Episode Details

Fast business growth isn't the same as building a healthy business. If you've ever wondered why scaling creates more problems than freedom, this conversation explains the leadership shifts founders must make before growth becomes dangerous.

In this episode of Unfiltered Solopreneur, host Nikhil Vaish sits down with Amanda Sima, who is a serial entrepreneur, inventor, producer, and founder whose career spans licensed apparel, product invention, manufacturing, and media production. Today she advocates for entrepreneurs, intellectual property protection, and helping founders learn from real business experience through her Brain on Loan platform.

She built multiple companies from scratch, secured more than 150 collegiate licensing deals, invented a patented product, survived corporate piracy, and discovered one lesson most entrepreneurs learn too late: vision alone cannot scale a business.
In this episode you'll learn:
• Why a growing business isn't always a healthy business
• How founders become the bottleneck by wearing every hat too long
• When it's time to stop being the visionary and bring in operational leadership
• Why failure creates experience that no classroom can teach
• How resilience, persistence, and protecting your ideas become long-term competitive advantages

Perfect for Executive coaches, leadership consultants, founders, and solo experts who already have traction but are discovering that business growth requires a different version of leadership than business creation. 
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Guest Details

Amanda Sima | Entrepreneur, Inventor & Host of Brain on Loan
• Website: https://brainonloan.com/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amandasima/

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From Nikhil

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