What's Inside

  • Why agencies struggle (and what actually fixes it)
  • The Craft & Care philosophy that drives everything
  • Your complete service pathway from first call to full transformation
  • Investment options and what you get at each level
  • Why Agency Focus, and why now

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The Problem

Why Agencies
Hit the Wall

Most agencies don't fail because they lack talent or creativity. The real culprits? Noise, inconsistency, and unclear ownership of growth.

"You've built something real. But the chaos underneath threatens everything you've created."

The Symptoms You Already Know:

  • Delivery wobbles that make every project feel like a near-miss

  • Revenue that swings wildly quarter to quarter with no clear pattern

  • Team burnout because everything runs through you

  • Business development that depends entirely on the founder showing up

  • An internal environment where everything feels urgent and nothing feels clear

The Ideology

The Craft & Care Philosophy

Most agencies struggle because they're missing one of two things...and usually both. We call them Craft and Care, and they're the foundation of everything we build together.

CRAFT

The work is excellent.

Everything you present to the market...your story, your system, your materials...is intentional and reflects your true value. Not good enough. Excellent. Every touchpoint is designed with purpose.

CARE

People feel excellence in every interaction.

Every conversation with prospects and partners feels human, empathetic, and built on trust. Relationships are nurtured, not transacted. Care isn't a strategy...it's a standard.

The Core

The Seven Principles

These seven principles guide everything we do...from how we show up in conversations to how we build your growth systems.

Intentionality Over Efficiency

Doing the right things matters more than doing things fast.

Presence

Be fully there. No laptop, no rush, no filler. Earn trust by listening.

Make the Invisible Visible

Surface what's really happening in the business.

Consistency

Systems and habits that compound over time beat heroic efforts.

Own Your Outcomes

Take responsibility for results, not just activity.

Finish with Pride

Every deliverable should be something you're proud to put your name on.

Serve People Not Projects

Behind every scope is a human who needs to feel right.

How We Work Together

How we work together matters as much as what we work on. This partnership is designed to be responsive, practical, and deeply integrated with how your agency actually operates.

What You Get:

  • Leadership Access:

    Slack access for fast turnaround on strategic decisions. Guidance before problems explode. You're never stuck waiting for answers.

  • Working Sessions:

    Weekly or biweekly focused, clear, agenda-driven sessions for coaching, alignment, and active problem-solving. Real work gets done.

  • Deep Async Work:

    Rewriting your processes, improving your proposals, fixing your positioning, redesigning communication cadences, auditing client experience. The heavy lifting.

  • Team Integration:

    Light-touch workshops, delivery alignment, BD role enablement, leadership development. Your team gets stronger, not dependent.

  • Quarterly Maturity Lifts:

    Every quarter the agency levels up one core system. Continuous improvement becomes your competitive advantage.

The Goal:

Ideally, we become a quiet part of your leadership spine. Someone who helps shape how you think about growth, not just execute it.

The goal is to make your system stronger...and make me less necessary over time.

Success means you graduate to quarterly check-ins or full independence.

What If.....

What happens if I get run over by a bus?

The system lives in your hands, not mine. Everything we build...playbooks, templates, workflows...stays documented and accessible.

You'll have a clean trail of what's been done, what's working, and what's next.

We build things so they survive people, including me.

Selection

Who This is For

You're a Good Fit If:

  • You've proven your delivery capabilities and have a strong reputation in your niche
  • You're ready to scale but need senior-level growth leadership to get there
  • You want a partner who works across your organization, not just in a sales silo
  • You're not willing to compromise your reputation for short-term revenue
  • You understand that how you show up to the market matters

You're Not a Good Fit If:

  • You want fast tricks instead of real change
  • You're looking for a silver bullet that fixes everything overnight
  • You want someone to just 'do sales' without deeper integration
  • You're not ready to invest in building systems and habits that last

Transparency

Investment Summary

Service Investment Timeline Best For
Insight Call 30–45 min Getting clarity
Foundation Scan $5,000 30 days Test drive
Agency Foundation $15K–$20K 90 days Full transformation
Ongoing Partnership $5K/mo + 5% 12–18 months Sustained growth
14:59 PM Studio $5K/mo Ongoing Content amplification
Full Transformation $25K/mo + 5% 12 months All 4 components
Advisory $20K/yr + 5% Ongoing Post Transformation
Foundation Scan credits toward Agency Foundation if proceed within 30 days.
Commission structures last 12 months per client relationship.
6-month minimum commitment on Partnership and Full Transformation.
30-day termination notice after minimum period.
All payments due net 15 days from invoice.

Legacy

Advisory Board Tier

Post-Graduation Support for Agency Focus Alumni. This isn't about dependency. It's about having senior-level thought partnership for the moments that matter.

Annual Investment $20,000/year + 5% Paid quarterly
  • Monthly Check-In Call (45-60 min)
  • Slack Access for Quick Questions
  • Quarterly Deep-Dive Sessions
  • Annual Planning Session
  • First Call When Something Breaks
Add-On: 1459pm Studio

Creative amplification for founders with strong signal.

Turn your raw energy into a growth system. 14:59 PM Studio is a sister company focused specifically on content amplification for founders.

  • Mine Founder Content: We extract the gold from your conversations.
  • Create Scalable Assets: Turn words into multi-channel content.
  • Build Distribution Rhythms: Establish consistent, strategic flow.
  • Attribute & Optimize: Connect content directly to deals.
$5,000/month

The Content Engine

Podcast as flagship

Your core source of truth and authority.

Daily distribution

Across LinkedIn, email, and social channels.

Repurposing systems

Maximize every single piece of content.

"With 1459PM Studio, your voice becomes a predictable growth engine that attracts the right clients."
"We have spent 25 years inside agency operations...building them, scaling them, fixing them when they broke, and eventually selling one."

The Operator

Why Agency Focus

Ready to scale?

Your Next Step

Agency Focus is the place agencies go when they are done guessing. When they want clarity. When they want confidence.

If you run an agency and growth feels like it's held together with duct tape, or you're a founder with something worth saying but no system to say it... that's what we do. Let's grab coffee and chat about it.

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