Gene,
If you're reading this, the book made it to your desk. Thanks for opening the package. I know you don't owe me your attention, and I appreciate the few minutes.
I've been a quiet listener of Growth Think Tank for a while. Your March 16 solo on founder dependency named the same pattern I write about in the book: when a founder doesn't install the operating system, they become it. And what looks like a growth ceiling is usually a structural one.
That gap is exactly the territory your audience lives in. And it's why I'm hoping we can talk.
Three angles I'd love to explore on Growth Think Tank.
The Founder's Trap, and why service-based businesses hit it first.
Why the founders who scale services are usually the ones who also become the bottleneck inside them, and what the structural pattern actually looks like from the inside.
The shift from operator to architect.
The single hardest transition in a founder's career, why most never make it intentionally, and the specific decisions that signal you're stuck in operator mode.
A live diagnostic your audience can do this week.
The 48-hour decision audit: a practical exercise founders can run on themselves to see exactly where structure is missing in their business. Tactical, takeaway-ready.
About Mark.
Twenty years inside founder-led companies as agency founder, EOS Integrator, and senior operator. Today: fractional CMO and COO at Fulcrum Fractional, working with $1M to $15M founders to install the systems and structure that let the business run without them. Author of The Leverage Point.
Twenty minutes to talk through whether it's a fit for Growth Think Tank.
No pitch deck, no follow-up sequence. Just a conversation about whether this lands for your audience and whether the timing makes sense.
Find a time on my calendar Or just reply to this: markskalla@fulcrumfractional.comEither way, Gene, thanks for the few minutes. I know they're worth something.