From Hustle to Handoff | #ATLTechWeek

​What does it actually takes to build a business that doesn't need you in every room? 💡

​Every founder remembers the year they were in the business. You closed the deals, answered the support tickets, signed every contract, and knew where every dollar went because you moved it there yourself. That works, until it doesn't. The company that grows past you needs systems you didn't build, processes you didn't write down, and a version of the business that can run without you standing in the middle of it.

​Hillary Stanfield spends her days with Atlanta tech companies at exactly that turning point. As Senior Vice President of Middle Market Technology Banking at Truist, she's watched founders make the leap from scrappy to scalable, and watched others stall out trying. In this session, she'll walk through what actually separates a business that's ready to grow from one that's still running on founder adrenaline, and what it takes to build the financial and operational backbone that lets a company outgrow its founder.

​Learning Outcomes

• ​Identify the signs a business has outgrown its founder-led systems

• ​Learn what banks and investors actually look for when evaluating "enterprise-ready"

• ​Walk away with a starting checklist for building financial processes that scale

• ​Understand the difference between growth that adds pressure and growth that adds capacity