Confessions of a COO

A 6-part private audio series revealing the backend strategies, decisions and operational shifts that ACTUALLY take founders from 6 to 7 figures (and beyond)

If you’re scaling fast but stuck in the messy middle of “doing it all”, this is your behind-the-scenes pass to what actually works when it comes to clean, sustainable, profitable growth.

You’ve built the business.
You’ve brought in the clients.
You’ve hit consistent cash months.

But behind the scenes, you 'just' know...

It’s still too dependent on you
Every decision still flows through you
Your team needs direction you don’t have time to give
And growth is happening… but it’s messy

This is the part most people don’t show you.

But in this series, I am giving you the full behind the scenes look into the biggest strategies that have resulted in the BIGGEST shifts in business.

Hi, I'm Katie - a strategic operator who’s spent the last decade inside fast-growing online businesses, supporting founders through their most critical scaling stages.

This private podcast is created from the lens of a strategic operator who’s spent the last decade inside fast-growing online businesses, supporting founders through their most critical scaling stages.

I’m opening the vault on the backend decisions, leadership shifts, and operational changes that have powered some of the most recognised brands in the online coaching and consulting space, including businesses led by names like Melissa Ambrosini, Alex Tripod, Athina Bailey, Nick Bradley, Rahul Iyer, Jon Hillstead, and Jane Anderson.

This isn’t mindset.

This isn’t “more hustle.”

This is how businesses scale sustainably, without sacrificing your time, your sanity, or your standards.

What You’ll Hear Inside

The earliest signs your operations have hit their ceiling and what to shift before growth stalls
How a founder ran a $200K launch while completely offline (and what had to be true behind the scenes)
Why most high-ticket businesses break trust right after the sale and how to deliver an experience that retains, renews, and refers
The real reason teams underperform at this stage (hint: it’s rarely capacity)
Where AI genuinely makes operations easier and where it quietly sabotages the client experience
The cost of hiding your big vision from your team and how to get them aligned and executing fast

This series is for founders doing ~$400K–$3M who:

Want calm, clean growth not chaotic momentum

Have a team, but still feel like the bottleneck

Are ready to stop tweaking systems and start leading a business that can actually hold their vision

If you know you’re meant to scale bigger but the backend can’t hold it yet...

this will feel uncomfortably familiar.

This isn’t a podcast. It’s a private audio experience designed to shift the way you see your business,

your team, and your role as CEO.

No fluff.

No filler.

Just real stories, smart structure, and strategy that holds under pressure.

Katie Kirsopp