COO-level architecture. Without the full-time COO.
We work with founder-led expertise firms that are financially stable, ready to professionalize, and looking to build the operating infrastructure that makes the next stage of growth sustainable.
For Founders & Leadership Teams
Built for the seat you’re sitting in
Which engagement is right for you?
Enterprise · $15k+/mo
You’re scaling past $15M with multi-team operating complexity that needs a dedicated team.
Architecture · $6k+/mo
You’re ready to overhaul the operating system — financials, leadership, AI workflows — and want hands-on partnership.
Advisory · $2.5k/mo
You want a strategic thinking partner for the decisions and tradeoffs, without a full engagement.
Course · $1.5k
You want the frameworks and templates to install on your own timeline.
Assessment · Free
Not sure where you stand. Find out where operational drag is slowing growth.
Custom Enterprise
Starting at $15,000/moFor founder-led firms scaling past $15M in revenue with multi-team operating complexity.
- Multi-business-unit operating architecture and cross-functional integration
- Dedicated lead operator plus supporting specialist team
- Quarterly strategic planning cadence with the leadership team
- Custom AI-enabled systems built around your existing tech stack
Custom-scoped. We commit only after a fit assessment.
Operating Architecture Engagement
$6,000/month and upFor founder-led firms ready to install the infrastructure that makes scale sustainable.
- Financial clarity and operating visibility — see what's actually driving (or draining) your business
- Your ideal customer profile (ICP) and positioning architecture — sharpen who you serve and how you talk about it
- Leadership team structure and decision frameworks — reduce founder dependency, build a team that runs
- AI-enabled workflow systems — identify where AI creates leverage and implement it
- Hands-on partnership: weekly working sessions, 1:1s with key stakeholders, direct execution
- Structured as 90-day sprints with defined outcomes; flexible to continue or stop
Structured as 90-day sprints. No long-term retainer required.
Founder Advisory
$2,500/monthFor Innovator and Thought Leader CEOs navigating the complexity that comes with growth.
- A strategic sounding board with someone who's operated at scale — not just advised from the outside
- Work through the decisions, tradeoffs, and organizational friction that come with professionalizing a founder-led firm
- Grounded in the same operating frameworks used in full engagements
Month-to-month. Cancel anytime.
Operating Foundations Course
$1,499For founders who want to build operating infrastructure on their own terms and timeline.
- The full framework for installing financial clarity, leadership structure, and scalable systems in your firm
- Every template, tool, and workflow we use with consulting clients — yours to implement
- Learn at your own pace; built for founders who are ready to professionalize but not yet ready for a full engagement
Lifetime access. 30-day refund.
Operating Readiness Assessment
FREEFind out where operational drag is slowing your firm down — and what to do about it.
- Complete a 5-minute questionnaire; get a custom report in your inbox
- Pinpoints the gaps in financial visibility, leadership structure, and operating systems that are limiting your next stage of growth
- Recommendations drawn from the full Operating Foundations framework
prism+spire enabled us to go from an agency running on vibes, luck, and momentum to a growth-focused business with clear goals and a leadership team aligned around achieving them.
John-Henry
Founder & CEO, Growth Plays
For Thought Leader Founders Building Authority
Turn Your Expertise Into a Lead Engine
You’re already sharing ideas and building a reputation. These offerings help you convert that visibility into warm relationships — with the right people.
Webinar Lead Nurturing System
$1,500/monthFor founders already running webinars who want to turn attendance into pipeline.
Tools and workflows that convert webinar engagement into warm, qualified conversations. Built for Thought Leader CEOs who are investing in content and want measurable return.
Get in Touch →LinkedIn Lead Nurturing System
$500/monthFor founders actively posting on LinkedIn who want to turn engagement into conversations.
Tools and workflows that identify and activate warm prospects from your existing content activity. Built for founders who are already visible — and want their visibility to work harder.
Get in Touch →Common Questions
Before you book a call
What if it doesn’t work for my firm?+
Architecture engagements are structured as 90-day sprints with defined outcomes you sign off on before we start. If we’re not the right fit after the first sprint, you stop — no long-term retainer. Advisory is month-to-month. The course has a 30-day refund.
How is this different from a fractional COO?+
A fractional COO operates inside your business. We install the operating architecture — financial clarity, leadership structure, AI-enabled workflows — so your firm can run without depending on any one person, COO included. We build the infrastructure; you run it.
Can I start with Advisory and move to Architecture later?+
Yes. Many founders start in Advisory to work through the strategic decisions, then move into a full Architecture sprint once they’re ready to install the systems. The frameworks are the same — Architecture just adds hands-on execution.
What size firm is this for?+
Founder-led expertise firms that are past product-market fit, financially stable, and ready to professionalize before their next stage of growth. Typically 8–60 people, $2M–$15M ARR. If you’re earlier or larger, the assessment will tell you whether this fits.
What does a 90-day sprint actually cover?+
Each sprint targets two or three of the operating layers — financial visibility, ICP and positioning, leadership structure, or AI-enabled workflows — with defined outcomes you sign off on before we start. By day 90 the systems are installed, your team is running them, and we decide together whether a second sprint makes sense.
Do you work on retainer or fixed-price?+
Architecture engagements are scoped as 90-day sprints with a fixed monthly fee — no open-ended retainer, no surprise hours. Advisory is a flat monthly rate, month-to-month, so you can stop whenever it stops being useful.