BEST PLACE TO START

Profit Leak Diagnostic

1-2 weeks · Fixed-fee diagnostic

For founder-led businesses that know something is off, but want clarity before committing to a larger reset.•   Margin leak map
•   Commercial breakdown by the layers that matter
•   Top issues ranked by likely financial impact
•   First-priority actions and recommendation on next step

Outcome: You leave knowing what is leaking profit, what is carrying the business, and where we would look first.

• Start with the Diagnostic

DEEPER ENGAGEMENT

Chaos-to-Clarity Sprint

4 weeks · Full commercial reset

For businesses ready to go deeper and rebuild visibility, control, and decision-making across revenue, cost, and cash.•   Deeper modelling and operating profit visibility
•   Cost structure, labour, and margin redesign
•   Cashflow and working capital visibility
•   Growth, reinvestment, and decision roadmap

Outcome: You leave with a fuller commercial picture and a roadmap to act on it with confidence.

• Explore the Sprint

—  THE SITUATION

•   Revenue was rising. New stores were opening. But the bank balance stayed flat.•   No SKU-level or store-level economics. Every decision made on gut feel.

—  WHAT WE FOUND

Three structural problems:•   Pricing gaps on inelastic SKUs
•   Labour inefficiency compounding as the business scaled
•   Weak portfolio mixThe numbers existed. The commercial picture did not.

—  WHAT CHANGED

•   Pricing and mix were corrected.
•   Staffing was aligned to real transaction patterns.
•   Visibility was rebuilt around what the business was actually doing — not what summary reports said it was doing.

—  THE OUTCOME

$1.4M

Annualised profit recovered across 8-15% price correction on inelastic SKUs + structural cost optimisation

60%

Reduction in weekly labour waste via workflow redesign and better demand visibility

~30%

Operating margin pathway — without new stores or marketing spend

Institutional-Grade Commercial Rigour

What large organisations do over quarters, we compress into 2~4 decisive weeks.

Built for Messy Founder Reality

We sit inside your business, make sense of imperfect data, design, and implement alongside you.

Profit Creation,
Not Rear-View Reporting

We focus on how more profit and cash can be generated - so growth decisions are deliberate, not reactive.

WHAT HAPPENS IN THE DIAGNOSTIC

A short engagement to tell you what is actually going wrong.

The goal is simple: tell you where profit is leaking, what is actually funding the business, and where we would investigate first.

01    Commercial Breakdown

We review the business by the layers that matter: product, service, venue, customer, channel, labour, pricing, and cash conversion.

02    Leak Identification

We isolate where margin is being lost through structure, not noise — pricing gaps, weak mix, inefficient labour, channel dilution, or hidden cost-to-serve.

02    Priority Map

You leave with a clearer view of what is carrying the business, what is dragging it down, and what to fix first.

Default diagnostic scope shown above. Where needed, the work can be weighted more heavily toward the area creating the most commercial drag.

IF YOU GO DEEPER

The 4-week sprint turns diagnosis into a commercial roadmap.

The diagnostic tells you where the problem is. The sprint builds the deeper visibility and action path needed to fix it properly.

WEEK 1    Revenue architecture

Map SKU, services, customer, and channel economics to expose true margin drivers.

WEEK 2    Cost & Operating Leverage

Eliminate structural cost leaks while preserving capacity and growth momentum.

WEEK 3    Cashflow Confidence

Install cashflow visibility so decisions are made before pressure hits.

WEEK 4    Growth & Exit Readiness

Translate clarity into a capital allocation roadmap - aligned to growth, cash, and valuation.

The sprint structure above is the default scope. Where needed, we can go deeper on the area with the highest commercial upside.If the business needs support beyond the initial engagement, optional implementation retainers are available for ongoing decision support, deeper buildout, and commercial follow-through.

If you’re doing $3M–$20M in revenue and profit still feels less clear than it should, this is usually the best first step.

✓   Short diagnostic conversation first. No hard sell.✓   Best suited to businesses with multiple venues, products, services, or channels.✓   Not a course. Not a PDF. Not coaching. A hands-on commercial intervention.