On your body. Your family. And definitely on your finances. But perhaps the biggest toll is the one we don't discuss enough.
A recent Founder Report revealed that 87.7 per cent of people growing a business suffered with at least one mental health condition.
That’s a staggering statistic but also one that is completely unsurprising.
When you’ve poured blood, sweat and tears into building something from the ground up, you can understandably feel trapped by it.
The pressure builds. Anxiety gobbles you up.
And that’s just when things are going well.
But when things go wrong, it can feel catastrophic – especially when it isn’t your fault.
At Resolve Beyond, we’ve barely been in existence for a year, but we’ve seen it time and time again.
Entrepreneurs with million-pound ideas, and the work rate and know-how to turn them into reality, but who have been let down by shoddy systems and platforms.
Last summer, I spoke about Christopher Withers, a client and founder of the brilliant maths educational app Mi-Box Live.
The platform received extensive media coverage for its innovative approach to learning, helping children build confidence in maths through live, interactive lessons.
Schools and parents loved it.
The idea was sound. The demand was there.
Chris had poured his savings into developing the app, only for the entire project to be left on the brink of collapse due to a poorly built system that simply didn’t work as promised.
Before we got involved, the situation was so dire, it couldn’t even be listed on the app store.
We came to Chris’ rescue, but sadly, he’s far from alone.
The reality is that broken tech breaks business owners.
But nobody really talks about it.
While we’ve got better at discussing burnout and depression, we don’t always acknowledge the driving factor.
For many it is workload, or paying the bills.
However, at Resolve Beyond, we frequently work with clients whose digital systems have jeopardised their business.
Apps that don’t work. E-commerce platforms that crash more than rally car drivers.
Websites that should have a homepage that reads: “Abandon all hope, all ye who enter.”
At Resolve Beyond, our unique approach is that we fix, rather than order a costly rebuild.
We specialise in stabilising, repairing and optimising existing platforms, so businesses can move forward without having to start again from scratch.
But it is more than just saving clients cash, because money isn’t the only thing a failing system costs a business owner.
Their sleep suffers. They lose their confidence.
Relationships suffer. They are not the person at home that they want to be.
But worst of all, a failing system can crush their mental health.
That’s a big part of why we do what we do at Resolve Beyond.
Resolve Beyond doesn’t just improve platforms, it reduces pressure by restoring control, stability and momentum.
And only when you have that level footing can you finally learn to breathe again.
On February 6, it is Time to Talk Day, a major initiative aimed at promoting open conversations around mental health.
Generally, we’ve got better at talking about our struggles and demons.
But in business, we need to talk more about the mental load of running a company on technology you can’t trust.
When systems fail and rebuild budgets don’t exist, owners feel trapped. A fix-first approach isn’t just financially smarter – it also protects wellbeing.
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