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David Hauser / Grasshopper
Rebuilt the team, beat plan for 19 consecutive quarters, and sold to Citrix for over $170M.
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Rob Posner / NewDay USA
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Jan Bednar / ShipMonk
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Clients have built $86B+ in combined revenue and $29.88B in combined exit value across 147 client exits facilitated. This isn't inspiration. It's what happens when a CEO stops flinching.
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Clients renew year after year because the work keeps paying: 22.8%/yr average revenue growth and 37.5%/yr average EBITDA growth for clients of two or more years.
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The operating framework our coaches ran as CEOs and now run with yours: unreasonable targets, a plan to hit them, and accountability to it in every session.
A partner personally recommends 1-2 coaches for your industry and stage. You meet both. Wrong chemistry? We re-match, no questions asked. 3,500+ CEOs and senior leaders have run this cadence.
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Cash discipline first, then hire the talent competitors were letting go. The plan got shorter and the cadence got tighter.
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Among clients engaged two years or longer, average annual revenue growth is 22.8%, versus a 12.77% U.S. average (NYU Stern). Reflects clients who remained engaged 2+ years; not a projection.
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