The Start, Scale & Succeed Podcast
Jul 7, 2026 · 27 min · 12 segments
In this pivotal episode, Scott Ritzheimer, Founder of Scale Architects, shares how to decide whether to stay in level 2 as a thriving solopreneur or move to level 3 by building a team. If you're in…
Scott RitzheimerHost
Welcome once again to the Start, Scale and Succeed podcast, the only podcast that grows with you through all seven levels of your journey as a founder.
I'm your host, Scott Ritzheimer, and today is part three of our Should You Really series, where we explore how you can find the best level for you, not for your friend, not for the internet, not for your mom, just for you.
What's the right level? What's the best level for you to get to and thrive in? Now, if you didn't catch the first episode, uh, you probably wanna give that a listen or watch because we've, uh, uh, we, we lay some foundation for what we're talking about in the series.
Uh, you can skip the, the second in the series because each of the last six, including this one, is for one level, uh, founders who are thinking about going to the next level and trying to figure out if that's right for them.
Today, we're going after what could be one of the most expensive assumptions out there, and that is this whole idea that the only way up is to hire a team.
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