BECOME A FOUNDING PARTNER
Fund the infrastructure Fortune 500s buy β for the small businesses that never had access.
For the price of one week of the change management Fortune 500s pay for, five small businesses get the same operating systems, coaching, and proven frameworks β built specifically for small businesses by the #1-ranked project manager at the nation's largest small-business turnaround firm. Every one that survives keeps its people employed, its doors open, and its tax dollars in the neighborhood β and you hold a published scorecard that proves it.
THE STAKES
The real cost isn't the program. It's the businesses a community loses without it.
About half of new U.S. businesses are gone within five years. More than 1.2 million U.S. establishments closed in 2024 β roughly 3,300 every day. Yet small businesses employ 62 million Americans and created 61% of net new jobs since 1995. When the doors go dark, a neighborhood loses the jobs, the wages, and the tax base with them.
For every 10 businesses a cohort saves, roughly 100 jobs stay employed and about $5.5 million in annual wages keep circulating in that community.
Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (Business Employment Dynamics); U.S. SBA Office of Advocacy, 2026.
WHY THIS MATTERS
Built by the person who actually did it.
The market has repriced words β statements and mixers now produce scrutiny, not goodwill. What earns durable trust is a named, funded, measured outcome you can publish, audit, and defend. Small businesses don't fail for lack of talent; they fail for lack of infrastructure. In 90 days, SBCIβ’ installs it β and hands you the proof.
Installed, Not Instructed
This isn't a webinar. It opens with a 2-day in-person clinic β the kind many programs charge $5,000 for on its own β then over 90 days the systems get installed inside the business: true labor costs, a live 13-week cash forecast, the Red Binderβ’ SOP system, a 10-minute Monday scorecard β until the owner stops playing every instrument and starts to conduct. Not a binder of recipes they abandon by month two. A kitchen that runs without them β proven by the 48-Hour Absence Test.
The Operator, Not an Associate
Marion Office left a $700,000 role as the #1-ranked consultant at the country's largest small-business firm to build this. You get 20,000+ hours of enterprise method β the same frameworks that billed at $25,000 a week, synthesized across 400 turnarounds β delivered personally. McKinsey-grade help for the businesses McKinsey will never take a meeting with.
Proof You Can Publish
A named cohort of real businesses β with before/after scorecards, graduation, and jobs saved β is the strongest possible answer to βwhat are you actually doing?β Documented economic impact, not a diversity statement. Nobody boycotts a sponsor for keeping 20 local employers alive.
WHAT GETS INSTALLED IN 90 DAYS
Not a course. An operating system.
SBCIβ’ installs enterprise infrastructure across the three parts every owner tries to run alone β Sales, Delivery, and Cash β until the owner stops playing every instrument and learns to conduct. Owner as Architect, not Hero.
β True labor costs + a pricing floor β so no job loses money
β A live 13-week cash forecast β so they're never blindsided
β Their βChaos Taxβ found β and recovered
β A Red Binderβ’ of documented systems the team runs without them
β A 10-minute Monday scorecard that keeps it all healthy
β The same $25,000-a-week thinking tools the pros use
β A pass/fail 48-Hour Absence Test β proof it runs without the owner
β A published Sovereign Scorecardβ’ β the before-and-after, in the open
FOUNDING PARTNERSHIPS
The more you fund, the further each seat goes.
Every price is a fraction of the $25,000 a week Fortune 500s pay for the same work β and there's one founding anchor per cohort. Seats pool into scheduled cohorts near you; a cohort opens once it reaches its minimum.
FUND SEATS
From $15,000
Start a mini-cohort in your community
Mini-Cohort Β· 3 businesses Β· $15,000
Community Table Β· 5 Β· $22,500
Half-Cohort Β· 10 Β· $42,500
The fast, meaningful yes for community leaders, congregations, and first-time partners β the more you fund, the lower the cost per business.
Real-world impact: β 30β100 jobs kept, β $1.65Mβ$5.5M in wages kept circulating.
NAME A COHORT
The [Your Name] Cohort
A full cohort in your name
Name a Cohort Β· 15 businesses Β· $60,000
Full Founding Cohort Β· all 25 Β· $95,000
Naming rights on every artifact, a publishable impact report, a filmed graduation β and the published Sovereign Scorecardβ’ your board can stand behind.
Real-world impact: β 150β250 jobs kept, β $8.25Mβ$13.75M in wages kept circulating.
FOUNDING PARTNER
From $250,000 / yr
Multiple named cohorts a year β let's talk
Regional or National Founding Partner: several named cohorts annually, annualized impact reporting, and priority choice of the cities you serve. For corporations, leagues, and foundations building a lasting platform. Scoped privately in your briefing.
Real-world impact: β 250 jobs kept, β $13.75M in wages kept circulating per named cohort funded.
Let's stop funding conversations. Let's fund the infrastructure that keeps the lights on.
Cohort 1 launches October 19, 2026 β 10 to 25 businesses, one founding anchor. The window to shape it is open now.
Found your cohort.
Tell us who you are and what you'd like to build. We'll send a private 20-minute briefing and reserve your place β seats and naming rights are allocated in order of commitment.
