OPERATOR ADVISORY
Experienced operating judgment for decisions that change the business.
A limited, application-only relationship for founder-led physical-product companies that need regular strategic involvement without hiring another executive or outsourcing ownership of the company.
BUILT IN THE REAL WORLD
Operator experience. Not borrowed theory.
20+ years
Inside products, factories, supply chains, systems, teams, channels, and customer operations.
$500M+
Lifetime consumer-product sales across brands and businesses operated, advised, and helped scale.
<$1M → nearly $50M
The Spikeball operating journey from first employee through global scale.
WHAT THE RELATIONSHIP INCLUDES
Regular strategic involvement. Tangible operating output.
- Operating baseline and 180-day outcome charter
- Two 60-minute operating strategy sessions each month
- Monthly written Operating Brief
- Two defined asynchronous decision requests each month
- Review of priority plans, scorecards, SOPs, negotiations, and decision briefs
- One clearly defined implementation workstream
- Midpoint and closeout operating reviews
- 90-day continuation plan
THE EXECUTION STANDARD
Meetings are not the deliverable. Movement is.
Every working session begins with written preparation and ends with decisions, owners, deadlines, and a definition of done. If commitments are repeatedly missed, blockers are hidden, or the work continually stalls near completion, Playconomix may pause or end the relationship rather than continue holding meetings that do not move the company.
What Playconomix does not own
- Daily management or direct reports
- Routine meeting attendance
- Executive authority or fiduciary responsibility
- Final company decisions
- Unlimited document review or implementation
Best for companies where the decisions are consequential and the internal team is prepared to execute.
Founder-led sporting goods, outdoor, games, toys, fitness, lifestyle, ecommerce, retail, and omnichannel brands generally between $1M and $30M in annual revenue.
Operator Advisory is not fractional leadership. Playconomix provides judgment, preparation, systems, and defined implementation support while the client remains responsible for running the company.
Three active advisory relationships. No open-ended executive role.
Applications are reviewed for operating fit, urgency, decision access, internal ownership, and willingness to execute.
