The first 30 days checklist
Checklist for fractional executives
For fractional CMOs, CFOs and COOs who start new engagements several times a year.
Case study
How a family food brand fixed its margins in ninety days
How to use this case study
Send it to founders who have outgrown their numbers. It shows what a few days a month can change, which a day rate alone cannot.
What is inside
Where the company stoodThe brand sold sauces to shops and online.
How the ninety days ranMargin by product and by customer, from the real costs.
What made it workReal costs, not averages: Each product costed from its own recipe and delivery.
The resultsProducts sold at a loss
What any growing company can copyCost each product on its own: Not with one average margin.
Three title ideas for your own version
How a family food brand fixed its margins in ninety days
From growing sales to growing profit: one engagement
What changed when founders brought in a part time finance lead
Where to promote it
LinkedIn postsfounder groupsyour website's work pagea follow up email after a first call
What goes in a fractional engagement case study?
One engagement from start to finish: where the company stood, what was going wrong, how the ninety days ran, what made it work, the results and what other founders can copy.
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