https://thebottleneckfounder.com/tags/sops/Recent content in SOPs on The Bottleneck FounderHugoen-usMon, 10 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://thebottleneckfounder.com/how-do-i-get-out-of-being-the-bottleneck-i-accidentally-became-if-my-business-cant-run-without-me-is-it-even-a-business/Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://thebottleneckfounder.com/how-do-i-get-out-of-being-the-bottleneck-i-accidentally-became-if-my-business-cant-run-without-me-is-it-even-a-business/<p>Yes, it is still a business — but if routine work stops whenever you disappear, <strong>you are still part of the operating system</strong>. The way out is not to document every breath you take; it is to identify the decisions and approvals that repeatedly come back to you, define how someone else should handle them, give that person real authority, and test whether the system works when you are unavailable.</p>