How the teams that run growing companies get built.
Each guide is specific enough to act on this quarter. Written by Ali, dated, and revised as the work changes.
- October 10, 2026
5 minOnboarding that keeps people past the first ninety daysA ninety-day onboarding plan for BC companies that stops early departures, what to prepare before day one, who does what, and the check-ins that matter - October 8, 2026
5 minBuilding an advisory board for a private company in BCHow a BC owner sets up a small advisory board that is useful, who to invite, how to run the meetings, what to pay and how it differs from a legal board - October 6, 2026
4 minLeadership coaching for owners that is not therapyWhat practical leadership coaching looks like for a BC business owner, what it works on, how a quarter is structured and how to tell it is working - September 29, 2026
5 minDelegation for owners who have tried it and taken it backWhy delegation fails for BC business owners, the handover method that works, and how to stop taking the work back the first time it is done differently - September 15, 2026
5 minKey person risk and how to reduce it before it costs youHow a BC owner finds the people, including themselves, whose absence would stop the company, and the practical steps that make the business survivable - September 1, 2026
5 minRunning remote and hybrid teams across British ColumbiaHow a BC owner runs a team across Metro Vancouver, the Island, the Interior and the North, with the cadence, tools and rules that keep it one company - August 18, 2026
5 minAI agents in a small team and what to automate firstA practical order for a BC company adopting AI agents, from the tasks to automate in the first month to the decisions that should always stay with a person - August 4, 2026
5 minThe management team an investor needs after buying a companyWhat an investor should put in place in the first 100 days after buying a BC company, from the seats to fill to the reporting that protects the investment - July 21, 2026
5 minReplacing a departing manager fast with interim coverWhat a BC owner does in the first week after a key manager resigns, how interim cover holds the seat, and how to hire the replacement without rushing - July 7, 2026
4 minRevenue share and equity deals with an operating partnerWhat a BC owner should understand and put to a lawyer before agreeing a revenue share, equity or hybrid deal with an operating partner or growth team - June 23, 2026
5 minHow the Growth Partner program works and who it is forWhat the Growth Partner program is, which Canadian companies from $500K to $30M fit it, how the team embeds and how revenue share and hybrid deals are set - June 9, 2026
4 minHow to run a quarterly planning meeting that changes thingsA half-day quarterly planning format for BC leadership teams, from reviewing last quarter honestly to leaving with three priorities, each with an owner - May 26, 2026
5 minRunning a weekly operating cadence that keeps the team movingThe weekly meeting rhythm we install in BC companies, with the agenda, the page of numbers, who attends and the rules that stop it becoming a status update - May 12, 2026
5 minWriting SOPs that people in your company actually followA method for BC owners to write operating procedures that get used, from choosing the first ten to keeping them current without a documentation project - April 28, 2026
5 minHiring your first salesperson, scorecard, trial and payHow a BC owner hires a first salesperson who stays, with a scorecard to hire against, a paid trial that proves fit and pay that rewards the right work - April 14, 2026
5 minBuilding a sales system a small team will actually useHow to build a sales pipeline, price book and follow-up routine that a small BC team keeps using after month one, with the tools kept deliberately simple - March 31, 2026
4 minHow to outsource marketing without losing your brandWhat a BC owner should keep in-house, what to hand to an outsourced marketing department, and the controls that keep the voice and the accounts yours - March 17, 2026
5 minGetting the owner out of dispatch and daily deliveryHow a BC trades or service owner hands over scheduling, dispatch and daily delivery to a coordinator and a system, step by step and without a quality drop - March 3, 2026
5 minHow to get the owner out of sales without losing dealsA staged plan for a BC owner who closes every sale to hand the work to a system and a team, keeping the win rate and the relationships that matter - February 17, 2026
5 minBuilding an org chart for a $1M to $5M company that worksA practical way for a BC owner to draw the org chart for a $1M to $5M company, with the seats that matter, who fills them now and who fills them next - February 3, 2026
4 minHow to make your first operations hire without regretWhen a BC owner should hire the first operations person, what the role should own in year one, how to pay for it and how to avoid hiring a second you - January 20, 2026
5 minWhat a fractional CTO does for an owner who is not technicalHow a fractional CTO protects a non-technical BC owner from bad software decisions, vendor lock-in and security gaps, and what to expect each quarter - January 9, 2026
5 minWhat a fractional CMO actually does in the first 90 daysA week-by-week picture of a fractional CMO engagement for a BC company, from audit and positioning to the first campaigns and the reporting that stays - December 15, 2025
5 minWhen a fractional executive beats a full-time hireHow a BC owner decides between a fractional executive and a full-time hire, with the signals, the costs and the handover plan that settle it
Tell us which seat is empty.
A 30-minute call with Ali about the business and the people running it. You leave knowing which role to fill first and whether fractional, outsourced or a hire is the right answer, whether or not we work together.