The Operating Audit
Your business runs through you. In four weeks, it won't.
A structural audit for the founder, owner, or operator that a B2B business runs through. I find what makes the business depend on you, and rebuild it so it doesn't.
$1,500, one time. Full refund after session one. Ten active clients at a time.
Former managing director of a VC-backed fintech. A 150% revenue turnaround. Twenty years in operating roles, up to 600 staff.
The pattern
You built it to grow. Now it can't grow without you.
- Decisions wait for you. Your team holds until you weigh in on things you shouldn't own.
- Progress stalls when you step back. It moves when you push it, and slows the moment you stop.
- Delegation comes back needing rework. So it feels faster to keep doing it yourself. That's the trap.
That isn't a you problem. It's a structure problem. The business outgrew the structure it was built on, so growth still routes through you.
The shift
One initiative, moving through your team. In four weeks.
We pick the growth the business most needs to move, your First Domino, and build the structure that carries it without you. You leave with a one-page Operating Compass, a plan owned by someone who isn't you, and a rhythm you run yourself.
Every decision routes back to you.
It runs through the structure.
The four weeks
A structural intervention, not coaching.
This is Pillar 1, Direction, of the Momentum Engine, delivered standalone. One pillar, installed properly, is enough to move what's stuck.
- 01
Business Diagnosis
Map how the business actually operates. Name the First Domino.
You leave with: the Diagnosis - 02
Compass Drafting
Draft the one-page Compass. Hand the Domino to an owner who isn't you.
You leave with: the Operating Compass and First Domino Plan - 03
Alignment
Get your co-founder or leadership team behind the Compass and the plan.
You leave with: the Alignment Framework - 04
Direction Assembly
Assemble the system. Install the rhythm you run yourself. Verify the Domino is moving.
You leave with: the Operating Rhythm
Who you work with
You work with the operator who built it.
Twenty years running operations with full P&L and a board to answer to. As managing director of a VC-backed fintech I ran the turnaround: revenue up 150%, margins doubled. I've rebuilt the operating structure of businesses from a dozen people to a few hundred.
The scale changes. What breaks doesn't: growth that runs through one person. The Operating Audit is the structure I install to get the business off that person's desk, and it comes from how operators describe what's breaking, not how coaches do.
"His thought process into managing an organisation's operation is admirable, and has always done best for the business. I would be honoured to work with him again."
The problem looked like pricing. It was structure. Every engagement was committed on his judgment in the moment, so scope drifted and the price got contested at delivery. We built how each client gets committed upfront, to a clear amount per deliverable. Once the commitment was structural instead of personal, scope creep and renegotiation stopped being the pattern.
The offer
One time. No retainer. Four weeks, one to one.
A fractional COO runs $6,000 to $8,000 a month. A single stuck initiative costs far more than that in lost quarters. This is the front door: fixed, bounded, and you keep everything it builds.
What you get
- Four working sessions, one to one
- The Operating Compass, one page, yours to keep
- The First Domino Plan, with an owner who isn't you
- An Alignment Framework for your leadership team
- An Operating Rhythm you run after the Audit ends
- Pre-work call and Day 45 audit, included
Your protection
- Full refund after session one if you don't see what's breaking
- No stuck initiative to work on, no charge
- You keep the Compass and every artifact, whatever happens
Ten active clients at a time. I deliver every Audit myself. When I'm full, you wait.
Before you apply
The questions founders ask.
Isn't this just coaching?
No. Coaches ask questions. I install operating structure: a one-page Compass, an initiative plan with an owner who isn't you, an alignment framework your team is using now. Coaching works on you. The Audit works on the business.
Can't I figure this out myself?
Probably, eventually. The question is whether you have six months to burn while the initiative sits frozen because it runs through you. The founders I work with want it moving in four weeks.
Why no public case studies?
This is early. You'd be among the first clients I take through it. Honest disclosure, not apology. The proof is the architecture itself, and you can inspect all of it before you commit. The refund clause backs it.
What if it doesn't work?
After session one, if you don't see clearly what's breaking, full refund. No questions. It triggers before any real artifact is built, so you walk with no cost and no week lost.
Move the thing that's stuck.
Apply for the Operating Audit$1,500, one time. Full refund after session one. Ten active clients at a time.