Episode 300: Boundaries: The Key to Handling Hyper-Growth with Business Leader Jeanne David

The founder and CEO of Outer Aisle Gourmet Jeanne David tells her team it's a new company every three months. She goes over the necessity for setting parameters to build a long-term healthy organization in the face of exponential growth. • The stress of manufacturing—keeping up with massive demand. • Best product: Everything Sandwich Thins (cauliflower). • Rolled out from region to region and eventually nationally with Whole Foods. • Outgrew 37,000 square-foot facility in two years. • Just signed lease for a massively bigger facility in Texas. • Started in a 3,000 square-foot shared kitchen. • They receive 150,000 pounds of fresh cauliflower every week. • The importance of resetting—setting boundaries. • At 6 p.m. they turn off business to allow recovery time. TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES: [3:10] Rapid growth. [8:20] Success can destroy your business. [11:50] Managing expansion.