MetMov · 90 days
As BuiltInstall the operating spine. Lift the ceiling on your scale.
A 90-day engagement that takes a founder-led firm off the founder's back and onto a system that runs without them. Senior-led, embedded, and built to leave.
You did not outgrow your market. You outgrew your systems.
As revenue rises, coordination complexity rises faster than structure. The firm that got you here, where every real decision routes through you, is the firm that now caps you. More hiring adds more chaos, not more capacity. You are the single point of failure, and you feel it every week.
- Every meaningful decision waits for you.
- The team executes hard but cannot self-coordinate.
- Growth adds firefighting faster than it adds output.
- If you took a month off, the firm would stall.
One operating system, installed in 90 days.
Operating Spine Install is a 90-day, senior-led engagement that installs the operating system a founder-led firm needs to scale without the founder as the bottleneck. We do not write a deck and leave. We build the cadence, the metric spine, and the decision rights inside your business, then hand them to your team.
Weeks 1 to 2
Weeks 3 to 10
Weeks 11 to 12
Phase 1
Map
Weeks 1 to 2
Phase 2
Install
Weeks 3 to 10
Phase 3
Hand-back
Weeks 11 to 12
Eight of the twelve weeks are Install.
Phase 1
Weeks 1 to 2
Map
We diagnose where coordination outruns structure and baseline the metrics that matter. We find the few constraints that actually cap your scale.
- Maps decision flows
- Identifies escalation drag
- Highlights structural bottlenecks
- Quantifies founder load
What you getClarity on what must be redesigned before scale.
Phase 2
Weeks 3 to 10
Install
We build and embed the operating cadence, the single source of truth for your numbers, the decision-rights map, and the handful of systems that lift the ceiling.
- Decision rights architecture
- KPI hierarchy and metric cascade
- Cross-functional process alignment
- Governance rhythm design
- Execution governance layer and PMO structure
- Dashboard architecture and ERP alignment to operating logic
What you getOne integrated operating backbone.
Phase 3
Weeks 11 to 12
Hand-back
We transfer everything to your team so the spine runs without us, and leave a prioritised AI and automation roadmap.
- Cadence discipline handed to your leaders
- Prioritised AI and automation roadmap
What you getScale without constant founder intervention.
What is running in your business on day 90.
- An operating cadence your team runs on, not one that runs on you.
- A metric spine: one source of truth for how the business is actually doing.
- A decision-rights map: who decides what, without routing through you.
- A prioritised list of cost and productivity levers, each with a named owner.
- An AI and automation roadmap sized to your firm.
The founder stops being the bottleneck. The firm runs on a spine, not on a person.
Before METMOV
- Founder in every decision
- Meetings without movement
- ERP without clarity
- Revenue growth but margin stress
After METMOV
- Clear decision rights
- Cross-functional rhythm
- Predictable operating cadence
- Founder strategic bandwidth
Senior-led. Embedded. Built to leave.
This is not advisory and it is not staff augmentation. Operating Spine Install is led by MetMov's partners and embedded in your operating rhythm for the 90 days. We take a small number of engagements at a time so each one gets senior attention. The goal is not to make you dependent on us. It is to leave a system that does not need us.
Your commitmentFounder: 60 to 90 mins/week. Team: 2 hrs/week.
Who this is for, and who it is not.
For
Founder-led, execution-heavy firms across services, consumer brands, tech-enabled and operations-driven businesses that have hit the scale ceiling and know the founder is the constraint.
Not for
Pre-revenue startups, teams looking for a body to manage delivery, or anyone choosing a partner on rate alone.
What founders ask before they buy.
What is an operating spine?
The minimum operating system a growing firm needs to run without the founder in the middle of every decision: a cadence, a single source of truth for the numbers, and a clear map of who decides what.
How is Operating Spine Install different from hiring a COO or a management consultant?
A COO is a permanent hire you have to find, afford, and onboard. A consultant writes recommendations and leaves. Operating Spine Install installs the system inside your business in 90 days and hands it to your existing team.
How long does it take?
90 days, in three phases: Map, Install, Hand-back.
What does it cost?
It is a retained, senior-led engagement scoped to your firm. We agree scope and fee on a short scoping call. We are selective about who we take on, so the call is also where we both decide it is a fit.
Do you advise or do you do the work?
We do the work, embedded in your operating rhythm, then transfer it to your team.
What happens after the 90 days?
Most firms continue into an ongoing operating partnership. Some take the installed spine and run it themselves. Both are by design.
Which industries do you work with?
Founder-led, execution-heavy firms: services, consumer brands, tech-enabled, and operations-driven businesses.
See if your firm is a fit.
Thirty minutes, with a partner, not a salesperson. We will pressure-test whether Operating Spine Install is the right move for where you are, and what it would cover. If it is not a fit, we will tell you on the call.