You've found the Scale Readiness Assessment
Your business is growing.So why is your life getting harder?
More customers should not mean more chaos. More revenue should not mean more pressure. And building a team should not mean that every important decision still ends up back on your desk.
The problem may not be growth. The problem may be that your business isn't ready for it.
Takes approximately 5 minutes. Receive your personalised Scale Readiness Score and discover what your business needs to build next.
01 — The Foundation
Accounting
Before growing anything, you need to understand your numbers. Growth decisions made without financial clarity are guesses with consequences.
- Revenue
- Profit
- Margins
- Cash
- Burn rate
- Financial runway
Created by
Paul Wakefield
Business Scale Architect · Entrepreneur · Author
- 30+ years building businesses
- Creator of The Scale Readiness Ladder
- Founder of RESJAM
Growth can hide abroken business.
A business can be generating more revenue than ever while becoming increasingly fragile underneath. You may be experiencing:
- Everyone still comes to you when something goes wrong.
- Your team constantly needs your approval.
- Important knowledge lives inside people's heads.
- You are hiring more people but somehow becoming busier.
- Sales are growing faster than delivery can handle.
- You have more revenue but less freedom.
- Taking a proper break feels impossible.
This isn't necessarily a growth problem.It's an infrastructure problem.
The Scale Readiness Ladder
The five foundations of scale
Each foundation carries the one above it. You would not add floors to a building without checking what is underneath.
01
Accounting
The Foundation
Before growing anything, you need to understand your numbers. Growth decisions made without financial clarity are guesses with consequences.
- — Revenue
- — Profit
- — Margins
- — Cash
- — Burn rate
- — Financial runway
02
Systems
The Machine
Can your business consistently deliver without relying on what individual people happen to know?
- — Documented processes
- — Repeatable delivery
- — Central knowledge
- — Clear workflows
- — Defined ownership
03
People
The Multiplier
People should multiply what already works. Without structure they add complexity instead of capacity.
- — Role clarity
- — Decision authority
- — Delegation
- — Onboarding
- — Accountability
04
Marketing
The Engine
Can your business generate predictable demand, or does enquiry flow arrive by luck?
- — Ideal customer clarity
- — Positioning
- — Differentiation
- — Consistent enquiries
- — Measurement
05
Sales
The Converter
Can the business generate revenue without the founder personally closing every important deal?
- — Documented
- — Measurable
- — Repeatable
- — Forecastable
The sequence
- 01Know your numbers
- 02Build the machine
- 03Staff the machine
- 04Create demand
- 05Convert the demand
The Founder Gravity test
Are you the biggest bottleneck in your business?
Founder Gravity happens when important decisions, knowledge, customers and problems keep getting pulled back towards the founder.
You may have a team, managers, software and processes. But if the business cannot move without you:
You are still the operating system.
Could you leave your business for 90 days?
And return to find it healthier than when you left?
If the answer is no, there is work to do.
Not necessarily more work. Better infrastructure.
What you will receive
A diagnostic, not a quiz result.
Your Scale Readiness Score
Discover your overall score out of 100.
Your five foundation scores
See how your business performs across Accounting, Systems, People, Marketing and Sales.
Your biggest risk
Identify the weakest foundation currently limiting your business.
Your next priority
Discover what you should focus on next — and what to leave alone.
Your Scale Readiness roadmap
Receive practical recommendations based on your score and your weakest foundation.
How it works
Three steps. Five minutes.
Step 1
Answer 25 questions
Five questions across each of the five Scale Readiness foundations.
Step 2
Get your score
The assessment analyses your answers and identifies strengths and weaknesses.
Step 3
Discover what to build next
Receive your personalised results and your next priority.
Created by
Paul Wakefield
Business Scale Architect · Entrepreneur · Author
Paul Wakefield is an entrepreneur, founder and business architect who has spent more than three decades building businesses and studying what separates companies that scale from those that break.
He is the creator of The Scale Readiness Ladder and founder of RESJAM. The framework was created to help founders build the infrastructure required for sustainable growth.
The goal is to build a business that can grow without consuming the person who created it.
FAQ
Questions founders ask
Before you grow faster…
Find out whether your business is ready to carry the weight.
Take the free Scale Readiness Assessment. Takes approximately 5 minutes.