Commenting more on the general pattern than specific case here, but sounds like the only failure here could have been to either 1) ask for help or 2) effectivel

Commenting more on the general pattern than specific case here, but sounds like the only failure here could have been to either 1) ask for help or 2) effectively delegate At some point a leader/entrepreneur has to get out of the way and open the path for others to do some/all of the lifting.