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at every stage

Whether you're bringing order to a scaling org or building the engine that takes you beyond founder-led sales — there's an engagement that fits where you are right now.

Series B+

My company is growing faster than our structure can support

You have a company that's scaling but needs operational structure, clearer processes, and the right team in the right roles to get to the next level.

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 Early Stage

I'm ready to build the foundation for a scalable revenue org

You've proven the model through founder-led sales and are ready to operationalize it — building the systems, team, and processes to scale without you.

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Series B+

Recommended Starting Point

Your company is scaling but the structure hasn't kept up. The right move is to assess your data, embed elite leadership to run the execution engine, and remove cross-functional alignment gaps.

Step 1

Operational Assessment & Audit

A 4-week deep-dive diagnostic involving data reviews, technical system audits, and individual team interviews to deliver an unvarnished analysis of your operational architecture and workflows.

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Step 2

Fractional COO / CRO

Long-term embedded executive ownership taking direct reports, running your meeting cadences, stabilizing P&L metrics, and hardening system playbooks.

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Step 3

Executive Leadership Alignment

A targeted 2-week sprint gathering independent feedback, mapping organizational friction loops, and locking down unified quarterly milestones.

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Not sure where to start? Let's talk — I'll help you figure out the right entry point.

Early Stage

Recommended Starting Point

You've proven the model through founder-led sales. Now choose the right entry point to build an engine that operates without you — depending on your internal team bandwidth.

Option A: Strategy Only

Pillar A: GTM Strategy Sprint

Best if you have internal headcount to handle CRM configuration and team rollouts, but need a definitive, high-margin customer blueprint and clear sales motion guardrails.

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Option B: Full Execution

0-to-1 Sales Org Build

Best if you need an embedded partner to remove the entire deployment burden. A 6+ month flagship build handling technical pipeline setup, onboarding, and active management.

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Next Step: Scale Headcount

Recruiting & Hiring Build

Deploy this once your GTM engine is stabilized. Construct performance job scorecards, structured interview loops, and evaluation metrics to scale your first sales hires.

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Not sure where to start? Let's talk — I'll help you figure out the right entry point.

Fractional Executive Leadership

Retainer Engagement

Fractional COO / CRO

$15k–$25k/mo ▼

Ideal for: Late-seed to Series A founders who are buried under day-to-day operations, experiencing friction between sales and delivery, or needing a seasoned operator to run the company execution engine.

Format: Long-term embedded executive ownership. Integrating directly into daily leadership loops, taking direct reports, and managing core company milestones.

The Operating Mandate:
  • Cross-Functional Alignment: Tearing down silos between marketing, sales, and product delivery teams.
  • Infrastructure Scaling: Removing processing dependencies on the founder by building repeatable company systems.
  • P&L Optimization: Analyzing operational margins, commercial cost centers, and unit economics.
Ongoing Executive Deliverables:
  • Company Operating Cadence: Designing and running the internal meeting framework, tracking executive team dashboards, and keeping departments execution-focused.
  • Revenue Architecture Oversight: Direct management of growth metrics, core channel alignment, and commercial resource planning.
  • System Hardening & Playbooks: Documenting end-to-end delivery processes, customer onboarding frameworks, and operational handoffs to ensure quality control.
  • Hiring & Talent Scale: Running executive searches, screening crucial department heads, and designing performance-incentive tracking metrics.
$15,000–$25,000/month (Strategic leadership retainer)

Organizational & Operational Health

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Organizational Health Assessment

$8k–$15k ▼

Growth-stage companies experiencing execution delays, tool fatigue, or broken communication loops between departments

4-week deep-dive diagnostic involving data reviews, technical system audits, and individual team interviews

Deliverables:

  • System Diagnostic Report: An unvarnished analysis of your operational architecture, software utilization, and workflow bottlenecks
  • Operational Health Scorecard: Objective metric benchmarks tracking data integrity, process compliance, and cross-functional velocity
  • Remediation Roadmap: A prioritized, step-by-step action plan to fix tech stack leaks, clean up data tracking, and align team workflows
$8,000–$15,000 (scope-dependent)

GTM & Revenue

Full Embedded Execution

0-to-1 Sales Org Build

$15k–$20k/mo ▼

Ideal for: Founders who need a senior revenue operator to step inside the company and build the entire sales system end-to-end, rather than managing the deployment themselves.

Format: 6+ month embedded partnership involving deep technical implementation, direct team onboarding, and operational management.

