Fractional leadership
Experienced hands inside your company, without the full-time payroll.
Most businesses we meet do not need a full executive team. They need a sales system, marketing that runs without the owner, clean books and a workflow where the owner is no longer the bottleneck. We bring in the people to build exactly that, part-time, and scale up to fractional CFO and COO seats only when the business has grown into them.
What's included
Filled as the plan requires, and no further
- A sales systemPipeline, pricing and a process that does not live in the owner's head.
- Marketing that runs without youDemand that does not depend on the owner's name or network.
- Clean booksA monthly close, owner expenses separated, reporting a lender will underwrite.
- Workflow and peopleDocumented processes and the few hires that get the owner out of the bottleneck.
- Fractional CFO or COO, when earnedFor businesses that have grown into needing them. Most have not yet.
- A weekly rhythmOne standing meeting, one scorecard, clear owners for every number.
How it works
Hands on, not a report
First 30 days
Diagnose
What the business actually needs, in what order, and who should own it.
Months 1 to 3
Deploy
The right people in place, reporting built, the weekly rhythm running.
Ongoing
Operate
Real responsibility inside the business, measured quarterly.
Over time
Hand off
Your own people take over as the company grows into it.
Who it's for
Companies that have outgrown one person
- Too much depends on youSales, key relationships or daily decisions still run through the founder.
- The books aren't buyer-readyA fractional CFO fixes the single biggest discount buyers apply.
- You can't justify full-time executivesThe business needs the expertise, not the payroll.
- You are preparing to sell or raise capitalProfessional management is what the next owner or investor is buying.
Questions owners ask
Who are the people?
Experienced operators who have done the work before in businesses like yours. Each is matched to the plan, introduced before anything starts, and accountable to it.
Will they take over?
They hold responsibility for their piece, under you. The point is to make the business less dependent on any one person, including them, which is why every role has a handoff plan.
What does it cost?
You cover some of our costs and we share in the upside as the business improves. It is set out in writing before anything begins.
One engagement
The other three functions
Make the business run without you.
Tell us where it still depends on you and we will say what to fix first.