147: Sustainable Scaling with Jillian Dolberry

What’s the secret to sustainably scaling your business? In today’s episode, I’m chatting with business manager Jillian Dolberry about the first steps to take when you’re thinking about scaling. We’re diving into what needs to happen first before you can begin scaling, plus what it looks like to make change in a sustainable way.  The Shoot It Straight Podcast is brought to you by Sabrina Gebhardt, photographer and educator. Join us each week as we discuss what it’s like to be a female creative entrepreneur while balancing entrepreneurship and motherhood. If you’re trying to find balance in this exciting place you’re in, yet willing to talk about the hard stuff too, Shoot It Straight Podcast is here to share practical and tangible takeaways to help you shoot it straight.  Make sure you’ve hit that follow or subscribe button on your favorite podcast player to get notified each week as we air new episodes! Review the Show Notes:  Meet Jillian (1:20) What it means to scale a business (3:28) Scaling requires margin and bandwidth (8:43) Creating white space to allow margin (14:29) The first step towards simplification (25:35) Auditing your time to save your business (28:59) Scaling and staying a solopreneur (33:22) Focusing on the big picture while slowing down (34:58) Aligning business with your true values (39:38) Taking the next steps towards scaling (42:21) Making one scaling decision a day (45:45) Rapid-fire questions (52:14) Connect with Jillian: Custom GPT: jilliandolberry.com/sop Instagram: instagram.com/jilliandolberry Website: jilliandolberry.com Connect with Sabrina: Instagram: instagram.com/sabrinagebhardtphotography Website: sabrinagebhardt.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.