The Hands-On Execution:
  • System Configuration: Direct buildout of CRM environments and communication stack.
  • Talent Onboarding: Running training tracks and driving new hires to core quota readiness.
  • Active Management: Leading operational pipeline reviews and stabilizing metric tracking thresholds.
Included Build Deliverables:
  • Sales Infrastructure Setup: Full technical configuration of CRM pipelines, automated handoffs, and outbound activity tracking software.
  • Management Dashboards: Custom leadership tracking interfaces configured to flag pipeline speed drops and account frequency errors.
  • Onboarding Frameworks: A repeatable candidate curriculum including structural training materials, milestone metrics, and ramp schedules.
  • Accountability Architecture: Installation of clean management cadences, pipeline evaluation standards, and definitive target benchmarks.
$15,000–$20,000/month (6-month minimum commitment)
Strategy & Blueprints Only: Need the framework but have the internal bandwidth to handle the software setup and rollout yourself? The modules below can be deployed as standalone, fixed-price strategy sprints.

Pillar A: GTM Strategy Sprint

$5,000 ▼

Early-stage companies moving out of founder-led sales that need clear customer guardrails and a defined, repeatable sales engine

Intensive 3-week sprint combining raw CRM pipeline data audits, an inspection of existing sales collateral, and active review sessions with your leadership team

Deliverables:

  • ICP Guardrails: Stripping away resource-draining targets to isolate a high-margin, definitive customer profile
  • Sales Motion Blueprint: A step-by-step framework mapping out exact sales stages, qualification criteria, and deal progression rules
  • Playbook Architecture: Core messaging frameworks, outbound cadences, and discovery structures to stabilize sales cycles
  • Deployment Roadmap: A concrete checklist detailing immediate pipeline priorities and systemic next steps for your sales motion
$5,000 flat fee (Strategy Blueprint Only)

Pillar B: Sales Ops Audit

$6,000 ▼

Companies with poor CRM data hygiene, broken tracking metrics, or sales software architectures that are hindering deal speed rather than accelerating it

2-week deep dive auditing your technical configuration, data flows, and active pipeline tracking systems

Deliverables:

  • Pipeline Velocity Audit: A clear breakdown of current sales cycle lengths, days spent in each stage, and conversion leak points
  • Tooling Optimization Plan: Specific reconfiguration blueprints for your CRM and engagement systems to maximize efficiency
  • Management Dashboard Specs: Direct framework parameters for custom dashboards that track account frequency and track deal milestones
$6,000 flat fee (Strategy Blueprint Only)

Pillar C: Sales Enablement Program

$6,000 ▼

Growth-stage teams where new sales hires lack a clear training roadmap, struggle to hit quota quickly, or rely on ad-hoc scripts and fragmented collateral

3-week sprint reviewing current tribal knowledge, auditing existing pitch assets, and constructing a formalized training framework

Deliverables:

  • Onboarding Curriculum: A user-friendly, structured new hire onboarding program featuring clear daily schedules and ramp milestones
  • Playbook Materials: Production of practical, everyday sales tools, including core messaging frameworks, discovery call structures, and outbound cadences
  • Performance Scorecards: Custom tracking metrics and evaluation scorecards to objectively measure rep progress during training
$6,000 flat fee (Strategy Blueprint Only)

Pillar D: Comp Plan & Quota Design

$5,500 ▼

Founders with misaligned commission structures, unrealistic top-down targets that demotivate staff, or early-stage models transitioning from flat rates to performance incentives

2-week modeling sprint reviewing historical deal sizes, pipeline cycle lengths, margin metrics, and direct revenue data

Deliverables:

  • Quota Models: A data-driven, bottom-up quota architecture mapped to your actual market capacity and customer acquisition costs
  • Commission Framework: Clean incentive structures (accelerators, gates, and clawbacks) designed to protect gross margins
  • Rollout Documentation: Clear, unambiguous employee offer-letter addendums and commission trackers to ensure absolute transparency
$5,500 flat fee (Strategy Blueprint Only)

Talent & Organization Development

Recruiting & Hiring Framework Build

$6,500 ▼

Founders losing time on unstructured interviews, struggling to identify cultural or technical fit, or ready to scale their headcount without an internal HR team

3-week operational buildout auditing past hiring data, defining core competencies, and constructing your recruiting pipeline

Deliverables:

  • Role & Profile Specifications: Clear, performance-mapped job scorecards and definitive requirement profiles for immediate roles
  • Interview Architecture: Step-by-step interview loops, behavioral question matrices, and objective scoring rubrics for your hiring team
  • Sourcing & ATS Configuration: Setup of candidate tracking software, automated pipeline stages, and clean outreach templates
$6,500 flat fee

Executive Leadership Alignment

$5,000 ▼

Leadership teams experiencing internal friction, siloed communication, or cross-functional execution delays

2-week sprint involving independent executive feedback collection and structured operational alignment sessions

Deliverables:

  • Friction Points Analysis: A direct, anonymized diagnostic detailing alignment gaps across your leadership tier
  • Communication Architecture: Implementation of clear executive meeting cadences, reporting loops, and cross-functional sync rules
  • Priority Blueprint: A definitive operational roadmap locking down shared company metrics and core quarterly milestones
$5,000 flat fee

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