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Most profit does not disappear in dramatic moments. It leaks. Quietly. Over time. Here are seven of the most common places we see it vanish: 1. Legacy pricing 2. Custom work disguised as strategy 3. Meetings as labor 4. Hero employees 5. Discount addiction 6. Unmeasured complexity 7. Founder blind spots Why leaks persist - They hide inside processes, habits, and culture. The fix - Profit protection is not about cost-cutting. It is about design, structure, and discipline. Fin

Many companies celebrate revenue. They chase it. They forecast it. They build entire strategies around it. Yet quietly, behind the top-line growth, something dangerous often forms: Margins shrink. Cash tightens. Complexity explodes. And the business becomes bigger—but weaker. At Pinnacle Shift Partners, we see this pattern constantly in successful mid-market companies. Strong sales. Impressive growth stories. And underneath it all, fragile economics. Revenue creates attention

Most successful businesses are built on the founder’s strengths. Relentless execution. Customer obsession. Risk tolerance. Fast decisions. Personal sacrifice. These traits create momentum. They also create a hidden problem. The paradox of success What makes you effective at $1M in revenue is often what limits you at $10M. And what works at $10M can quietly stall you at $50M. The business grows. But the operating model stays frozen in time. The founder becomes the system. How

Many business owners assume that growth slows down because of market conditions, competition, or bad luck. Sometimes that’s true. But more often, growth stalls for a very different reason: The company has reached the limit of the system that built it. What once fueled momentum now quietly caps it. This moment is more common than most founders admit. Revenue plateaus. Margins compress. Decision-making slows. The organization feels busy—but progress feels heavy. At Pinnacle Shi