3 months. A new operating system. A business that's built to scale. With ease.
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Transformation programme
The 7 Figure Founder
Feeling like the world’s moving faster than your business and you’re the one holding it together?
Step into the 12-week immersion programme that rewires how you build, from chasing growth to engineering it. Learn the private equity approach to transform your business so it scales efficiently, stays steady through external shifts, and gives you your time back.
You don't need more hustle, you need a better operating system
The Old Way
- Growth feels random: one good month followed by a panicked one.
- You're in every decision, every message, every fire.
- New tools, marketing tactics and “AI hacks” promise leverage but just add noise.
- Strategy happens on the fly because there’s never time to step back.
- The business owns you.
The New Way
- Growth is engineered, driven by structure, not luck.
- Clear systems mean decisions don’t depend on you.
- You focus on what moves the needle, not what screams loudest.
- Tech supports a clear strategy instead of distracting from it.
- You own a business that runs smoothly, with or without you.
- You start preparing for exit NOW.
The Rules Have Changed
- Capital is harder to get; investors want proof, not promises.
- Clients aren’t impulsive; they’re cautious and slow to commit.
- Inflation and interest rates are high, and betting on them dropping is wishful thinking.
- Tariffs and instability keep adding complexity you can’t opt out of.
- Noise is everywhere; brands that don’t cut through it disappear.
- AI is evolving faster than teams can learn it, and hard skills that once guaranteed an edge no longer differentiate you.
The Truth?
We’re in a market where the margin for error has shrunk, the pressure is constant, and burnout is almost expected.
The founders who’ll win in the next decade aren’t the ones who work harder. They’re the ones who operate on a different model entirely.
The ones whose businesses communicate clearly, deliver consistently, leverage intelligently, and grow without becoming chaotic.
Clarity. Systems. Leverage.
A tighter operating model.
A founder who knows where they add value, and where they don’t.
Everyone else will keep sprinting on outdated habits until they burn out or stall.
It’s time for a new way of building: one that creates impact, freedom, and long-term value without breaking you in the process.
This is the moment to evolve.
And you don’t have to figure it out alone.
Introducing the 7 Figure Founder
A 12-week immersion for founders ready to go all in and transform how they build, from chasing growth to engineering it.
The 7-Figure Founder gives you the structure, operating rhythm, and, most importantly, the mindset to scale without scaling chaos.
It’s not theory. It’s a practical, step-by-step system that helps you think, decide, and operate like a founder whose business keeps growing, even when the market doesn’t.
You’ll learn how to:
- Reorganise what you’ve already built into a model that grows stronger, not heavier.
- Focus on what truly moves the needle, and stop reacting to everything else.
- Integrate the right tools and leverage (including AI) to multiply your output without burning out.
- Build momentum through clarity, not complexity.
By the End of the Programme, Expect To:
1.
Sharpen your Business Positioning
Cut through the noise. Connect deeply with your audience. Know how to turn your products or services into something irresistible, and build long-term fans who stay with you.
2.
Master Cash Management & Finance
You don’t need to be a CFO, but you do need to know your numbers. Feel confident, clear, and in control of the metrics that drive cash generation and long-term financial health.
3.
Create Crystal-Clear Clarity in Every Function
Know exactly where you’re going, what matters next, and what actually moves the needle. This clarity becomes the backbone of how you lead, delegate, prioritise, and scale.
4.
Master Your Time
Build a company where time expands, for you and for your team. Stop drowning in meetings, tasks, and firefighting. Start operating with structure, focus, and real momentum.
5.
Build Marketing & Sales Systems that Scale
Stop relying on random bursts of activity or “magic posts.” Know how to build simple, repeatable systems that generate attention, trust, and revenue, without you driving everything manually.
6.
Use Leverage (The Right Way!)
AI, hiring, systems, tech, capital; understand what to use, when to use it, and why it matters. Leverage becomes simple instead of chaotic, and you’ll know how to scale output without scaling stress.
7.
Prepare Your Business for the Future, including Exit, Funding, and Growth Capital
Whether you want to raise, exit, or stay independent, learn what investors look for, which types of capital fit which stage, what to watch out for, and how to prepare for an exit.
“This isn’t about tactics. It’s about upgrading how you think and operate so your business scales cleanly, predictably, and on your terms.”
Meet your instructor
Marie Guyot
For 15 years, Marie has helped businesses scale, from PE-backed companies to founder-led startups. Having sat on every side of the table — investor, founder, operator, and advisor — she brings a rare, full-spectrum view of what truly drives growth and what makes businesses fail.
