Identify the goal
Growth, profitability, fundraising, leadership, operations—we find the single most important problem or opportunity facing you right now.
Long-term advice. Real impact.
Focused strategic and operational guidance built by a YC-backed tech founder with an exit. For founders, operators & executives who care about results, not reports.
The Approach
More affordable than consulting, more effective than coaching
Consulting gives you answers but not accountability. Coaching gives you support but not solutions. Operator Impact gives you both—at a price that doesn't require a board vote.
Traditional Consulting
Answers without ownership
Expensive decks, generic frameworks, no skin in the game. Gone when the engagement ends.
Operator Impact
Focused, expert advice paired with ongoing accountability. One goal at a time. Until it's solved.
Traditional Coaching
Questions without solutions
Great for mindset. Rarely solves the specific operational or growth challenge keeping you up at night.
The Process
Focus. Plan.
Execute. Repeat.
A tight, repeating loop that keeps attention on what moves the needle—and pivots the moment something more important surfaces.
Build the plan
Align on a key metric. Build a clear, achievable plan that addresses what's needed.
Do the work
You and your team lead on the work. Email us when you're stuck. Regular calls and metric tracking keep the momentum.
Repeat
When a bigger opportunity surfaces, we pivot. Your business evolves; so does our focus.
Example: Key Metric Growth
Monthly Recurring Revenue
$422k / mo
MRR
Target
Examples
Where we can help.
We work across the problems that matter most to founders, operators & executives — and go as deep as the problem demands. The retainer keeps you on track; consulting is there when a problem needs full firepower.
01 / 07
Strategy & Vision
- Strategy diagnostic
- Mission, vision & values development
- Product-market fit
- Effective strategic execution
02 / 07
Growth
- How can we increase our growth rate?
- Keep me accountable to execution
- Market expansion strategies
- Hiring & people strategy
- M&A
03 / 07
Go-to-Market
- Pricing strategy
- Customer acquisition strategies
- Sales & marketing modelling
- Go-to-market operations
04 / 07
Technology & AI
- Where to deploy AI
- Product innovation
- Dashboards and metrics
- Technology stack evaluation
- How to effectively deploy AI
05 / 07
Process & Operations
- Bottleneck identification
- Operational efficiency improvements
- Tools and best practices
- Organizational design & development
- People & culture
- Team alignment & accountability
06 / 07
Finance, Fundraising & Exit
- Annual budget planning
- How to increase profitability
- Scenario planning
- When to raise
- Pitch deck & storytelling
- Exit planning
07 / 07
Personal Effectiveness
- Time management
- Leadership development
- Communication skills
- Decision making
- Systems and tools
What's Included
Everything you need.
Nothing you don't.
Regular Calls
Up to twice monthly 25-minute sessions, or once monthly 50-minute deep-dives. Stay current, work through blockers, stay sharp.
Email When Needed
Send questions, share updates, get unstuck—anytime. 1–2 business day response.
Metric Tracker
Tracking of your one key metric, so you always know where you stand.
AI-Powered Admin
AI-powered administration, including smart scheduling & automated meeting notes. Human time is focused where it matters.
Deep Consulting
When a problem needs intensive analysis—a diligence sprint, a pricing model, a hiring strategy—deeper consulting is available at $300/hr or $2,500/day.
One Focus at a Time
Undivided attention on your most important goal. No context-switching, no dilution. This is what makes it work.
What Clients Say
Results, in their words.
"We had strong interest in our product, but we struggled to translate that into measurable impact. Chris pushed us to define a very specific, operations-focused goal that represented the highest-leverage move for us — either to move forward decisively or to realize we didn't have PMF. That clarity led to 9× utilization growth and doubling our booked revenue within 6 months."
Mike Meaney
Co-Founder & CEO, One Small Step · ex-Meta
Pricing
Predictable retainer or hourly billing.
Pick what's best or blend both.
Simple & Predictable
Monthly Retainer
$950
/ month
Everything you need to solve your most important problem.
- Up to 2 × 25-min or 1 × 50-min call per month
- Email when needed, 1–2 business day reply
- Key metric tracking
- AI-assisted admin
- One priority goal, pivot as needed
Flexibility & depth
Hourly billing
$300
/ hr
Flexible work when problems demand it.
- Pricing & revenue modeling
- Fundraising strategy & investor prep
- Hiring & org design
- Go-to-market & growth strategy
- Full-day intensive available at $2,500
Equity pricing options available for the right-fit companies. Custom arrangements for multiple parallel goals or team-wide engagements.
Why It's Different
Advice that's been earned.
Advice from someone who has built, scaled, sold — and failed — at the things that actually matter to founders.
- Y Combinator alumni
- McKinsey consultant
- Masters in Engineering
- 3 startups
- 10+ years as CEO
- Led 8-figure exit
- 6-figure raise
- 4 acquisition integrations
- 30+ Fortune 100 clients
Ready?
What's your most important problem right now?
No sales call. No deck. Just a conversation.
Frequently Asked Questions
How we're different.
How are you different to a consulting firm?
Consulting firms are typically structured for high intensity, short term projects. You'll typically get a one time solution to a project, but you're left on your own for implementation. Our price structure allows for a long term relationship where we work through problem, solution and implementation.
How are you different to a coach?
We believe success requires thoughtful advice + structured accountability. Coaches often provide the former, but struggle with the latter. We bring both.
Who is this for?
We're built for seed to Series C founders, mid-sized company operators (CEOs, COOs, GMs) & enterprise executives (directors, VPs). We have significant ROI for people managing teams greater than 10 people or $1m in revenue. We can work with multiple people within the same company for even greater impact.
How do you keep your cost so low?
We are 10–100× less expensive than traditional consulting. We need to work differently to achieve this. We understand this is not for everyone, which is why we are upfront about how we work:
- We guide you & your team to do the work (rather than paying expensive consultants to do the work your team can do)
- We focus on one problem at a time
- We focus on impact not fancy slides
- We don't do research — we rely on your knowledge and expertise combined with our experience
- We leverage AI where we can, but always human guided