Answer 2: Worry about that when it comes.. make sure you have done everything right from the start and just continue do to what you’ve always done.. train people sufficiently so that the business can operate and grow without you.

Not that I can speak from experience- yet, but I’m a firm believer of ‘if you’re not growing, you’re dying’.

As Martin has pointed out it is a ‘nice’ problem to have, and it is your ability to manage expectations that will keep things together.

In direct response to prolonging/broadening/leveraging successes… I think if you’re able to actually pinpoint the direct causes of success then you’re halfway there.
Some very successful (lucky) companies spend a long time riding the wave with no clue of why things are working, and it breeds a false sense of confidence. Being sceptical of your own success will allow you to identify the reasons behind it and enable you to protect/redefine/differentiate those factors.

We experienced some fairly serious client shouting when we started selling way more of a specific offering (something totally unique, hence the demand) than we anticipated a few months ago. We had to start saying things like “sorry, we can only get to you in 4 weeks’ time”, which nobody likes to hear. Although it’s in essence a nice(r) problem to have, it’s still pretty serious!

That being said though, I think the concept of It’s a Problem When It’s a Problem still applies.

I think that I’m with you on the fear side of things, hell, I took a permanent job to aleviate some of that stress hey!! So who am I to talk?!?!

So I am going through it – this is an introspective post.

Is this where good ol’ PR steps in?

I think it’s a great question and one that would be best answered by someone who is currently going through it…