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Compound — Scaling firms

Build growth that
compounds on itself

You're scaling — but revenue is unpredictable at the board level. The Compound path builds a durable, compounding growth architecture with board-level pipeline visibility guaranteed in the contract.

Start with the Stress Test View pricing
4×
Average sustained pipeline coverage maintained across engagements
Board-ready
Pipeline visibility — guaranteed in writing, not as a deliverable
From $6,500
Per month — Stress Test fee carried forward
Who the Compound path is for

You're scaling. The board needs visibility.

You're past early traction — revenue is moving, the team is growing, and you're in board meetings where pipeline confidence matters. But the underlying architecture isn't built for compounding growth at this scale yet.

  • Board-level reporting gap: You can't give the board a pipeline number you'd stake your credibility on. The data is there — but the architecture that converts it into a reliable forecast isn't.
  • Revenue concentration risk: Too much of your pipeline is in a handful of accounts. One slip and the quarter collapses.
  • Growth is linear, not compounding: You're adding headcount and effort to grow revenue instead of adding leverage to an architecture that compounds.
  • Coverage ratio is unmeasured: You have pipeline, but you don't know what coverage ratio you're actually running — or what the minimum safe ratio is for your motion.
  • You need a durable system, not a sprint: You've outgrown the Engineer phase. You need infrastructure that holds up when the team scales to 30, 50, 100 reps.
Board Pipeline Review — Q2
2.1×
Before
4.3×
After 90d
Board visibility — guaranteed
In contract
Revenue concentration fixed
✓
Compounding architecture live
Month 2
How the Compound path works

Architecture that earns its compound interest

01
Revenue Plan Stress Test
Every Compound engagement begins with the Stress Test. At this scale, the structural risks are higher — concentration, coverage gaps, and growth math assumptions all carry board-level consequences.
02
Compounding architecture design
We design the full revenue architecture — not just pipeline fixes, but the underlying system that makes each month's effort compound rather than reset. ICP, coverage model, motion, and board reporting layer.
03
Embedded execution & oversight
We embed a senior fractional revenue leader who operates at the VP/CRO level. Board attendance, team leadership, weekly pipeline reviews — fully accountable for the coverage ratio in the contract.
04
Durable handover
The compounding architecture transfers to your internal team with full documentation and playbooks. We stay on as strategic advisors, holding board-level accountability for as long as you need.
What's included in Compound

Board-level infrastructure from day one

  • Revenue Plan Stress Test (required entry point) — fee carried forward
  • Senior fractional revenue leader (VP/CRO level, 20–30 hrs/week)
  • Board-level pipeline visibility — guaranteed in the contract
  • Full revenue architecture redesign (ICP, motion, coverage model)
  • Revenue concentration analysis and diversification plan
  • Coverage ratio — maintained at 4× or agreed floor, contractually
  • Board meeting attendance and pipeline briefing preparation
  • Team hiring and onboarding support for scaling revenue org
  • Compounding growth model — leverage, not headcount
  • Monthly board-ready revenue architecture report
  • Investor and board communication materials on pipeline health
  • Full playbook documentation and internal team knowledge transfer
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The guarantee
Board-level pipeline visibility — in writing
The coverage ratio and board-level reporting standard we commit to are documented in the contract before engagement begins. Not a promise — a legal obligation.
"We went from a pipeline the board questioned every quarter to a 4.3× coverage ratio they could rely on. Pascal presented directly in our Series B board meetings — the credibility shift was immediate."
JT
James T.
CEO, B2B SaaS — $4.2M ARR
Stress Test fee carried forward
If you choose Compound within 60 days of your $2,500 Stress Test, your full investment carries forward into this engagement.
What Compound addresses

The 6 risk domains at scale

At the Compound stage, all 6 risk domains carry board-level financial exposure. The Stress Test quantifies them. The Compound path eliminates them.

01
Pipeline Coverage Risk

At scale, is your pipeline coverage ratio defensible in a board meeting — or is it covering structural fragility behind a large headline number?

02
Offer Conversion Risk

As you move upmarket, are your conversion assumptions calibrated to the new motion — or inherited from an earlier, easier-to-close segment?

03
Growth Math Risk

Does your growth model compound naturally, or does it require proportional effort increases to sustain — a ceiling problem waiting to surface?

04
CRM Friction Risk

At scale, CRM data becomes the board's source of truth. Is yours giving an accurate picture, or is attribution creating false confidence?

05
Revenue Leakage Risk

As deal complexity grows, where is revenue being lost between signal and close — and how much does that compound across a full quarter?

06
Growth Architecture Risk

Is the architecture built to compound as the team scales — or will it require a rebuild at 50 reps that the board wasn't expecting?

FAQ

Compound path questions

Yes. Every Compound engagement begins with the Revenue Plan Stress Test. At this stage, the structural risks carry board-level exposure — we won't commit to a coverage guarantee without first quantifying what we're fixing. The $2,500 Stress Test fee carries forward into Compound for 60 days.
It means your fractional revenue leader prepares and presents board-ready pipeline reports — with a coverage ratio the board can rely on, not hedge around. The coverage floor is documented in the contract. If it drops below the agreed threshold, we're accountable, not you.
A full-time CRO costs $200–400K/year before equity, takes 3–6 months to hire, and another 90 days to produce results. Compound gives you VP/CRO-level leadership from day one, with a contractual coverage guarantee a hire can't offer. You can scale it back once the architecture is in place.
Compound is best suited for companies between $1M and $10M ARR — past the traction phase and scaling toward the point where predictable board-level pipeline becomes a requirement, not a nice-to-have. The Stress Test will confirm whether Compound or Engineer is the right fit.
Engineer is for companies with traction that need a consistent, repeatable revenue system. Compound is for companies already scaling that need board-level pipeline visibility and a durable compounding growth architecture — the kind that holds up as the team grows. The Stress Test will tell you which path fits.

Start with the Stress Test.
Compound comes next.

$2,500 to underwrite your revenue architecture. Carry it forward into Compound within 60 days.

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