Why Most Founders Can't Grow Past 25 Employees

From Problem Solvers by Entrepreneur Media

May 25, 2026 · 27 min

About this episode

David Rusenko shares his experience of scaling Weebly and the challenges he faced as a founder.

David Rusenko built Weebly from a dorm room start-up with friends to a business with 300 employees and over $200 million in revenue. But somewhere around employee 25, he hit a wall and realized the problem wasn't his team. It was him. A chance dinner with Richard Branson changed everything. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Guest: David Rusenko

Topics covered

business growth
entrepreneurship challenges
team dynamics
leadership
scaling a startup

Keywords

founders
employee growth
business scaling
leadership challenges
entrepreneurship

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Weebly