Katie Kirsopp
THE 3-MONTH OPERATING PARTNERSHIP
The vision to execution intensive.
For online coaches and consultants with small teams who are done being the bottleneck in their own business.
Capped at five founders · By application
THE TRUTH
"You can't scale on a cracked foundation"
- Katie Kirsopp
You run an online coaching, consulting, or digital program business. Revenue is somewhere between $400K and $1.5M. On paper, you have support: a VA, maybe an OBM, client care, and a tech contractor.
On paper, you have a team. But the business still runs on you and somewhere, quietly, you both know it.
SOUND FAMILIAR?
It's not even 9am and
Slack is already going.
8:47 am
Slack lights up before coffee. A question that should have been a decision.
2:15 pm
Slack lights up before coffee. A question that should have been a decision.
9:30 pm
Slack lights up before coffee. A question that should have been a decision.
Not because you're anxious by nature. Because deep down, you know the backend only holds together when you're watching it.
THE REAL DIAGNOSIS
Your team isn't incompetent.
They're operating inside a structure that was never fully built.
- Katie Kirsopp
Nobody truly owns decisions, so everything escalates. Client comms pause for your sign-off. Refunds sit until you confirm. Tasks drift until you check in.
And somewhere underneath it all, you already know: if revenue doubled tomorrow, the backend would crack. So you hesitate to push for it.
That hesitation is your ceiling. Not a mindset issue. A structural one.
WHAT THIS IS
This is structural change.
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Not mindset coaching
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Not a done-for-you agency
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Not a template and a handshake
A 3-month, high-touch operating partnership for online coaches and consultants with one to ten contractors — or founders ready to build their first real team.
I step in as your strategic right hand. Not to manage tasks. To rebuild how your entire business operates so it stops depending on your constant presence to function.
WHO IS KATIE
Fractional COO.
10+ years inside.
I started as a VA. I was once told I was a terrible one not because I couldn't do the work, but because I couldn't just do the work. Every business I walked into, I saw what was breaking underneath. Turns out that's not a VA skill. That's a COO skill.
I've worked behind the scenes with some of the biggest names in the online industry. I don't shout about it. What I do is go inside founder-led businesses and build the operational infrastructure that lets founders step back often for the first time since they launched.
The problem is never the team. It's the structure the team is operating inside. That's what three months together builds.
"
[Founder testimonial what they were carrying before the day, what we found together, what they were able to decide and do that they couldn't before.]
[First name] · [Business type]
HOW IT WORKS
Three months. Three phases.
One complete transformation.
01
MONTH ONE
CLARITY
The 90-Minute Extraction + Your 90-Day Ops Plan
We start with one 90-minute Zoom session where I pull everything out of your head: what's fragile, what keeps repeating, where decisions default back to you, and what would break if volume doubled tomorrow. From that single conversation, you walk away with a written 90-Day Ops Plan and direct Telegram access so nothing piles up between calls.
— What comes off your plate first, and who takes it
— Where decision authority needs to shift
— What stops immediately vs. what gets rebuilt properly
— Where contractor overlap is quietly costing you
It feels like someone closed 40 browser tabs in your brain.
You can see the structure. You exhale.
02
MONTH TWO
TRACTION
Install, implement, hand over
We implement your plan — not by uploading templates and hoping they stick, but by actually changing how your team operates day to day. Single ownership per outcome. Clear boundaries. A recommendation-first culture that replaces the endless approval loop.
— One owner per outcome. No more tasks that half-belong to everyone
— Defined refund criteria and client communication boundaries
— Contractor roles reviewed, overlaps removed
— Work landing without you chasing it
Your team stops asking "is this okay?" and starts moving.
You finish your own strategic work again.
03
MONTH THREE
SPACE
Pressure-test, refine, step back
Month 3 is proof, not change. We stress-test everything — decision authority, escalation rules, accountability — until the business holds without you in the room.
YOU STOP:
— Approving routine emails
— Processing standard refunds
— Checking five tools before you sleep
— Fixing things at night that should have been handled by 3pm
White space in your calendar. 10+ hours back every week.
The question shifts from "did that get done?" to "what do I want to build next?"
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[Founder testimonial — what they were carrying before the day, what we found together, what they were able to decide and do that they couldn't before.]
[First name] · [Business type]
WHAT THIS IS
WHAT HAPPENS
IF NOTHING CHANGES
More clients mean more Slack. More revenue means more refunds on your desk. More contractors mean more confusion. The same problems repeat, just louder, at higher stakes. The mental tabs multiply. The ceiling stays exactly where it is.
MORE CLIENTS
→
More Slack. More questions. More of you needed.
MORE REVENUE
→
More refunds landing back on your plate
MORE CONTRACTORS
→
More confusion. More overlap. More you.
This isn't a scare tactic. It's the pattern I see every time a founder waits another six months to fix the foundation they're building on.
THIS IS FOR YOU IF
You're $400K–$1.5M, you have a team, and you're ready to change how it operates.
You feel like the operational glue holding everything together.
Your team is capable but still escalates everything to you.
You'd hesitate to double your client load tomorrow.
You want a right hand who leads the backend — not just manages tasks.
You're ready to actually change how your business operates.
This isn't for you if you're just starting out, operating solo, or looking for a template pack. This engagement works because both sides show up fully — if you're not ready to change how the business operates, I'd rather be honest about that upfront.
THE GUIDE
Three months. Real change.
Five founders maximum.
INCLUDED
— 90-minute deep-dive extraction session
— Direct Telegram access throughout
— Written, personalised 90-Day Ops Plan
— Full Month 2 implementation and team work
— Month 3 pressure-testing and handover
Investment + payment options on enquiry
Capped at five founders at any one time — not as a marketing tactic, but because the level of proximity this requires demands it. Private. High-touch. Built for founders ready to operate like a company.
WHAT YOU'RE REALLY INVESTING IN
10+ hours back
every single week.
The question isn't whether you can afford it. It's whether you can afford another quarter of the same.
— No more late night checklists
— No more approving emails that shouldn't need you
— A team that holds itself accountable
— A business that scales without cracking
— White space in your calendar, for real
ONE LAST THING
You were never meant to carry all of this.
If you've read this far and it feels uncomfortably familiar — that recognition is worth paying attention to. Let's build a business that works with you, not one that constantly needs you to work for it.
It's time to put it down
Five founders maximum · By application
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© 2026 Katie Kirsopp · Strategic Right Hand · Fractional COO