An entrepreneur who doesn’t delegate doesn’t multiply. Those who make all decisions manually end up becoming the very limit of their company’s growth. According to Grupo MXE, an educational reference in solutions for entrepreneurs and their businesses, this is one of the hardest truths to accept for those who start businesses in Brazil.
And it comes with other equally common diagnoses: high turnover, improvised processes, operations based on gut feeling, time wasted on bureaucracy, lack of predictability, and low maturity in people management. The reflection of this is visible: according to Sebrae, over 50% of small and medium-sized businesses close their doors within four years.
“There are many entrepreneurs who grow without structure, pushing things forward until the bill comes due. Growth without management is risk. Growth without processes is chaos. Growth without a good team is exhaustion,” says Felipe Cintra, CEO of Grupo MXE.
The invisible pains that hold your company back
- You can’t delegate—and you think no one does it better than you
Centralization may work in the early years, but later it becomes a bottleneck. The leader needs to step out of operations and develop a second layer of management.
Diagnosis: Lack of middle management and a culture of autonomy.
Solution: Team structuring, role definition, and real decentralization (with safety and oversight).
- Your operation depends on people who “know how to do it,” but not on processes that guarantee results
The company becomes vulnerable to the departure of a single employee.
Diagnosis: Key-person dependency, with no knowledge backup.
Solution: Process mapping and standardization, KPI implementation, and use of AI to create predictability.
- You’re putting out fires every day and can’t focus on growth
Short-term demands consume everything.
Diagnosis: Reactive management, lacking strategic planning.
Solution: Routine metrics, prioritization methodology, and a culture of analysis (with AI support for data interpretation).
- Your turnover is high—and you’ve normalized it
If you think everyone “just job-hops,” be careful: this could be a direct reflection of your management.
Diagnosis: Lack of clarity about culture, goals, responsibilities, and growth plans.
Solution: HR restructuring, development pathways, and reinforcement of organizational culture.
- You’re still trying to scale the company with the same tools you used when you had 5 employees
Spreadsheets, manual notes, controls on WhatsApp.
Diagnosis: Limited technology, manual operations, and process bottlenecks.
Solution: Implementation of ERPs, cross-department integration, and use of AI for faster, more accurate decisions.
“A business that depends 100% on the founder to function isn’t ready to scale. The entrepreneur must step out of ‘do-it-all’ mode and take on the strategist role. This is what enables consistent growth,” concludes the CEO.
About Grupo MXE
Grupo MXE, an educational reference in solutions for entrepreneurs and their businesses, specializes in building and implementing efficient processes, mentoring for entrepreneurs, and training for teams and leaders. Founded in 2023, it focuses on structuring processes, optimizing management, and driving business growth.
With clients in eight countries, including Japan, Canada, Portugal, the USA, and Argentina, the group impacts thousands of entrepreneurs through its two main divisions: MXE Educação, dedicated to training, lectures, masterminds, and immersions; and MXE Serviços, which includes Up Grow Consultoria (specializing in business process structuring and management) and a fully equipped 120-seat auditorium for events.
Under the leadership of multi-entrepreneur Felipe Cintra (founder and CEO) and Maycon Manfio (COO), MXE has established itself as a benchmark in business development. With an expanding team, the group serves businesses across sectors like agribusiness, retail, food industry, healthcare, e-commerce, industrial manufacturing, and services, helping entrepreneurs scale operations efficiently and sustainably.
