Reporting cadence, board composition, and delegated authority are usually the first things a founder-led company outgrows. They are also the cheapest to fix early.
Founder-led companies are typically governed by proximity. The founder knows the numbers because the founder sees the operation, and for a long period that is a genuine advantage over any formal system.
It stops being an advantage at a predictable point: when the business operates in more than one location, more than one currency, or more than one product line. At that point proximity produces confidence without producing information.
The remedies are unglamorous. A monthly reporting pack that reconciles to the statutory accounts. A board with at least one member who has operated at the next scale. A written delegation of authority so that spending decisions do not queue behind a single desk.
Installed before a growth phase, these cost very little. Installed during one, they are disruptive and frequently arrive after the mistake they were meant to prevent.