You built the company. Now everything runs through you.
I built and sold TCM Security. Now I help other founders build a company that can grow, sell, or run without them.
That kind of company works a lot longer than people expect. Then it stops, usually right when things are finally going well. I help you get the business off your back before that happens.
I grew TCM from nothing into an eight-figure business by turning training, consulting, certs, community, and content into one engine, reached more than a million students, and sold it in 2025. Most of the founders I work with are walking some version of that same road.
with no outside capital
and sold with TCM
and still growing
School alumnus
In the beginning, you are the business.
You close the deals. You explain the product. You make the hires, approve the spend, and carry the growth on your back. It works fine right up until the company gets too big for any one person to be the engine. That's where most founder-led businesses stall out, and it's where I'm most useful.
Founders usually call when...
What they're actually paying for...
You're not paying for a framework. You're paying for someone who already made the expensive mistakes, so you don't have to make every one of them yourself.
Built, not borrowedHere's exactly how the assessment works.
No mystery and no endless discovery calls. You apply, I read it myself, and if we're a fit we get to work. It starts with the Founder Scaling Assessment, which is the fastest way to find out whether I can actually help you.
You apply
I read every application myself. If I think I can help, you'll hear from me inside two business days. If I'm not the right fit, I'll tell you that fast too, so you're not left wondering.
You send the real picture first
Before we talk, you send me the honest version. The numbers, what's working, what's stuck. I go through it ahead of time so we don't burn the session getting me up to speed.
We do the work, live
A working session, usually around 90 minutes, where we go straight at the bottleneck. Real feedback, real decisions, no slide deck. This is the part you can't get from a course or a podcast.
You walk away with a plan
You get a short written scorecard of where you've become the bottleneck, the few things actually capping growth, and a 90-day plan in priority order. It's yours to keep and run with, whether or not we ever talk again.
We decide what's next
Then we decide together whether ongoing advisory makes sense. If it doesn't, you still walk away with everything above. No retainer trap, no pressure.
Most advisors study businesses. I've built them.
The VC, PE, and consulting world is full of smart people who can analyze a company. Almost none of them have had to actually run one.
I have. I've made payroll when it was tight. I've made great hires and a few I regretted. I've shipped products that took off and products that flopped. I built an audience, created a cert, ran a services team, sold the company, and then started over from scratch with Insight Recon.
You're not paying for analysis. You're paying for the judgment you only get after you've lived it.
Why not a consultant?
A consultant will map your org chart, benchmark your numbers, and hand you a deck. That's useful. It also stops right where the hard part starts.
I can tell you what breaks when the founder is the glue holding it all together, because I've been that glue. And I can tell you which fires are actually fires and which ones just feel that way at 11pm.
That's the difference. It comes from running the thing, not from a playbook.
I spent years buying books and hiring advisors hoping for a shortcut. A few were worth it. Most weren't. What I figured out is that scaling problems are rarely as unique as they feel from the inside. The assessment exists to find the handful of things actually holding you back, so you can stop guessing where your time should go.
Where I create the most value.
I'm most useful when the problem is tangled up in a few things at once: growth, positioning, distribution, product, the team, and your own judgment as a founder.
Getting past founder-led sales, founder-led delivery, and founder-led everything else.
Training companies, cert programs, creator brands, online learning. The exact path I walked and sold.
Cybersecurity, SaaS, AI, and technical products that need someone who can turn the tech into something people actually buy.
Messaging, pricing, packaging, and figuring out who you're really for.
Who to hire and when, how to hold people to it, and how to get the company running without you in every room.
What buyers actually care about, what drives your number up, and how to come out of diligence in one piece.
From founder-led chaos to a company that can stand on its own.
The goal isn't to give you more to do. It's to make the company clearer, tougher, and a lot less dependent on you doing everything by hand.
Before
After
Who this is for, and who it isn't.
Read this part honestly. The clearer the fit, the more useful the work, and the faster I can tell you whether I can help.
This is for you if
This is not for you if
I'm keeping this small on purpose.
I'm not trying to fill a calendar. Right now this is a small, private group of founders. Deep work, no public client list, and that's on purpose.
The people I take on get real attention, and I only keep going past the assessment when I actually think the work will change where you end up. If you want a high-volume coach with a waitlist and a group chat, that's not me. If you want a handful of sharp, honest sessions with someone who built and sold the thing you're building, that's the whole point.
What it costs, and what comes after.
Everything starts with the assessment. It's the only honest way to find out if I can help and whether we actually work well together. What happens after that depends on what the work needs.
What we review
What you walk away with
Tell me what you're building.
I read every one of these myself. If I think I can help, I'll get back to you. If I'm not the right fit, I'll tell you that too.
Best when there's real traction, real complexity, and a decision that matters. Solo founders are welcome.
No assistant doing intake. No junior team. You deal with me.
If it's not something I can actually help with, I won't waste your time or mine.