We work with founders who know their idea works and now feel the weight of keeping it all going.
Most of our clients are business owners with $500K–$5M in annual sales and 3–20 team members. The business is profitable, but the founder’s role keeps growing. They are the rainmaker, the problem-solver, and the final decision-maker for almost everything.
They’re starting to wonder how long they can keep this up. That’s where O.R.D.E.R. comes in and helps them build a path to shift their business from founder-dependent to systems-driven.
Start with the Founder Dependency Quiz, then schedule a Discovery Conversation. We identify your main bottlenecks and where your time and energy are leaking.
We walk you through O.R.D.E.R. to develop systems and playbooks. Together, we design a realistic path to empower your team, reduce your hours in the business, and give you the freedom to build your company’s legacy.
We help you implement it for real:
The goal is a business that grows, serves your clients well, and does not require you to work every hour to keep it going.
Founders who:
If the business slows down when you step away, this is for you.
No. You do not need a big team. You need at least one other person (employee or contractor) who can start taking on parts of your playbook. We help you decide what to delegate first.
Most coaching talks about goals and mindset. We focus on time, systems, and team:
You don’t just leave with ideas. You leave with real changes in how the business runs.
You can often feel a change in the first 30–60 days:
Full Founder Freedom (like a 2–4 day work week in the business) takes longer, but we start with small, real wins right away.
No. You will change how you control the business:
You stay the leader. You just stop being the crutch.
There’s no pressure. We’ll tell you honestly if we can help, and what that could look like.
“If you’re looking for straight-forward, common sense strategy and advice for your business, there is simply no better person to consult with than Elgin. His friendly yet professional approach makes working with him easy. Elgin thinks outside the box & makes suggestions for increasing productivity & profitability.”
S. Mruz
“Elgin is a skilled strategist. He has the ability to take a complex issue, pull it apart and reverse engineer a solution. He understands how to grow revenue without adding additional risk and increase profit margins. He is a pleasure to work with and I would highly recommend him.”
C. Rodriguez
“At Tricom we use Elgin as my idea producer and a problem solver on our retail centers. He assists us when we are evaluating new acquisitions by recommending different uses for the center. He improves the performance of our retail tenants that are new to retail by forcing them to build business plans…”
B. McAuley
“Elgin is an outstanding visionary with exceptional leadership skills. He has a straight forward, no nonsense approach to his projects. His knowledge is relevant and up-to-date representing business strategies from concept to operational businesses.”
A. Agricola
