From Hustling to Scaling: How Betsy Pepine Built 6+ Businesses Without Burning Out

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From Hustling to Scaling: How Betsy Pepine Built 6+ Businesses Without Burning Out

What if the key to scaling your business wasn’t working harder—but choosing what only you should be doing?

That’s exactly what Betsy Pepine, founder of Pepine Realty, shared on the Scale Smart, Grow Fast podcast. She didn’t just build a successful real estate brokerage—she launched multiple complementary businesses including title, mortgage, property management, a real estate school, and a nonprofit.

Her secret? Letting go of the how, and finding the right who.

Listen to the full conversation on your favorite platform: [Spotify] | [Apple Podcasts]

🎯 Key Takeaways:

1. Start Where You Know, Then Build Out

Betsy expanded into services that aligned with her core business—title, mortgage, property management—not random ventures. Each business solved a specific need for her existing clients and agents.

2. Embrace the ‘Who Not How’ Mindset

Instead of doing everything herself (as many entrepreneurs do), Betsy shifted her focus:

“There are people who love to do what I don’t like to do. That changed everything.”

She stopped trying to master every role and started hiring people who already thrived in those areas.

3. Hire Before You’re Desperate

Waiting until you’re overwhelmed to bring in help is a recipe for burnout. Betsy recommends proactively forecasting hiring needs each quarter—especially for roles like executive assistants or operators.

4. Culture Is Strategy

From personalized recognition to peer-to-peer shoutouts using tools like Motivocity, Betsy has built a workplace culture that retains top talent. Core values like growth mindset and family are deeply woven into daily operations.

5. Let Go to Grow

Stepping out of daily operations wasn’t easy—Betsy admits to emotional challenges and team turnover. But putting an operator in place gave her the space to focus on vision, strategy, and doing what she loves. Her advice?

“Do a time audit. Hand off what doesn’t bring you joy or align with your strengths.”

📚 Recommended Resources:

  • Who Not How – Dan Sullivan & Ben Hardy
  • 10x Is Easier Than 2x – Dan Sullivan & Ben Hardy
  • Traction – Gino Wickman
  • Scaling Up – Verne Harnish
  • Groups like EO and Vistage

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Is Unhealed Trauma Blocking Your Business Growth? Here’s What Every Entrepreneur Should Know

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Is Unhealed Trauma Blocking Your Business Growth? Here’s What Every Entrepreneur Should Know

In this episode of the Scale Smart, Grow Fast Podcast, host Harley Green is joined by trauma recovery coach and business mentor Amy Lloyd, who breaks down a topic not often discussed in the boardroom—but crucial for sustainable success: the link between unresolved trauma and business performance.

Whether you’re leading a team or running solo, how you show up every day is influenced by what you’ve experienced—and what you haven’t addressed.

🎧 Want to hear the full conversation? Listen on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

Here’s what stood out from the conversation and why it matters to growth-minded entrepreneurs:

1. Trauma Doesn’t Always Look Like Trauma

Amy shared her personal journey of realizing that trauma doesn’t always mean extreme, visible harm. Subtle messages from childhood, like “successful people are greedy” or “asking for help is weakness,” can quietly drive how you show up in leadership, marketing, and decision-making.

2. Self-Sabotage Wears Many Hats

Undercharging, overworking, procrastinating, or struggling with visibility? These aren’t just strategy issues—they’re signs of deeper emotional patterns. Amy explained how imposter syndrome and burnout are often rooted in these hidden beliefs.

3. Boundaries Are a Business Growth Strategy

Entrepreneurs often stretch themselves thin believing it’s “just part of the job.” But without healthy boundaries, burnout is inevitable. Amy emphasizes that learning to say no, delegate, and protect your energy isn’t selfish—it’s what allows you to scale sustainably.

4. Delegation Is Emotional Work, Too

Hiring help—especially for the first time—can be deeply emotional. Amy highlights how resistance to delegation often stems from past programming around control, trust, or worth. But letting go of the small things is often the first big leap toward working on the business, not just in it.

5. Practical Tools Help Rewire Mindsets

From using gratitude as a daily nervous system reset, to batching tasks and setting up automation, Amy shared tangible ways entrepreneurs can reduce overwhelm and reclaim their energy. Her advice: Stop reinventing the wheel. Use templates. Repurpose content. Build systems that support ease.

Bottom line: If you’re feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or questioning your next move—it may not be about the strategy. It might be time to take a deeper look within.

As Amy says, “You didn’t build your business to work 80 hours a week. You built it for freedom. So build it that way.”

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