You built your business to create freedom—more time, more money, more control over your life. But somewhere along the way, growth turned into a grind.
The success you worked so hard to achieve has trapped you in endless problems: overwhelming stress, shrinking profit margins, and a team that can't seem to function without you.
If you feel like you're working harder than ever but enjoying it less, you're not alone. Most service-based business owners face this struggle when scaling beyond $1M.
The real problem?
You've outgrown the way you built your business—but you haven't built a business that gives you freedom.
The Hidden Trap That Catches Every Growing Business
You hit your first million in revenue and felt like you’d finally “made it.” But then something shifted. What used to be smooth suddenly became a struggle. Your people problems multiplied. Profits started slipping. Quality issues crept in.
Sound familiar?
The truth is, there are predictable "Danger Zones" that catch most growing businesses:
Approaching $2-3 million
You’re spread too thin with too many junior staff and not enough senior support
Just past $5 million
Profits dip, cost overruns increase, quality suffers, and growth stalls
Approaching $10 million
Inconsistent team performance and lack of formal development systems
The $10-20 million chasm
Margins drop, politics intensify, and you feel like you’re losing control
A Powerful New Framework Developed Over 30 Years
In Freedom By Design, renowned business strategist Michael Walsh reveals the breakthrough system he’s used to help businesses grow to $10M, $50M, and beyond—without sacrificing the owner’s sanity, profit, or personal life.
This isn’t another collection of feel-good theories. It’s a proven roadmap based on real companies that have successfully navigated every growth challenge you’re facing.
You'll Discover:
- The hidden bottlenecks that are killing your profitability and making your business harder to run
- A step-by-step framework to scale sustainably so your business works for you, not the other way around
- Why your “machine mindset” is killing your growth – and the ecosystem approach that transforms everything
- The Social Contract that turns employees into allies – creating loyalty that lasts and performance that soars
- The single biggest shift that separates trapped entrepreneurs from true business owners – and how to make it in your company
- How to hire for partnership potential – attracting people who actually want to help build something great
- Why your best technical people make terrible managers – and how to develop real leaders who inspire rather than control
What Business Leaders Are Saying
“A must-read for business owners seeking growth and freedom. The principles in this book have been transformational for my organization.”
“Freedom by Design is more than a book—it’s a roadmap. It’s the kind of resource you’ll return to again and again, whether you’re facing new challenges, scaling up, or simply looking to carve out more time to enjoy what matters most.”
“Insightful, practical, and transformative.”
Stop Fighting Against Growth. Start Making It Work For You.
Most business advice treats symptoms: “Improve your processes!” “Get better systems!” “Work on your marketing!”
But Michael Walsh goes deeper. After three decades of helping companies break through growth barriers, he’s identified the real culprit: we’re still trying to run 21st-century expertise-based businesses with 20th-century industrial thinking.
About the Author
Michael G. Walsh is the founder and President of Walsh Business Growth Institute. For over 30 years, he has guided business owners through the exact challenges you’re facing right now. His methods are so effective that he’s built his own company to allow him to take 18 weeks off each year for personal travel.
Michael doesn’t just teach these principles—he lives them. His previous books and extensive client work have proven one thing: when you make your people your top priority (the right way), everything else falls into place.
His track record speaks for itself: Hundreds of companies successfully navigated through growth barriers to achieve sustainable scaling without sacrificing their owners’ sanity or personal lives.
It's Time to Escape the Cycle of Burnout
Every day you stay trapped in your current patterns is another day stolen from the freedom you started this business to achieve. But here’s the good news: you already have everything you need. You just need to see it differently.
Freedom by Design gives you that new vision—and the step-by-step system to make it reality.
Stop working harder than ever while enjoying it less. Start building the business that grows, thrives, and gives you the freedom you always wanted.
