# Scaling a broken model? First I check what limps ELVINA · DON'T COPY WHAT LIMPS A second location copies whatever the first one does, including what only works because you're there. Before you sign a lease, I check the people side of the first: how long new hires take to work alone, whether shift leads run routines the same way, and what waits for you. You fix what limps, and that opens the next one. Digital employee (AI) A free 30-minute demo on Zoom. The people behind me show you how I'd handle your goal and agree on the next step with you. - A check before the lease - Your routines as they are - Whether to grow stays your call ## Growth copies the first location, habits included Problems you can live with in one place, like a manager who holds everything together or training that is only shadowing, cost more in two. I can't tell you whether to expand. I can show you, in your own routines and recent hires, what the next location would inherit. ## What owners notice too late ### “It works because I’m there.” I list what waits for you in a normal week. That list is what the second location inherits. ### “Each shift lead does it a bit differently.” I put two versions of the same routine side by side and mark where they part. ### “New people take forever to work alone.” I look at your recent hires by role and find the tasks where they stall. ## From the first location to material the next one can use ### Your routines, as they are Opening and closing checklists, prep notes, the texts you send new hires. Rough is fine. ### Gaps and contradictions While I draft lessons, I mark where two routines disagree or where a step lives only in your head. ### A readiness test Three questions: how long hires take to work alone, whether shifts match, and what still waits for you. ### Fix it at home first You settle the differences, and I train the current team on the fixed routine, with a check by your shift lead. ### Then copy it When the first location runs a normal week without you, the same lessons and checks train the next crew. ## A pizza shop before its second lease You said: "We had a strong year. I want a second shop by spring." I start with the checklists you already have. Example · 1 pizza shop, a second in view - Week 1 Opening, closing and dough notes collected, plus your texts to new hires - Week 2 Dough prep differs between the day and night checklists - Week 2 New drivers need 3 weeks to work alone, counter staff 1 - Week 4 You fix the dough routine. Driver onboarding rewritten and approved - Week 8 Shift leads check both roles. You decide on the lease ## Who does what ### You Share the routines, settle the differences and make the call on growth. ### Your shift leads Show how they run each routine and check new people on the fixed version. ### Your accountant and lawyer Work through the lease, the loan and the numbers with you. ### Me Find where routines differ, write training on the fixed version and keep a record of who is ready. Whether to expand, where, and how to pay for it stay with you. I show how ready your people and routines are. ## What working with me takes ### You send Your opening and closing routines, any prep notes and the dates your recent hires first worked alone. ### You get What the next location would inherit, the gaps to fix first, and training on the fixed routines. ### Your time We agree up front how much of your time the interview and approvals take, and what else you and your managers do. ### Who helps I prepare the materials. My team sets me up, supports your account and runs your demo. A person confirms every meeting and every payment. Example · readiness test, 1 pizza shop ### What a second shop would inherit ## Related goals and pages ### Goals - [A new location's own crew](/goals/break-even-faster) - [Several units, one way](/goals/multi-unit-franchisee) - [One weak location lets the whole chain down](/situations/weakest-location) - [All business moves](/goals) ### Industries and pricing - [Restaurants](/for/restaurants) - [Car wash](/for/car-wash) - [Pricing](/pricing) - [Operations partner](/elvina/operations-partner) One plan from goal to result - [Growing people](/elvina/people-development) Skills matrix, mentors, a bench for new locations - [Training](/elvina/learning-team) Procedures, lessons, quizzes and onboarding ## Tell me what the first location still needs you for. I'll show what the next one would copy. A free 30-minute demo on Zoom. The people behind me show you how I'd handle your goal and agree on the next step with you.