I Made The Inc 5000 7 Times. Here are 7 Lessons I Learned | Ali Katz

My company New Law Business Model made the Inc. 5000 for the seventh time. But the biggest lessons I've learned came from the two years we didn't make it. In this episode, Ali Katz breaks down what happened in 2022, when her company hit $8 million in revenue but came within two weeks of missing payroll, and traces it back to seven specific ways she'd abdicated her own leadership without realizing it. From delegating tasks instead of ownership to handing out titles nobody had earned yet, she walks through each lesson with the real cost attached, then closes with the bigger picture: filing bankruptcy in 2012, and choosing seven years later to apply these lessons instead of repeating the same mistake. In this episode: - Why delegating ownership for an outcome beats delegating a list of tasks - Why giving someone a title they haven't earned sets them up to fail, and leaves them nowhere to grow - Why reporting is visibility into your numbers, not admin work - Why you can't run your company if you can't read your own numbers - Why you should believe people's actions over the values statements they recite - Why your energy, not your time or money, is your number one asset - Why building with the people you love works, if you've followed the six lessons before it Free Resource: Join Ali's next live Estate Planning Masterclass to learn how to make sure your will, trust, or estate plan truly works for you and the people you love. Register here: https://personalfamilylawyer.com/masterclass Ali also publishes The Great Wealth Transfer Substack, with more resources linked from her website: https://alikatz.com/ For Lawyers: Curious about building or growing an estate planning practice you actually love? Explore this training for attorneys and hear how lawyers are creating more predictable, relationship-centered practices through the Personal Family Lawyer® model. Register here: https://go.newlawbusinessmodel.com/event-w-2026-09-08?hsCtaAttrib=218711726217 Follow and subscribe to get notified of every new episode, and share this one with someone building something of their own. Connect with Ali Katz: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thealikatz Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheAliKatz/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thealikatz/ Website: https://alikatz.com/