01 The systems02 The 12 months03 Access04 QuestionsMicrofirm Ascension · Stage 2
Revenue was the easy layer. This is the firm. Twelve months to mature the firm and the Principal. We install the systems that let your business run, keep, and grow without you holding every part of it.
12 months Layers 2 to 5 Unlimited hot seats
The plateau
The business works. As long as you do every part of it. Every decision routes through you
Nothing moves until you look at it, so the firm grows exactly as fast as your calendar allows.
Revenue you can't quite read
You know what came in. You are less sure what the firm keeps, or what next quarter looks like.
Judgment that lives in your head
Your best thinking is the product, and none of it is written down where anyone else can run it.
What gets installed
The firm underneath the revenue. The Accelerator installs layer one. Ascension builds layers two through five, the structure that turns an income into a firm.
02 Layer 02
Principal Systems
The operating rhythm
Weekly and monthly, run by someone who is not you.
The firm keeps its pace on your day off.
03 Layer 03
Financial Systems
The financial model
Owner pay, retained earnings, and the pricing floor underneath both.
Know what the firm keeps, not just what it earns.
04 Layer 04
IP Extraction
The IP library
The playbooks only you can currently run, written down.
Your judgment, turned into an asset.
05 Layer 05
Same great clients, more firm underneath them.
Growth you can afford before you say yes.
The twelve months
A year from now, the firm stands on its own. 1 Months 1–3
The rhythm without you
Principal Systems: the firm keeps moving when you step back.
2 Months 4–6
What the firm keeps
Financial Systems: a model you read the same way every month.
3 Months 7–9
Your judgment, written down
IP Extraction: the playbooks that make you irreplaceable, made repeatable.
4 Months 10–12
The shape of what's next
Scaling: more firm underneath the work, without more of you.
✓ Month 12
The firm stands on its own.
Installed, running, and yours.
✓ Month twelve
You stop running a business. You start leading a firm.
"The firm runs a full week without me."
"I know what we keep, not just what we earn."
"My best thinking is written down, and it sells."
"I know what growth costs before I say yes."
Your access
Book whenever you need to. No balance and no rationing. Bring the decision when it's live, not when a quota resets.
Hot seats Unlimited
Experts in Residence Audits included
Advisor thread in MicrofirmOS Always open
Unlimited hot seats
1:1 with a CMO with 14+ years of experience and $105M in revenue generated.
Expert audits
Experts in Residence review each system as it is built.
MicrofirmOS
Where the firm runs, with your advisor in the thread.
The Vault
Workflows, automations, templates, decks, and worksheets.
Monthly challenges
A focused push each month to keep the momentum.
The Collective
Independent firms, a shared network.
This is for you if
Your revenue engine is installed and bringing in clients.
The business works, but it still depends on you for everything.
You want a firm, not a bigger job.
You are ready to commit to twelve months of building.
This is not for you if
You are still working out where the next client comes from.
You want someone else to run the firm for you.
You need results in weeks, not months.
Start with the Accelerator → By application
A small room, on purpose. Ascension is by application so every firm in it is ready for the work. Tell us where the firm is today, and we'll come back within a few days.
Questions
Before you apply. Do I need to do the Accelerator first? − Most Principals arrive from the Accelerator. If your revenue engine is already installed and running, apply and we will talk about starting here.
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What happens after month twelve? +
Build the firm you'd want to own. Twelve months from now, it runs, keeps, and grows without you doing every part of it.