Nobody senior owns growth, tech or brand. Here's how to fix that.
Most $2M to $20M companies reach a point where the owner is the marketing lead, the technology lead and the brand lead at once. Decisions stall, vendors drift and growth flattens. Here's how to spot it and what fills the gap without a six-figure hire.
Signs you're here
- Big marketing, systems or brand decisions wait on the owner
- You pay an agency, an IT provider and freelancers, but nobody leads them
- Nobody can say which channel or system is paying for itself
- A full-time CMO or CTO feels like a hire you'd have to grow into
Why it happens, and what fixes it
The owner is every executive
Marketing, technology and brand decisions all land on one desk, so they get made late or not at all.
What fixes it
Give each seat one senior owner with clear responsibilities and a monthly number, even if that owner is part-time.
Vendors without a leader
An agency, an IT provider and a freelancer each do their part, but nobody sets the direction or holds them to a number.
What fixes it
Put a leader over the vendors: one plan, one set of priorities and someone who holds each of them to account.
Too early for a full-time hire
A senior full-time executive costs more than the business can carry yet, so the gap stays open.
What fixes it
Use a fractional executive with a team behind them, so the leadership comes with the people to do the work.
A 30-second check
Answer for your own site. Nothing is sent anywhere.
Is one person accountable for pipeline, with a number they report monthly?
Does someone senior decide which systems and vendors you use, and why?
Do your sales materials, site and brand tell one clear story?
Free discovery call with Ari and Peter, up to an hour.
How we work on it
Name the seat
On the first call we work out which seat is missing: growth, technology, brand or a blend.
Scope the first 90 days
A written scope with what the leader owns, the numbers they report and the monthly price.
Lead and ship, monthly
Your fractional leader runs the cadence and owns the number. Our team does the work behind it.
We build it to convert. Or we work free until it does.
If your conversion rate doesn't double within 90 days after launch, we keep working at our cost. Not 'next project free', Not 'results may vary'. This project, until it works. How the guarantee works
Questions people ask
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Want a second pair of eyes on it?
Book a free discovery call with Ari and Peter, the co-founders. Up to an hour, about your site and your buyers, with a straight answer on fit, scope and price at the end.