{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Founder 2 Founder","title":"What Breaks First When Companies Scale? Canva’s Operator Explains","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/f0fba5eb\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2661,"description":"Most companies don’t fail because they stop growing.They fail because their systems, culture, and leadership can’t keep up with growth.In this episode of Founder to Founder, I sit down with Guvench Donmez, a global operator at Canva who has helped scale businesses from $200M to $2B+ and worked inside one of the world’s most valuable private companies.We talk about what really breaks when companies scale, why customer obsession beats internal metrics, and how leaders can transform organizations before problems become visible to everyone else.🚀 What you’ll learn:• How Canva maintains alignment while scaling globally • Why execution is the only strategy customers actually experience • The power of customer obsession over internal KPIs • How Guvench made nearly 1,000 customer transactions to understand user behavior • The first 30 days of fixing a struggling business • Why most transformation initiatives fail • How AI, data, and operational discipline create leverage • What founders misunderstand about scaling teams • How to know if a business is still worth savingWhether you’re leading a startup, managing a growing team, or scaling toward your next stage of growth, this episode is packed with practical lessons from someone who’s done it at the highest level.🎧 Listen to Founder to Founder on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and all major podcast platforms.📩 Want to discuss your business growth strategy? https://business.sardorumrdinov.com/📰 Every Saturday, I share the systems, frameworks, and lessons I’ve used to build Home Alliance to $100M+ in revenue in The Operator’s Edge newsletter: https://sardor.beehiiv.com/👇 What do you think breaks first when companies scale too fast: leadership, culture, systems, or communication?","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/87Hl02Li2ORrI84YPLxHWSRkMVD7OSdEgStNW9tq_Do/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS82ZDUy/NmQ4MWFlOTFmN2Jl/MWZkYjlhOGZhY2I2/ZGZhZS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}