Operating Advisor for Founders

The operating structure
your business now demands

I work with founders, owners, and operators whose business has grown faster than the structure it runs on. Not coaching. Not frameworks. A working operating structure built for how your business actually runs.

20+
Years in senior
operating roles
200+
Businesses
worked with
600+
Staff managed
at peak
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Brendan Levin, Operating Advisor for Founders
Brendan Levin
Operating Advisor for Founders · former MD, VC-backed fintech
The Problem

Most founders outgrow the way they run the business before they realise it.

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Decisions routing back to you

Everything requires your sign-off. Your calendar fills before the work that matters gets space.

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Progress stalls without your presence

Initiatives move when you push them. The moment you step back, they slow down or stop.

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Delegation creates rework

You hand things off and they come back broken. It feels faster to do it yourself. That is the trap.

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The business can't grow past you

Every new stage of growth needs more of your time, not less. You have quietly become the ceiling the business keeps hitting.

This isn't a motivation problem or a talent problem. It's a structural problem.

The way of running the business that got it off the ground is the same one holding it back now. The solution isn't to work harder inside a structure the business has outgrown. It's to replace the structure.

Brendan Levin, 20+ years in senior operating roles across media, fintech, and B2B services
20+
Years in senior
operating roles
Who Built This

Built from inside the seat, not from the outside looking in.

Before this work I spent 20+ years in senior operating roles across media, fintech, and B2B services. I served as Managing Director of a VC-backed fintech, where I ran the turnaround that grew revenue 150% and lifted EBITDA margins from 15 to 30 percent. I have led teams of 600 people, worked with more than 200 businesses, and built and run my own business from scratch.

I have been the person the business runs through. I have felt the moment when a business outgrows the way it is run and everything starts routing back to you. The Momentum Engine is not a framework I built from research. It is the operating structure I built under real pressure, with real consequences.

I now work with a small number of founders at a time. Privately, confidentially, and with complete focus on their specific business.

600+
Staff managed across senior operating roles
20+ yrs
In senior operating roles across media, fintech and B2B services
MD
VC-backed fintech, full P&L accountability
Founder
Built and operated own business from scratch
Current Work

How I work with founders.

I work with a small number of clients at a time. Every engagement is private, confidential, and built around your specific business. Not a programme you slot into.

If you want to explore working together, start with the Operating Audit. It's designed for speed. You'll know within the first week whether it's the right intervention.

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The Operating Audit

For the founder, owner, or operator a B2B business runs through. One focused initiative. A working operating structure. Delivered in four weeks.

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Built on the Momentum Engine

The Operating Audit isn't a tactic, and it isn't a framework off a shelf. It's the Direction pillar of the Momentum Engine, a complete operating model built on the three forces every business runs on: Direction, Decisions, and Delivery. We start with Direction because that's where a business that runs through its founder unblocks fastest. One pillar, installed properly, is enough to move the thing that's stuck.

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If the business feels heavier than it should, the structure is the problem.

The Operating Audit is a four-week private engagement for founders, owners, and operators. One focused initiative. A working operating structure, installed in four weeks. A full refund if you don't see what's breaking after the first session.

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Private · Confidential · Ten active clients at a time

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