You are the biggest bottle neck in your business … do this to fix it Matt Srama

Most founders think the answer to "I need to grow" is to work harder. But Matt Srama learned the opposite.

Matt Srama went from wrestling 100 kilo men on an NRL field to running Srama Property, the 2026 Buyers Agency of the Year and when his growth really started? The moment he realised he was the bottleneck.

In this episode, I sit down with Matt to unpack the discipline he carried over from professional sport, the framework that changed how he hires ("who, not how"), and the exact process he used to find his first team members, right down to filming his own house cleaning routine to hire a house manager.

If you're a founder stuck doing everything yourself and wondering when it's actually time to let go, this episode is the playbook.

Key moments:

00:00: The 60/40 split every founder eventually has to make

01:50: Why building people comes before building the business

8:06: The one skill that separates founders who make it from those that don’t

11:53: Why the first six month of any business has to be just you

13:19: The first hire you make is rarely the right one, and that’s OK

14:51: The Finder, Minder, Grinder framework every service business needs

16:04: Why chasing the “Unicorn” hires early is a trap

17:17: The real test of hiring people form your own network

22:09: The book that will rewire how you think about scaling

24:38: Why paying more for experience beats training from scratch

34:54: The time and energy audit that will expose where you're leaking focus

37:10: Upgrading from a personal assistant to an executive assistant and why is changed everything

41:20: The unconventional way to hire a house manager

You can follow Matt on instagram @matt_srama and Linkedin. Or to Matt’s property podcast Buying Gold Coast.

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