Advisory / Founder Sounding Board
An independent thinking partner for the decisions that matter.
An ongoing advisory relationship for the founder or owner making significant decisions largely alone.
Founders can be structurally isolated. Consequential decisions are often made with no one to test them against who isn’t a subordinate, partner, client or someone with something to sell. This is a senior, independent perspective — without an agenda.
The founder challenge
Sound familiar?
Growth changes the job. The founder often stays in the old one.
Decisions made alone
There’s no independent senior perspective in the room.
Attention spread too thin
You’re still involved in low-consequence decisions.
Growth depends on one person
The business can’t move confidently without you.
Letting go feels risky
Structures and confidence haven’t caught up with growth.
Where it applies
Across the full arc of the business.
Three decades of advising, building and running businesses — brought to bear on the decision at hand.
Stepping back
Reduce day-to-day dependence while keeping your standards.
Scaling beyond the founder
Strengthen leadership, senior appointments and the systems behind them.
Ownership & partnership
Test who to bring into equity, and how to protect the enterprise.
Succession & exit
Build a business that can operate without you.
How it works
Judgement when it’s needed.
Designed around access and trust, not counted hours. A regular strategic rhythm, with direct access ahead of significant decisions.
Monthly retainer
A continuing relationship built around you and the decisions shaping the business.
Anchor strategic session
One focused session each month to step back, test assumptions and work through what matters.
Access between sessions
A first point of call ahead of a significant decision — not support restricted to a fixed appointment.
Limited places
A small number of founders at any one time, to preserve depth, access and responsiveness.
Six-month minimum
Trust and value compound over time. They aren’t built in isolated conversations.
Access to judgement No counting sessions. No reporting to administer.
Founder Sounding Board
Let’s talk about the decisions in front of you.
Find out whether the Founder Sounding Board is the right fit.
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