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Stuart and Mena discuss the importance of implementing controls as a business grows to prevent costly mistakes.

Send us Fan Mail Most businesses only take controls seriously after something goes wrong—and by then, the cost is already high. In this episode, Stuart and Mena explain why controls become essential as a business grows. In the early stages, trust and visibility can be enough. But as complexity increases with more people, more transactions, and less direct oversight, that approach starts to break down. The key point is simple: trust is not a control system. Even good people make mistakes, espe...

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Hosts: Stuart Wemyss, Mena Abraham

Topics covered

• business controls
• scaling a business
• trust in business
• business complexity
• oversight

Keywords

• business growth
• control systems
• trust
• visibility
• mistakes

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