FOUNDER DEPENDENCY SPRINT
Transfer the business out of the founder’s head and into systems that scale.
90 days. $90K to $110K. Senior-led.
The business runs on specific people, and buyers discount the multiple the moment they see it. Decisions, relationships, and know-how live in a few heads, mostly the founder’s, so nothing moves without them. The Founder Dependency Sprint rebuilds the architecture so the engine runs on roles and processes, not founder gravity.
WHAT THE SPRINT PRODUCES
When the work is done, the business runs without depending on any single person to hold it together.
The decisions, relationships, and know-how that lived in the founder’s head are documented as roles and processes the team can run on its own. The founder moves from the center of every decision to the architect of the system. This is structural change, not a strategy deck — what’s left is continuity a buyer can underwrite.
What gets built in 90 days
Named work products, not a process.
Each is a structural output your team keeps and uses.
The decision and authority map
Which decisions sit with the founder today, and which move to defined roles, so approvals stop routing through one person.
The role and responsibility architecture
The seats the business actually needs, with clear ownership, so the work runs on defined roles.
The documented operating processes
The know-how that lived in a few heads, written as repeatable processes the team can run without the founder.
The relationship and account transfer plan
Key customer, partner, and supplier relationships moved from individuals onto the team and the system.
The continuity and succession plan
Who steps up if a key person leaves, and how the business keeps running when they do.
Who it’s for
For PE-backed, founder-led, or growth-stage pharmacy and healthtech companies, $10M to $1B+ in revenue, where the business has grown faster than the systems under it. It’s the right Sprint when:
Decisions wait on one person, and key relationships live with the founder.
The knowledge that runs the company was never written down.
The business would stall if the founder stepped away for a month.
Where it sits in the system
The Founder Dependency Sprint sits at Stage 3 of the Enterprise Value Creation System, the Commercial System, where the business gets rebuilt to run on roles and processes, not founder gravity.
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Build a business that runs without you in every decision.
Start with a complimentary Strategic Fit Call: 45 minutes with Dr. Roxie Mooney. An honest read of where you stand and the right next step. Not a pitch. No pressure. Just clarity.