She founded Scale and Sustain to bring the best practices and discipline of private equity to small, mission-driven companies, and to champion a new kind of entrepreneurship built on sustainability, not burnout.
"Marie's support and guidance, given at a critical time for our business's growth, has been nothing short of transformational."
Charlotte Moore,
CEO, Data Analytics
How Does It Work?
6x Core Modules You Move Through on Your Own Schedule
A series of practical, focused modules that walk you through the essential frameworks and guardrails for every function of your business. Built for busy founders. Structured, deep, and immediately applicable.
Weekly Group Coaching ("The Clinic”)
Your space to apply the concepts directly inside your current business, get clarity on decisions, and work through roadblocks in real time. Consistent exposure turns the frameworks into habits, and those habits into your new operating model.
Dedicated One-to-One Support
When you need tailored guidance, strategic, operational, or mindset, we go straight to the root. You leave with clarity, direction, and momentum.
A Community of Ambitious Founders
You’ll be building alongside founders with the same ambition and mindset. A space for insight, accountability, momentum, and not having to navigate the journey alone.
Why Is This Different?
Most programmes get it backwards.
They obsess over tactics that change with the season or high-level business-school theory that feels disconnected from the day-to-day pressure you’re under, and ignore the one variable that determines whether any of it actually works: the founder. Your operating model as a founder shapes every decision, every hire, every result.
This programme flips the script. Instead of teaching you the “latest thing,” it strengthens you first: how you think, how you prioritise, how you interpret problems, and how you lead, while giving you the foundational operating principles used in high-performing companies.
Ready to Transform your Business?
Frequently Asked Questions
This is for founders who already have real traction (customers, revenue, and responsibility) but feel stretched, scattered, and unsure they’re making the right moves.
You’re ambitious, you know your business could grow faster, but you’re stuck in the weeds, constantly firefighting, and worried you’re falling behind.
Most programmes teach strategies or tactics. This one transforms the operator. You’ll learn the foundational principles used in high-performing, private-equity-backed companies and how to apply them in real time through coaching that works directly with what your business is facing right now. This blend of deep foundations and in-the-moment integration shifts how you think, prioritise, and lead, and naturally shapes how your team operates, creating a cleaner, smarter operating system that makes scale far more predictable, and sustainable.
A completely new way of seeing and running your business. Clear positioning, clean decision-making, stronger systems, better use of your time, and a business model that grows without relying on you. Founders consistently report feeling calmer, clearer, and more in control with a much tighter operating model.
Typically 3–4 hours per week. Everything is designed for busy founders: focused modules, direct coaching, no busywork. Most founders feel relief and clarity in the first week, and real operational shifts usually begin within 2–3 weeks as you start applying the concepts to your current systems, marketing, and daily decisions. Big decisions become dramatically easier by the midpoint.
The real transformation happens through the weekly calls and 1:1 support, where you work through real situations in your business, apply the frameworks in real time, and build new habits that actually stick. The rewiring, how you think, prioritise, and operate, is what compounds long after the 12 weeks, creating ongoing momentum inside the business.
No, the goal isn’t to tell you what to do (you know your business better than anyone, and you’re the one running it). This is about giving you the frameworks and way of thinking to make sharper decisions on your own. You’ll learn what to look for across each function, how to see problems through a clearer lens, and how to use the right tools to drive performance effectively and sustainably.
In the coaching sessions, expect to be challenged, held accountable, and pushed to see things from different angles. This isn’t about handing you instructions, it’s about helping you upgrade the way you operate as a founder, so you can run the business at a higher level.
Most probably yes. While every sector has its own specific dynamics, the foundations of building and scaling a company cut across all of them. Positioning, clarity, systems, momentum building, marketing effectiveness, cash discipline, decision-making, and leverage, these are the fundamentals that drive performance in any business. We’ve worked with founders running product companies, service businesses, tech firms, agencies, e-commerce brands (even non-profits!), and the same principles hold. The focus is on upgrading how you operate as a founder, so you can apply these foundations in your specific context.
Yes, 100%. You’ll learn how investors really look at a business: what they pay attention to, what puts them off, and how they judge value and risk. You’ll also understand how to know what to look out for and prepare your business for any path (raising, exiting, or staying independent), because sometimes you might not need to rely on external capital. So this clarity alone is a game changer and can really change the direction of your business.
The programme runs in small cohorts so you’re learning and implementing alongside a tight group of founders who are at a similar level, giving you the right mix of challenge, support, and accountability. It’s designed for founders who are serious about fixing the way their business operates and upgrading their entire operating system, not collecting more information.
Investment and full details are shared during the application process.
