 for every $1 they spend, which is an insanely good return on investment.
0:32.6	And because you're part of the founder community, you get 50% off your first three months with the code Founder 50.
0:39.3	Just head to Omnicend.com forward slash founder without the E to get started. All right, now
0:46.2	let's jump back into the show.
0:49.0	Hello and welcome back to another episode of Founder to Founder. These are solo episodes where I share
0:56.3	exactly what I'm learning on the journey of building founder past 10 years and learning from
1:02.6	some of the best in the game. So today I want to talk about something that every founder faces,
1:07.4	and that is how do you solve the biggest problem in your business? How do you grow your
1:12.0	business? We all have roadblocks. We all have plateaus. And so what I'm going to share with you
1:16.7	is my formula on how I solve problems in my business and how you can too and how you can get
1:24.3	that outcome faster than anyone. Here are the stories. Learn the proven methods and accelerate your growth and future through entrepreneurship.
1:33.3	Welcome to the founder podcast with Nathan Chan.
1:37.3	So first and foremost, you need to identify the constraint. The biggest problems in your business
1:45.6	is it people, is it product, is it lead gen, is it marketing? Like you have something right now,
1:52.0	even if you're in the early stages, there's something right now that if you were to fix it,
1:56.4	your business would start growing again or it would grow even faster. So it's your job as a founder to work
2:01.8	out what that constraint is. And when I interviewed Matt Ollich, he talked about this idea of the
2:07.6	theory of constraints. Now, I'd never heard of it before, but that's effectively how I look at things.
2:12.2	Like what is the biggest constraint in my business right now? Like as an example, if you have a phone sales team
2:19.2	and you're selling perhaps a higher ticket product,
2:22.0	and you can see that from a benchmark perspective,
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