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Does your business run without you?
Most don't. Start free with the Small Business MBA.
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One membership, everything you need, free. When you're ready for hands-on help, Visibility Plans and the 90-day audit are here.
A practical operator education, not an accredited academic degree. It does not confer a Master of Business Administration.
Run the sprint solo
Download the guide that matches your stage. Work the 14-day plan inside.
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The do-it-yourself tier. Same playbook we install for clients, operator to operator.
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Get found by the customers already looking for you. Audit, website, local SEO, AI search and a brand manual.
Visibility Plans from $695$495/mo · no contract
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See the plansThe 90-Day Operating Audit
Kickoff and delivery sessions plus a 15 to 20 page written audit and install plan.
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Learn moreMost owners don't have a growth problem
They have a systems problem.Every fire in your business is a missing system wearing a costume. Build the layer once and it stops burning.
Three free guides
Same diagnostic tools we use with our fractional clients. Free, printable, no opt-in.
Foundation Builder Field Guide
4-Box Business Model, customer reality check, pricing floor calculator, 14-day foundation plan. For 0 to ~$10k/mo.
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Stuck Operator Diagnostic Guide
3-plateaus framework, 15-min numbers audit, hours audit, branching 14-day plan. For stuck $10k to $30k/mo.
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Scale-Ready Audit Guide
Operator Asset Map, 30-Day-Off Diagnostic, quadrant placement, 30-day sellability sprint. For $30k+/mo with PMF.
Download PDFHow the install works
From bottleneck to operating system in five moves.
No slide-deck consulting. We embed, build the stack with you, and hand it off so it runs without us.
Discovery & diagnosis
We start with a conversation and map every function in your business: where the leverage is, where the leaks are, and what's keeping you in the day-to-day.
The blueprint
We identify the three highest-leverage moves and build the install plan together, sequenced so the operating layer goes in without stalling the business that's already running.
Install the stack
SOPs, KPI dashboards, hiring scorecards, financial cadence, capacity planning. Built with you, inside your business, not handed over as a template.
Hand-off
Every system is documented and transferred to your team. You own the operating layer. You're back to being a founder, not a one-person bottleneck.
Optimize
For retainer clients, we hold a monthly cadence: refining dashboards, tightening the numbers, and planning capacity as you scale.
The Notebook of a COO podcast
Operator stories, frameworks, tactical breakdowns. New episode weekly.
The Install: The Creep Sheet in a Salon
Your color line went up twice and your menu did not.
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The Install: The Creep Sheet in a Cleaning Company
Your crew got a raise and your contracts did not.
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The Install: The Creep Sheet in a Restaurant
A fourteen dollar dish slides from a seventy to a sixty four percent margin without anyone deciding it.
ListenThe Small Business MBA is one free membership with every course, live financial tools, an operator community, and new programs each month. When you're ready for done-for-you marketing, our Visibility Plans are here.
Most operators get stuck for the same reason. It isn't motivation.
You already know what needs to exist. Documented SOPs. KPI dashboards. Hiring scorecards. A financial cadence that doesn't depend on you opening QuickBooks at midnight. Leadership rituals. Capacity planning. The unsexy stack that makes a business actually scale.
What you don't have is slack in your week to install it while you're also running the day-to-day. The functions you most need to delegate are the ones keeping you too busy to delegate them.
That's what we do. Three to six months of focused work and the operating layer is in place. You're back to being a founder, not a one-person bottleneck.
If it only works when you do it, you own a job
The operating layer is what turns a job back into a business. Start free, and build it one system at a time.
Start the Small Business MBA freeWhat operators say
Rated 4.2 on Trustpilot 5.0 on Google
“I came to JT with very little business background and a lot of overwhelm, and he met me there without missing a beat. There are no dumb questions in his world, only gaps waiting to be filled.”
“The module on qualifying leads before they even get to a quote changed how I run my whole intake process. I used to spend hours on bids that went nowhere. That stopped.”
“I had been taking clients that were not a fit because I never had a clear definition of who my ideal client actually was. That course fixed that.”
“Where I see hard work, mind-numbing administration, and lost leads due to being overstretched, JT sees systems. He taught me the systems and processes customized to my business that removed me as the bottleneck. Business is growing, and it’s fun again.”
“In our discussions he is able to see the direction that I want to go professionally and has a plan on how to get it done. This is what excellent operators do.”
“He stepped in quickly and helped get everything sorted with clarity and ease. While the changes themselves were simple, the impact was significant.”
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Every course, live financial tools, an operator community, and new programs each month. The Small Business MBA is the one membership any business owner needs to run and grow. Start today, cancel anytime. When you're ready to scale, our done-for-you marketing services are here.
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