Fractional C-level
Most businesses do not stall for the reason they think.
Revenue flattens and the assumption is a marketing problem. The numbers say margin. The margin says delivery. The delivery says you hired for the business you had three years ago. We work out which of those it actually is, then help you fix it — in the business, not from a slide deck.
Three lenses
We look at all three, because the constraint moves.
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Financial
Margins by product and customer, cash conversion, pricing, cost structure. Where the money actually goes, as opposed to where the P&L suggests it goes.
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Operations
Capacity, delivery, process, the roles you have versus the roles the business now needs. Most growth ceilings are operational long before they look financial.
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Revenue & marketing
Pipeline, acquisition cost, retention, positioning. Whether the problem is that not enough people arrive, or that too many leave.
How it goes
Three stages, in order.
We are a small team and take on a handful of engagements at a time, which is the only way fractional work is worth anything to either side.
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A conversation
You describe the stuck spot. We say whether we think we can help, and if not, what we would do instead. No cost, no pitch deck.
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A diagnostic
We go through the numbers and the operation properly, and come back with what is actually constraining the business — which is often not what it looked like.
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The work
Fractional, hands-on, alongside your team. Scoped to the constraint we found rather than a standing retainer for its own sake.
Who this is for
Past $1M, and it stopped compounding.
Below roughly $1M in revenue, fractional C-level work rarely pays for itself — you are usually better served by a good accountant and your own judgement. We will tell you that rather than sell you something. Thedirectory is free, and every listing in it has been checked against federal credential records.