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Growth Operating Partner · Application only

The deepest
engagement
I offer.
Structured.
Scheduled.
Selective.

Growth Operating Partner is the roster of businesses where I take real strategic ownership: scheduled strategy sessions, quarterly planning, creative direction, and priority review windows, all running on dashboards and a defined operating cadence. Every engagement runs on a standing rhythm, and that discipline is why every client on this roster has stayed for years.

What Growth Operating Partner is

Real partnership. Real depth. Run on structure.

When a business joins the Growth Operating Partner roster, I don't run it at arm's length. The engagement runs on a defined operating cadence: scheduled strategy sessions, quarterly planning, a live dashboard we both look at, a clear path for everything in between, and a real escalation route when something genuinely can't wait. The important work never depends on memory or timing. It has a place on the calendar before it's needed.

That structure is the whole point. You always know what's happening, what's next, and when we talk strategy, and the deep work gets the protected attention it deserves. The roster is capped because that depth doesn't scale past a handful of businesses, and I'd rather have a short waitlist than a stretched calendar.

Most clients on this roster have been with me for years, not months. Near-zero churn means slots open infrequently and unpredictably. When you reach out, the honest answer might be: "we're a fit and a slot's available," "we're a fit and you'd be on a short waitlist," or "I think you'd actually be better served by the Automation Suite, here's why." All three are real outcomes from a first call.

What's covered

The areas I take ownership of.

Growth Operating Partner engagements are scoped to the business, in writing, before we start. Some clients use the full menu. Others lean heavily on a few areas where I'm most useful. Below is what I actually do, in roughly the order it's most often deployed.

Strategy

01

Consulting

An outside operator in the room for the decisions that matter. Sounding board for hires, offers, pivots, partnerships, and pricing, worked in scheduled strategy sessions.

02

Marketing Strategy

The plan that ties everything together, channel mix, audience, positioning, calendar, budget. Reviewed and adjusted continuously, not annually.

03

Website & CRO

Site builds and conversion-rate optimization for the pages that actually have to perform. Twenty websites built from scratch, thirty-six currently under management.

Build & Convert

04

Sales Funnel Development

The sequence from first touch to closed customer, landing pages, email, retargeting, follow-up. Built around how your customer actually buys.

05

Lead Generation

The blend of content, paid media, and offers that fills the top of the pipe with the right people. Dependent on funnel quality, built in tandem.

06

Video Production

Direction, scripting, and production of the video that has to perform. 500+ pieces shipped across four states. Selective availability inside Growth Operating Partner engagements.

Run & Grow

07

Social & Paid Social

Organic strategy, paid media on Meta, creative production for both. Priced and managed inside the engagement, not as a side service.

08

Google Advertising

Search, Performance Max, and YouTube where it makes sense. Ad spend for active clients sits in the multiple six figures annually.

09

Email Marketing

Welcome flows, broadcasts, reactivation, lifecycle. 4M+ emails sent over my career, most written by my own hand before AI made it easier to get lazy.

How the engagement runs

A standing rhythm, built for deep work.

This is how the whole company runs, and it matters most at the top tier: the more strategic the engagement, the more deliberate the rhythm. Here's what that looks like in practice.

  • Scheduled strategy sessions and quarterly planning, the standing rhythm where real decisions get made.
  • Creative direction and offer development, reviewed in defined windows so the work keeps moving.
  • A live dashboard, so you see lead flow, pipeline, and what's moving without having to ask.
  • Priority review windows, your work moves to the front of the queue, on a schedule we both know.
  • A direct request path for everything between sessions, with an honest answer on timing every time.
  • A true escalation route for the things that can't wait: outages, ad account issues, lead-routing failures.

The rhythm is the care. It's what keeps the work sharp, the calendar honest, and it's why the businesses on this roster keep growing.

A note on capacity

Why the list stays small.

The reason Growth Operating Partner clients see the results they do is the same reason I keep the list short. Real partnership demands real attention. When I'm inside twelve businesses at once, none of them get the version of me that built the body of work behind this page. So the cap is a feature, not a marketing flourish.

Practically, that means:

  • New slots open only when an existing engagement winds down, which doesn't happen often.
  • A waitlist exists. I'm honest about the fact that it's not a fast track.
  • When a slot opens, I have a fit conversation, not a sales call.
  • If we're not a fit, I'll tell you. When it makes sense I'll point you toward the Automation Suite or another operator I trust.

If you've been referred here by someone I work with, say so on the call. Word-of-mouth is how this roster has been built, and I take that seriously.

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If Growth Partner isn't the fit

Most businesses are better served by the Automation Suite.

The honest version: most owners I talk to don't actually need a strategic partner inside their business. They need the lead-handling leak fixed, the follow-up handled, and the reviews growing, without taking a slot on a capped roster. The Automation Suite is the productized version of the playbook I run for Growth Operating Partner clients. Same systems. Same operator behind it. Different depth of engagement. You still get the system. You just don't need me in the strategy seat to get it.

Common questions

Before you reach out.

Engagements start at $7,500/month with a minimum term, and are priced to the scope and the business from there. That number is meaningful on purpose: it's in the range of a serious executive hire, defensible against the work, and well below the cost of building the equivalent capability in-house. Exact scope and investment are set on the fit call, in writing, before anything starts.
You'll always have three things: a live dashboard showing what's happening, a direct request path that gets a real answer on timing, and an escalation route for anything that genuinely can't wait. Most clients find they need fewer check-ins than they expect, because when you can see the work moving, you don't have to ask about it. That visibility is a deliberate part of the service.
An agency assigns you an account manager, a strategy team, a creative team, and a media team. Their incentives are spread across many clients. Growth Operating Partner is the opposite: one operator, deep inside one business, with skin in how it actually performs, running on a cadence you can see, with a dashboard you can check anytime.
The Automation Suite is the productized offer, same playbook, fixed scope, fixed price, run by my team. Growth Operating Partner is bespoke: strategy, creative direction, operating decisions, the works, run directly by me on a scheduled cadence. The Automation Suite fixes the leak. Growth Operating Partner is for businesses that want a strategic partner in the room while the whole thing grows. Every Growth Partner engagement includes the full Automation Suite.
Owner-led businesses, typically $1M+ in revenue, with real demand, a clear decision-maker, and an appetite for running the business on a plan. The clients who thrive here plan their seasons ahead, act on strategic input, and let proven work compound. I keep the roster small and turn down more applications than I accept, because a fit conversation up front protects both sides.
Two paths. One: a real fit conversation gets you on a short list, and you'll hear from me directly when a slot opens. Two: if the Automation Suite fits the actual problem better, I'll tell you and we move you that direction. There's no obligation either way.
Twenty minutes. I ask about the business, what's working, where the leaks are, what kind of help you actually want. I'll be straight about whether we're a fit, what a slot would look like, and whether I think you'd be better off elsewhere. No pitch deck, no canned answers.

Think you're a fit?

Book a 20-minute fit call. Bring the business, what it is, where it's stuck, what you're actually trying to build. I'll listen, ask a few real questions, and tell you straight whether this tier, the Automation Suite, or neither is the right move.

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