Small and Mighty. Lead the team you built without losing yourself.
You hired help to lighten the load. Learn to lead your team so it actually does.
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“What’s wrong with these people?”
You didn’t start this to manage people. You started it to do great work.
Then the great work brought more clients, the clients brought more work, and you did the smart thing: you hired help. An assistant. Someone for delivery. Then another.
Each hire was supposed to make your life easier. Instead:
- Your mornings get eaten by emails, text messages, Slack messages, phone calls, questions, fires, and all sorts of other nonsense
- Your evenings go to redoing work that should have been done right
- You catch mistakes that were completely preventable
- You explain the same thing for the third time this week
The work left your hands. It never left your head.
Working harder than ever, and still not making any money
Here’s the math nobody warned you about.
So you work longer. You sell harder. You cover every gap your team leaves. Payroll clears, and somehow there’s still nothing left for you.
Meanwhile the other costs pile up. Weekends disappear. Vacations become working vacations. Quality slips with the clients who trusted you most. And the people at home get whatever is left after the team takes the rest.
Late at night, the question shifts from “What’s wrong with these people?” to something worse:
“Is this even worth it?”
Ten thousand dollars a month, gone in one weekend
Rachel ran a talent search firm in Nashville. In a few years she had tripled her revenue and was closing in on her first million-dollar year.
As her client list grew, she hired an assistant, then a recruiter, then a second, then a third. Each hire was supposed to free her up. Instead, they didn’t match her pace, forgot simple steps, and followed processes without thinking.
Then, one Friday evening, two of her oldest clients walked. A “courtesy call” from one. A “Dear John” email from the other two hours later. She cancelled a trip she’d been looking forward to for months and spent the whole weekend cleaning up the mess, only to find every account had problems.
Nothing was wrong with them. Rachel was trying to win like a solo founder while running a team. She didn’t need to quit, reinvent the business, or settle for less. She needed the right people, managed the right way.
So that’s what we built. She found the one person who didn’t fit the role and helped him land somewhere better. She hired the right kind of person to replace him. She set up a weekly team meeting and short morning check-ins. Slowly at first, and then all of a sudden, the team hit its stride. The dropped balls stopped. The constant barrage of texts, calls, and interruptions disappeared.
Small and Mighty is the playbook Rachel and I built together
Across 10 sections, you’ll go from Reluctant Manager to Skillful Manager.
Think like a team captain
Not a star player. The one mindset shift that unlocks everything else.
Master three skills
The three that handle 90% of your management headaches.
Hire right
Who to hire, who to avoid, where to find them, and how to train them so they thrive.
Manage in under two hours a week
A three-meeting rhythm that keeps everyone aligned.
Grow on purpose
A predictable sales system that doesn’t depend on heroics.
Get delivery out of your hands
Without letting quality slip.
Handle the other stuff
Never again get blindsided by a tax bill, a cash crunch, or a payroll crisis.
Make it stick
Spot the four pitfalls that pull most founders right back out of this level.
10 sections. 50 lessons. 14 worksheets.
Welcome to Small and Mighty
Name where you are, and see the Skillful Manager you’re about to become.
The Mindset You Need to Be Small AND Mighty
Make the one shift from Star Player to Team Captain that unlocks everything else.
The Skills You Need to Manage Your Team
Hand off work without hand-holding, hovering, or watching it fall apart.
Who You Need on Your Team
Exactly who to hire, who to avoid, where to find them, and how to train them.
How to Manage without Micromanaging
Install the three-meeting rhythm that keeps everyone aligned without you in every conversation.
The Only Way to Grow Your Organization
Step into your real role as CRO and build a predictable sales system.
How to Deliver Value Through Others
Untangle your superpower from your bottleneck.
What About All the Other Stuff?
Peace of mind on taxes, cash, and payroll. Not perfection.
Sustaining Success as a Skillful Manager
Spot the four pitfalls, optimize for joy, and trust the team you built.
What’s Next (The Choice Is Yours)
Level 3 can be your destination or your launchpad. Know which path is right for you.
One simple change. Everything else follows.
- Your team becomes leverage instead of stress
- You work 30 to 50 hours a week, not 60 to 80
- You take real vacations, not working vacations
- Your time goes to the work that lights you up
- Problems stop feeling like a disease and start feeling like the next thing to solve
It won’t be perfect. It will be sustainable.
Revenue doubled in a year, working fewer hours than the year before. She took a trip to Australia with her husband and didn’t bring her laptop. Her team handled everything.RACHEL, TALENT SEARCH FIRM, NASHVILLE
She tried to grow her way out of the chaos, and every hire made it worse. Once she learned to manage the team she had, her 80-hour weeks became 30-hour weeks and her working vacations became real ones.KATELYN, RECRUITING FIRM, RHODE ISLAND
Scott Ritzheimer
Scott Ritzheimer has spent over two decades helping 20,000 founders navigate every stage of the entrepreneurial journey, from first idea to lasting legacy. He’s the author of The Founder’s Game: A Practical Playbook to Answer the Seven Most Important Questions Founders Ask Themselves.
Start with your level, or get the whole road ahead
Small and Mighty
- 50 video lessons across 10 sections
- 14 ready-to-use worksheets
- Self-paced, with no deadlines
4 courses for the price of 2
- 2. Going Full-Time: Win your two-week world and get off the revenue roller coaster
- 3. Small and Mighty: Manage your team in 2 hours or less, with zero micromanagement
- 4. Just Right: Build an Operator System that frees you from daily firefighting
- 7. Founder’s Legacy: Build a legacy that outlives you
Get on the list. Hear first.
Join the waitlist and you’ll get the enrollment link the day doors open.
Not sure Level 3 is you? Take the quiz and find out in a few minutes.
Before you join
Is this course right for me?
If you have a small team (roughly 5 to 15 people, or your first few hires) and managing them is eating your week, yes.
If you’re still doing it all yourself, start with Going Full-Time. If you’re leading more than 15 people, Just Right is built for you.
Still not sure? Take the quiz, or plan on the Level 3 Gold Pack: Going Full-Time, Small and Mighty, Just Right, and Founder’s Legacy for $594 when doors open.
Do I have to watch every lesson?
No. Each section stands on its own. Skim what you already do well and go deep where you’re stuck.
How long do I have access?
Your access isn’t on a timer. There are no deadlines and no cohort dates. Go at your own pace, rewatch any lesson, and come back whenever your team hits a new challenge.
Do I need to read the book first?
No. The book is the map of the whole founder journey. This course is the step-by-step playbook for this level. They work well together, but neither requires the other.
You don’t need a different team. You need a different playbook.
Become the leader your team needs, and get back to the work you started this for.
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