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The GrowthMatters Acceleration Model

Nine stages.
Nothing left to faith.

Most advisory ends at a strategy deck. This one starts there and doesn't stop until a measured revenue motion is live: three phases, five parallel workstreams, roughly twenty net-new deliverables your team keeps, weekly numbers, and three go/no-go gates that force honest decisions — the first at week six, before you are in deep.

The GrowthMatters Acceleration Model

One system. Thirteen weeks. Nothing left to faith.

Most advisory ends at a strategy deck. Ours starts there and doesn't stop until a measured revenue motion is live. Three phases, five parallel workstreams, ~20 net-new deliverables, weekly metrics, and three go/no-go gates that force honest decisions along the way.

13
weeks, entry to live motion
3
phases, with go/no-go gates
5
parallel workstreams
~20
ready-to-use deliverables
Weekly
metrics, reviewed every Friday
Phase 1 · Diagnose & Position

See the market clearly

Competitive analysis, go-to-market strategy, ICP and messaging. We find the wedge only you can own and decide exactly who to sell to and what to say.

Weeks 1–4 · Gate: is the position sharp and buyable?
Phase 2 · Build the Machine

Turn strategy into a system

Operating plan, execution tracker, the full deliverable library, measurement tools, CRM instrumentation, the selling process, and an AI-ready website.

Weeks 5–9 · Gate: can any rep run this motion?
Phase 3 · Execute & Compound

Run it, weekly

We run the motion with you — live pipeline, weekly funnel reviews, and iteration on what the numbers show — until growth no longer depends on heroics.

Weeks 10–13 · Gate: is the pipeline real and repeatable?
The model, in depth

Nine stages, each with a deliverable and an outcome.

01

Competitive Analysis

We map the U.S. competitive set the way a buyer sees it — category, alternatives, positioning gaps, pricing norms, and the language the market already rewards. The point isn't a landscape slide; it's the wedge: the position only you can credibly own.

Produces: Competitive intelligence teardown + the wedge
02

Go-to-Market Strategy

We define the segments where you already win, the economic buyer who feels the pain, and the message that lands. One tight ICP per segment, a messaging house, and the trigger events that signal a buyer is ready to move.

Produces: ICP one-pagers, messaging house, segment priority
03

Operating Plan

Strategy becomes a dated plan: three phases, five parallel workstreams, owners, and sequencing — what happens in week 1 versus week 9, and who is accountable for each. Everyone knows what to do Monday morning.

Produces: 13-week operating plan with workstreams & owners
04

Execution Tracker

A single tracker becomes the source of truth: a deliverables register, the 13-week plan, a weekly funnel & metrics tab, the go/no-go gates, and a pipeline. Updated every Friday, so progress is visible and decisions are made on numbers.

Produces: The live execution tracker
05

Deliverables

From the tracker we produce ~20 net-new, ready-to-use artifacts — ICP qualifier scorecards, target account lists, account-research templates, outbound sequences, a master sales deck, a leave-behind, a productized sprint offer, and the Touchpoint Map. Built to be used, not admired.

Produces: The full deliverable library (see below)
06

Measurement Tools

We instrument the funnel end to end — the weekly numbers, conversion rates between stages, and the three go/no-go gates that decide whether to double down or change course. You can see what's working in weeks, not quarters.

Produces: Funnel & metrics dashboard + decision gates
07

CRM & Selling Process

We stand up the pipeline in your CRM, define the stages and exit criteria, and equip the motion — outbound sequences, the sales deck, and the qualification scorecards — so selling is repeatable, not heroic, and the pipeline is something you can actually forecast.

Produces: CRM pipeline & stages, sales playbook, cadences
08

Website & AI / SEO Update

We update the site to carry the new positioning and rebuild it to be found by the answer engines buyers now use — structured data, entity clarity, and content shaped around the questions buyers actually ask (GEO/AEO), not just keywords Google ranks.

Produces: Conversion-ready site, structured for search & AI
09

Execution

We run the motion with you: a weekly cadence, a live pipeline, metrics reviewed every Friday, and gates that force honest go/no-go calls — iterating on what the numbers show until the motion compounds and no longer depends on a few relationships.

Produces: A live, measured, improving revenue motion
The deliverable library

~20 net-new artifacts, across five workstreams.

Every engagement leaves the team with a complete, ready-to-use toolkit — not a strategy to go build alone. Here is what comes in the box.

Intelligence & StrategySee the market, pick the fight
Competitive Intelligence teardown Go-to-Market Strategy ICP one-pagers (per segment) Messaging House (per segment)
TargetingWho to chase, and who to skip
ICP Qualifier Scorecards Target Account Lists (per segment) Account-Research Templates
Sales EnablementEverything a rep needs to sell
Master Sales Deck Leave-Behind Outbound Sequences Productized Sprint Offer
Operating SystemRun it on numbers, not faith
13-Week Operating Plan Execution Tracker Funnel & Metrics dashboard Go / No-Go Gates CRM Pipeline & Stages
Demand & DiscoveryGet found, guide the journey
Website Update AI / SEO (GEO & AEO) Optimization Touchpoint Map · Awareness → Loyalty
Newest deliverableNEW

The Touchpoint Map: Awareness → Loyalty

Strategy usually stops at the first sale. The Touchpoint Map runs the full journey — every stage a buyer moves through, the question in their head, your move, and the one number that proves it's working. It connects marketing, sales, and success into a single owned path.

Awareness

“Is this even a problem worth solving?”

AI-discoverable content & targeted outbound.

Reach · reply rate

Consideration

“Could this actually work for us?”

Messaging house, sales deck, proof patterns.

Meetings booked

Decision

“Is it worth the risk?”

Productized sprint offer, leave-behind, ROI framing.

Pilot conversion

Onboarding

“Did we make the right call?”

Fast, guided first value.

Time-to-first-value

Adoption

“Is this how we work now?”

Usage, enablement, expansion paths.

Active usage

Retention

“Do we keep paying?”

Outcome reviews, value proof, QBRs.

Renewal · NRR

Loyalty

“Would we recommend it?”

References, referrals, advocacy.

Referrals · NPS

The three gates — and what happens if one fails

Gates exist so that stopping is a normal outcome rather than a crisis. Each one has a written pass condition agreed before the engagement starts, and each has a defined exit.

  • Week 6 — is the position sharp and buyable? If the wedge doesn't survive contact with real American buyers, we stop here. This is the cheapest place to find out, and it is deliberately early.
  • Week 9 — can someone other than the founder run this motion? If the motion only works when you personally run it, it isn't a motion yet, and we fix that before building pipeline on top of it.
  • Week 13 — is the pipeline real and repeatable? Not “are there deals” — are the conversion rates between stages stable enough to forecast and to hire against.
What this is not

It is not a fractional sales leader, and it is not a consultancy engagement that ends with a readout. A fractional CRO sells for you; this builds the system and hands it over. A consultancy leaves a deck; this leaves a working machine and stays in it. If what you need is someone to carry a bag in America, I will tell you that in the first conversation.

How the engagement is paid for

A phased retainer, an equity component on standard advisory vesting, and a success fee scoped to commercial revenue we help originate and close. The retainer is lighter while you are pre-scale and steps up as you grow into it. Success fees attach to commercial revenue outcomes only — never to capital raised. Specific structures are set per engagement under definitive agreements, and nothing on this page is an offer.