We build the systems that run your business so you can focus on growing it.

Operations consulting for owner-led companies. We install the processes, software, and AI that take the day-to-day off your plate.

Scope your project

50,000+ U.S. stores. 26 countries. Built, scaled, and sold. See the work

What we take on

You hand it over. We build it until it runs.

The project that keeps slipping. The system nobody has time to build. That's exactly what we take on.

A missing operator.

You need someone running operations, but not a full-time hire yet.

Fractional COO services →02

Work AI could be doing.

Intake, follow-up, reporting, and AI agents that run in your business.

AI automation →03

An operations mess.

Processes, tools, fulfillment, and reporting rebuilt to work without you.

Operations consulting →04

A stalled build.

The launch, product, website, or store that keeps slipping.

CRM & software implementation →05

The deck, the plan, the thing you keep putting off.

You know the one.

Everything we take on →06

Not sure which it is?

Most owners aren't. Tell us what's stuck and we'll tell you honestly if we're the right fit.

Scope your project →

We don't do recruiting, high-level tax planning, or legal work.

Client results

From an idea to real sales.

56%

sales growth a year, three years in

A new product category, from idea to first sales

We took a disruptive new product from idea through development, branding, packaging, co-packing, shipping and go-to-market. Three years later, sales still grow 56% a year, and 61% of customers come back to reorder.

$150k+

a month in sales, from zero

A new product, scaled from idea to $150k a month

We built the brand and the sales and operations systems, worked the trade shows, and met and closed the distribution deals, working alongside the company on every goal, including sales.

Client names stay confidential. How we did it

How it works

Three steps. A fixed price before any work starts.

Intake
Tell us what needs to get done in a few lines. We read every one. If it's a fit, we'll come back with a scope.
Scope and fixed quote
What we deliver, by when, and what it costs, agreed before any work starts.
Build until it runs without you
We do the work. It's done when it runs without you and your team knows how to keep it that way.

An optional first step

The Blueprint

A paid, two-week look at how your business actually runs. We find where AI and better systems take work off your plate first. You get a written plan, plus a build scope and a fixed quote. If you go ahead with the build, the Blueprint fee is credited toward it.

How the Blueprint works →

About two weeks
Written plan you keep
Build scope and fixed quote
Fee credited toward the build

Free resources

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Practical guides, templates and tools for owners who want the business to run without them.

31 free guides on systems, hiring, cash, AI and selling a business.
The free library with 36 one-page guides and our templates, for one email.
5 free tools that run in your browser: cash flow, margins, capacity and exit readiness.

Joe

Founder

Ro

Partner & Client Experience

Who you work with

No handoffs. You work with Lockhold.

Joe has built companies from zero, with two exits and one company taken public. Ro runs the client experience. The people you meet are the people who do the work.

Meet the team →

Tell us what needs to get done.

A few lines is enough. If it's a fit, we'll come back with a scope.