The Scalability Test: Can Your Business Handle the Next $5M?

How to Stress-Test Your Operations Before You Scale

It’s easy to imagine more revenue. The harder question is: Can your business actually handle it?

We’ve seen companies add millions in sales only to lose profit, quality, and key team members—because their infrastructure wasn’t ready.

Signs You’re Not Ready for the Next Jump

• Key processes live only in people’s heads

• Your leadership team is already at capacity

• Decision-making is slow or founder-dependent

• Metrics aren’t tracked consistently across departments

• Cross-functional friction is rising
  

What a Scalability Test Reveals

We stress-test for:

• People: Do you have the leadership depth for growth?

• Process: Are systems documented and repeatable?

• Data: Can you make decisions at speed and scale?

• Culture: Can it survive faster hiring and new pressures?
  

Our Approach: Test Before You Leap

We:

• Model the impact of a $5M revenue increase on every function

• Identify the first bottlenecks that would break

• Prioritize fixes that increase capacity and resilience

• Align leadership roles to future state needs
  

Why This Matters for Exit Planning

A business that can handle growth without breaking is more valuable—and more attractive—to buyers.

Final Thought: Scaling Isn’t About Saying Yes—It’s About Being Ready

Pass the scalability test before you press the gas.

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