Ascend / One-on-one advisory
For owners of $1M to $10M businesses.
Ascend is me in your corner, one-on-one, for as long as it's useful. You bring the business and the team. I bring four companies' worth of knowing what breaks.
4 companies / 1 exit / 500+ businesses
What you get
Advice from someone who's run it. Your team does the work.
Ascend is advisory. It's not an agency, and my team won't be doing the work inside your business. Your people execute. My job is to make sure they're executing the right plan, in the right order, and that you stop being the bottleneck.
We meet every week, 30 to 60 minutes, on a strategy call. Between calls, your team runs the plan and we look at what moved.
There's no fixed term. It's an ongoing partnership, and it continues as long as it's earning its place.
Want a team to do it for you instead? That's Bigfoot, my agency.
Visit Bigfoot ↗The method
Six stages. Same order every time.
Analyze
A full review of the business, your market position, the bottlenecks and where the growth is.
Strategize
A marketing roadmap from where you are to where you're going, in plain terms.
Cultivate
We decide the tools, systems and assets your team needs to build. They build it. I pressure-test it.
Execute
Your team puts the plan into action across the channels we agreed on.
Nurture
We watch the numbers, adjust, and keep what's working working.
Dominate
Once something works, we put more behind it until you own your corner of the market.
What happens next
Apply. Talk. Audit.
Apply
Five minutes. Tell me about the business and what's stuck.
Call
If it looks like a fit, we get on a call and I ask a lot of questions.
The Ascend Audit
If we agree to work together, I go through your marketing and hand you the fixes: "Here's how you fix it." Not a price list. There's currently no charge for it.
If it's not a fit at any step, I'll tell you, and I'll point you to what fits better.
Straight answers
Ascend is for a specific owner.
This is for you if
- 01Your business does between $1M and $10M a year.
- 02You're still the one holding it together, and you know it.
- 03You have a team, and you want them running a real plan instead of waiting on you.
- 04You want someone who's built companies, not someone selling a course about it.
This isn't for you if
- 01You're under a million. Start with MAAD Society ↗. It's built for that stage.
- 02You want a team to do the work for you. That's Bigfoot ↗.
- 03You want motivation, hype or a guru. I'm not that guy.
The record
I've built what I'm advising on.
Four companies, including one sold in 2008. More than 500 small businesses and 27 major clients. A GHL power user since 2018. I've made most of the mistakes you're trying to avoid, and I've paid for them.
| Synergy | Sold 2008 |
| 4GED | Active |
| Bigfoot Marketing Solutions | Active |
| Paddyverse | Active |
Apply
Tell me about the business.
Straight answers help. There are no wrong ones, only unclear ones.
Questions
The questions owners actually ask.
What happens after I apply?
I read it. If it looks like a fit, we set up a call. If we agree to work together, the next step is the Ascend Audit, and there's currently no charge for it.
Is the call free?
Yes. The call is free. It's how we both find out whether this is a fit before anything else happens.
How much of my time does it take?
A weekly call, 30 to 60 minutes. Your team carries the execution between calls.
What does it cost?
It depends on the business, so it's scoped after the audit. There's no price on this page on purpose. Every engagement is built around what the business needs.
How long does it last?
It's an ongoing partnership with no fixed term. It continues while it's working.
Will your team do the work?
No. Ascend is advice and accountability, and your team executes. If you want the work done for you, that's Bigfoot.
How is this different from Optimus?
Optimus is a room of operators. Ascend is one-on-one, on your business only.