Strategic guidance from someone who's built and sold three companies, not someone who read about it. I help you see around corners, avoid expensive mistakes, and make better decisions faster. Your team still does the work. I make sure they're doing the right work.
Most advisors sell frameworks. I sell pattern recognition. I've seen what's about to happen to your business because I've already lived through it three times.
They diagnose. They present. They leave you with a beautiful PDF and zero accountability. Three months later you're in the same spot with a lighter bank account.
I'm in your corner between sessions, reviewing your deals, questioning your hires, challenging your assumptions, and telling you the things nobody else will say.
They've read the books. They've studied the case studies. But they've never carried a quota, made payroll, or fired the wrong hire at 2am wondering if the business will survive.
I've been the founder-who-is-the-entire-sales-team. I've hired the wrong VP. I've built the system that finally worked. I've sold the company on the other side. My advice comes from scars, not slides.
Every advisory engagement is tailored to where your business is right now. But here's what every client gets access to.
Structured working sessions where we dig into your biggest challenges, pressure-test your plans, and leave with clear next steps. Not status updates. Real strategic work.
A full diagnostic of your sales, marketing, and operations. Where you're leaking, where the opportunity is, and a prioritized roadmap to fix it.
I help you design the sales process, the hiring framework, the marketing system, and the operational playbooks your team needs to execute without you in every decision.
Between sessions, you can message me directly. Quick questions, gut checks, "should I fire this person," "should I take this deal." Real answers, usually within hours.
I work directly with your sales leaders, marketers, and operators to sharpen their thinking, improve their output, and build the skills that scale your business.
Every advisory client gets full access to the ClosedWon community, content library, templates, frameworks, and all courses at no additional cost.
No 6-week discovery phase. No 40-page proposal. We move fast because I've seen your problems before.
Tell me about your business, where you are, and what you're trying to solve. I only take clients I can genuinely help.
30-minute conversation to see if there's a fit. I'll ask hard questions. You'll know within 10 minutes if this is right.
We start with a deep audit of your GTM engine. I'll come back with what's working, what's broken, and a prioritized roadmap.
Regular strategy sessions, direct access between calls, and a partner who's invested in your outcomes. This isn't a project. It's a relationship.
Both tiers include everything above. The difference is frequency, depth, and how closely I'm embedded in your business.
You've built the business to $1M-$5M but you're still involved in every deal, every hire, every decision. You need someone to help you build systems that work without you.
You have a team but the growth is plateauing. The playbook that got you here isn't working anymore and you need an experienced operator to help you see what's next.
You just stepped into a VP Sales, CRO, or Head of Growth seat and you want a sounding board who's been in that chair before and can help you avoid the first-year mistakes.
If you know exactly what to do but just need someone to do the work, our Done-for-You offering is a better fit. Advisory is strategic guidance, not hands-on execution.
I'm Zach Strauss. I've built and sold three companies, earned Inc. 5000 recognition four times, carried a quota selling to Fortune 2000 accounts, and run every function from sales to marketing to operations. I'm not a career consultant. I'm an operator who advises because I've already done what you're trying to do, and I know how to shorten the path.
Advisory is strategic guidance. I help you think, plan, and decide. Your team does the work. Done-for-You is execution. We do the work. If you need both, DFY includes advisory.
Most engagements kick off within a week of the discovery call. The GTM audit starts immediately and you'll have a roadmap within 30 days.
Three months. That's enough time to audit, build a roadmap, and start seeing the impact of better decisions. Most clients stay much longer because the value compounds.
At the Operator tier, yes. I'll work directly with your sales leaders, marketers, and operators. At the Architect tier, I work primarily with you, the founder or CEO.
I cap it. The whole point is that you get real access to me, not a junior associate. If spots are full, I'll let you know the timeline or recommend an alternative.
Easy transition. We can shift from Advisory to DFY at any point. The audit work and strategy we've already built carries over. Nothing is wasted.
The GTM challenges are remarkably similar across B2B companies doing $1M-$20M. I've worked with SaaS, professional services, manufacturing, financial services, and agencies. If you sell to other businesses, we can help.
Yes, anytime. Most clients who start at Architect and realize they need deeper involvement upgrade within the first quarter. The transition is seamless.
Tell me about your business and what you're trying to solve. If I can help, we'll schedule a 30-minute discovery call. If advisory isn't the right fit, I'll point you to the right ClosedWon offering.
