7-figure Consulting Agency CEOs Guide: Looking to scale beyond $10M without sacrificing their freedom or quality of life. Many consulting agency owners find themselves in a familiar scenario: they land new clients and experience a surge in sales growth. But suddenly, their team is overwhelmed, and they’re pulled back into day-to-day operations. They hire new staff to create capacity, but…
Is your 7-Figure Success strangling your Growth and Freedom? Scaling a consulting agency from $1M to $10M isn’t just about working harder — it’s about working smarter. From consulting with over 1000 CEOs of service agencies at Hands-Off CEO, we’ve identified 3 critical stages in this journey, each with its unique challenges and mindset shifts. The $1M-$3M Stage: “Can I…
Are you a 7-figure agency owner feeling trapped by your own success? In this eye-opening episode, Mandi Ellefson reveals how top CEOs are scaling to $10 million and beyond by stepping away from day-to-day operations. Drawing from her extensive experience consulting with over 1000 agency CEOs, Mandi breaks down the critical stages of scaling and the mindset shifts necessary…
There is a big misconception around operations, sales, and marketing and how they all intersect. Mandi Ellefson debunks some of these misconceptions and discusses how operations and sales impact scalability in a consulting agency. Key Ideas: Most approaches to scaling a consulting agency are actually more applicable to scaling a general company – they don’t account for the…
Last week, Mandi Ellefson discussed the foundations of what it takes to beat inflation and scale profitably. In this week’s episode of Hands-Off CEO, she describes the five exits she shares with her clients to help them safely remove themselves from different parts of their companies. You’ll hear Mandi talk about: Mandi shares the idea behind exiting. “The whole point…
Mandi Ellefson is discussing why popular scaling advice is terrible for consulting agencies. She shares insights about marketing, systems, and what you should actually do to scale. You’ll hear Mandi talk about: “Do you really want to systematize and accelerate a process that’s just getting okay and mediocre results?” Mandi shares a story about a company that grew from referrals,…
