THE STRATEGIC GROWTH INTENSIVE

  

Build the Business Your Vision Deserves.

 

You've successfully built one version of your business. But the next stage brings different opportunities, greater complexity and decisions with increasingly significant consequences.

 

The Strategic Growth Intensive is a private strategy engagement designed to help you examine the decisions that matter most, evaluate your options and develop a practical plan for the business you want to build from here.

 

Through guided preparation, a dedicated Strategy Day and 30 days of follow-up support, we'll combine your deep knowledge of the business together with my twenty plus years of financial, operational and strategic experience.

 

The outcome? A compelling strategic direction. Decisive priorities. An actionable plan to build a stronger, more valuable business - on your terms.

 

Investment: $3,500 CAD (plus applicable taxes)

 

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The business that got you here may not be the business that takes you where you want to go next.

 

Growth creates new opportunities. But it also creates greater complexity, bigger decisions and more demands on the business - and on you as the founder.

 

The question isn't whether your vision is too ambitious. It's not.

 

It's whether the business has the strategy, leadership, capital and architecture required to carry that vision.

 

What Could We Accomplish Together?

 A founder is facing ...

  • Strong revenue growth without corresponding profit or cash flow

 

  • Several attractive growth opportunities competing for limited capital

 

  • A major investment, hire, acquisition, expansion or financing decision     

  

  • A business whose operations depend too heavily on the founder

 

  • Questions about financing, ownership or future exit possibilities

 We could work toward ...

  • Identifying what's consuming cash or eroding margins and prioritizing corrective actions

 

  • Evaluating financial returns, risk, timing and strategic fit to determine where resources will have the greatest impact

 

  • Examining scenarios, tradeoffs and decision criteria before committing resources

 

  • Identifying the leadership, systems and operational changes needed to create capacity without losing strategic influence

 

  • Understanding the implications of different capital and ownership choices and the work needed to preserve options
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What Founders Have Achieved

 

Every business is different, and outcomes depend on many factors - including implementation.

Here are some examples of what founders have achieved after implementing strategies and decisions that we developed together.

 

331% REVENUE GROWTH

In under a year by optimizing existing operating capacity.

6X INCREASE IN PROFIT

Identifying and transitioning to higher margin opportunities.

STRATEGIC FINANCING

Securing funds that unlocked capacity for growth.

LEADERSHIP

Key hires that freed founders to focus on growth rather than day-to-day operations.

 

EXPANSION

Into new markets while strengthening the existing business.

 

 MORE FREEDOM

For family, for travel, or life outside of business. More options in business; in life.

 

 

Because ultimately, a stronger business creates more options.

 

Options about whether to grow. Raise capital. Sell. Expand. Step back. Bring in leadership. Take time away. Pursue another opportunity. Or keep building.

The Kinds of Decisions We May Work Through

 

Your Intensive is built around you and your business and the decisions that matter most now.

Should we invest now - or wait?

Is debt increasing risk - or is avoiding debt limiting growth?

Where are the highest leverage opportunities already inside the business?

What needs to change before we expand?

Where is founder dependence constraining the business?

What capabilities and systems does the business need next?

 

How We Work Together

 

You don't need another person telling you what to do. 

Because here's the truth - no one knows the ins and outs of your business better than you do.

What you need is someone who can help you see the business more clearly.

We'll think through your business together. I'll challenge assumptions, test ideas, identify opportunities and help you work through the decisions shaping what comes next.

You bring your vision, your knowledge of your business and your context.

I bring decades of experience across thousands of businesses and dozens of industries. Pattern recognition. Strategic judgment. Challenging questions.

Together we determine what matters most - and the strongest path forward.

 

Award winning CPA, CA • Founder • Executive • Strategic Advisor • Board Advisor

Your Strategic Growth Intensive

The Intensive is designed so we spend our time considering options and making decisions  - not gathering information.

BEFORE - Guided Strategic Preparation

We begin by identifying the business questions and opportunities you want to explore. I'll guide you through assembling the relevant financial, operational and strategic information.

I'll review everything before we meet and circle back with any questions - so we can spend our time together evaluating options rather than collecting background information.

 

 

 

TOGETHER - Your Private Strategy Day

A dedicated working session focused on your business and the decisions that matter most.

Questions. Whiteboard brainstorming. Possibilities. Trade offs. Priorities. Decisions.

We'll challenge assumptions, examine opportunities, assess financial and operational implications, consider tradeoffs and establish strategic priorities.

We follow the issues and opportunities that emerge from our preparation - not a predetermined formula or arbitrary four-hour cutoff.

AFTER - Decisions Into Action

You'll leave with an actionable plan, your session recording and access to supporting resources.

During the following 30 days, we'll have a dedicated follow-up call to work through questions arising as implementation begins. You'll also have direct email access for strategic guidance related to decisions and priorities developed during the Intensive.

 

 

 

 

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Your Strategic Growth Intensive Investment

$3,500 CDN

Plus applicable taxes

  • Guided strategic preparation and advance document review
  • Private Strategy Day focused on your business's most consequential decisions
  • Actionable strategic priorities and implementation plan
  • Session recording and private resource portal
  • Dedicated follow-up implementation guidance call
  • 30 days of direct email implementation support
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Prefer to meet before reserving your Intensive?

Book a short conversation with Marilyn to ask any remaining questions and make sure the intensive is right for you.

Note that this isn't a complimentary strategy session. It's an opportunity to meet, ask questions and decide whether working together makes sense.
 
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Is The Strategic Growth Intensive Right For You?

 

It's designed for founders who:

 

  • Your business is growing - and becoming more complex. 

 

  • Too many important decisions still depend on you.

 

  • You're considering significant growth, investment, financing or expansion.

 

  • You know the business needs stronger infrastructure and systems to be ready for what comes next. 

 

  • You want an experienced thought partner - not another generic formula.

 

  • You're prepared to make decisions and do the work to implement them.
 

This is NOT coaching, accounting, tax planning or a done-for-you consulting engagement.

This is a thought partnership.

Ambition Needs Infrastructure

Your vision isn't too big. Your ambition isn't too much.

The work is building the strategy, leadership, capital, systems and capacity required to support that vision.

BUILD THE BUSINESS YOUR VISION DESERVES

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