I've seen this pattern more times than I can count. A manufacturer builds a genuinely good product. Demand starts coming in. Sales are growing. The natural instinct: scale faster. Hire more people. Add more SKUs. Launch more platforms. Expand to new cities. Then six months later: chaos. Quality slipping. Delivery delays. Cash flow squeezed. Customer complaints rising. Owner working 16-hour days and still falling behind. The product was ready. The business wasn't. Scaling a bu
