05/19/2026
I just got back from China.
I gained 12 pounds eating incredible food, met my wife’s 90-year-old grandfather, and watched drones deliver packages over the streets.
It felt like living in the future.
But despite the 15-hour time difference...
I still spent exactly one hour every week on Zoom with a founder named Bob
(that’s not his real name)
Bob has run his content agency for over 12 years.
He didn’t lack work ethic.
He didn’t lack strategy.
He already had the clients and a 10+ person team.
But he was trapped.
He was constantly trying to hire his way out of capacity problems
but the team still depended on him for everything.
He had zero visibility in his content pipeline.
He was only discovering problems downstream,
long after they had already snowballed.
Over 12 weeks, we spent just one hour a week fixing that.
Bob is now operating leaner.
He went from a 10+ person team to a 5+ person team
while handling the exact same client load.
(and he now has capacity for more)
The best part wasn’t the productivity gains.
It was time.
He has time to develop his leaders.
He has time to think strategically.
He’s even playing hockey again for the first time in years.
Most of you don’t have a strategy problem.
You know how to work hard.
What you lack is the visibility to identify problems before they catch fire.
You can’t fix the video pipeline when you’re neck-deep in the ex*****on.
Get out of the fire.
Block time out of your week to actually look at what’s going on.
Get a second pair of eyes on it. (ask your team the right questions)
When you finally pinpoint what’s actually broken,
good operators usually already know how to fix it.
You just need the space to see it.
-David@Denimstitch