For founder-operated businesses at $1M–$10M

Your business should run without you. Does it?

Excelerate embeds inside your business — finds the real constraints, installs the systems, manages the team — and stays until the operation runs without you. Not advice. The work.

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$100M+

Industrial & hospitality assets developed

10× scale + exit

Service business built, scaled, sold

25+ units

STR portfolio operating without its owner

75% lift

QA accuracy engineered on infrastructure-scale project

The problem

You built something real.
Now it owns you.

Most founders at $1M–$10M hit the same wall. The business works — but only because you're in it. Every decision routes through you. Every problem ends up on your desk. You can't take a week off without it costing you.

The bottleneck

Nothing moves without you

Your team is capable. But they've been trained — accidentally — to wait for your sign-off on everything. That's not a team problem. It's a systems problem.

The advisor trap

You've paid for advice that didn't change anything

They spent six weeks learning your business, charged a significant retainer, and handed you a presentation. Then they were gone. The recommendations sat in a folder.

The absence problem

You haven't truly stepped away in years

A vacation feels like a liability. A sick day creates a cascade. The business depends on your presence to function — and you know that's not sustainable.

The hidden constraint

Most founders think they have an operations problem.

In our experience, they usually have a leadership problem disguised as an operations problem.

Businesses don't outgrow their systems. They outgrow the identity of the person leading them.

That's why we don't just build processes and install accountability. We help founders become the leader their next stage of growth requires — so when the systems are in, they actually hold.

The difference

We don't give advice.
We do the work.

Excelerate embeds inside your business — attending your team meetings, managing your people, installing your systems. We're on your org chart, not your vendor list.

The consulting industry
Excelerate
Delivers a report
Delivers a running business
Recommends systems
Installs them
Advises your team
Manages your team
Bills by the hour
Owns the outcome
Gone in 90 days
On your org chart
Makes itself indispensable
Makes itself unnecessary
What we do

Three ways we embed inside your business

01

Process Clarity Audit

We map every system, every bottleneck, every dollar leak in your operation — and the leader-identity patterns that quietly create them. Two blueprints in one engagement: how the business will run, and how you'll lead it without becoming the bottleneck again.

02

Fractional C-Suite Advisory

A senior operator embedded in your leadership team. COO, CFO, CMO — we identify the gap and fill it. Not part-time advice. Part-time accountability. Your fractional executive attends your meetings, manages your team, and owns outcomes.

03

Operations Transformation

Full embedded engagement. We install systems, lead teams, build SOPs, and run the operations layer while you run the company. End to end. Most clients see measurable improvement within 30 days.

Real founders · Real outcomes

Don't take our word. Take theirs.

We've signed payroll. We've fired people. We've taken the 2am call. The systems we install in your business are systems we ran ourselves first.

Spencer Richey's story ▶ Watch
Featured · Client story

From $80K to $230K+ in five months. From operator to CEO. From doing it all to leading those who do.

When Spencer came to Excelerate, he was scaling a short-term rental business on his own — one VA, every operational decision running through him. He didn't need more hustle. He needed to stop being the bottleneck.

Spencer Richey — Entrepreneur & former pro soccer player

Kim's story

“I used to work 12-hour days. My husband would bring Chick-fil-A to my desk while I finished owner statements.”

Five months later, Kim runs a team of six, serves 30 clients across 382 properties, and works half the hours.

Kim — Bookkeeping Business Owner

Luke Kolk's story

“It's a no-brainer. We've absolutely doubled our business, and connected with 15 to 20 people we now have for life.”

Luke came in with 30+ co-hosted properties. He left thinking in portfolios, not units.

Luke Kolk — STR Operator & Co-Host Business Owner

Mike Stone's story

“I'm already seeing results six weeks later. I wake up different, sleep better, and feel more creative.”

Six weeks after the engagement, Mike had paid off high-interest debt and closed his first six-figure month.

Mike Stone — Entrepreneur & Operator

Brendan Simpkins's story

1 property to 9. W2 income fully replaced. A football coaching offer for the fall — the work he loves most.

Brendan joined with the strategy already in hand but couldn't land clients. Three months later, the picture had flipped.

Brendan Simpkins — Short-Term Rental Business Owner

Tell us where you're stuck

Tell us what's actually in the way.

Write it out in your own words — what the business can't do without you, what you've already tried, what you want your role to look like. An operator reads it, and you get a straight answer on whether an embedded engagement fits. If it doesn't, we'll say so.

No call required to start No pitch · No obligation A written response within one business day