S Brian Smith 🪜

I free founders from ops, sales, & management | Founder @ Strategy Ladders | Coached 1000s of B2B and Agency owners | Stop struggling, start enjoying business ownership 🏖️

Most founders of 7-figure B2B service companies reach a plateau where "strategy" isn't the problem—execution is. After years of consulting on the "how," my team and I shifted exclusively to building and running these high-growth engines for you.

Strategy is often used as a shield to avoid the hard, grinding work required to scale. Scaling to 8 figures requires two things: Great Lead Flow and an Excellent Team to execute it. Without these, your strategy is just a dream.

We have traded playbooks for performance, focusing on three specific levers:


➡️ Cold Email (B2B Labs) We deploy enterprise-grade outbound infrastructure that in-house teams can't match.

Scale: 10,000+ emails per week without risking sender reputation.

Performance: 40%+ open rates and $17.5M+ in revenue directly attributed to outbound.

Targeting: Hyper-targeted lists verified to ensure you only speak to high-intent prospects.


➡️ Google Ads (B2B Labs) Capture buyers actively searching for your solutions right now.

High Intent: Focus on decision-maker search targeting and aggressive negative keyword strategies.

Speed: Immediate visibility for high-intent keywords without waiting for SEO.

➡️ Modern Recruiting (Talent Labs) Hire faster and better without traditional placement fees or job-board spam.

Speed: We deliver an exceptional candidate shortlist in 7–14 days.

Vetting: Every candidate is screened for skill, motivation, and culture fit.

➡️ A Selective Approach to Consulting I still provide 1:1 consulting, but only for founders who can prove they have, or are able to build, the team and lead flow necessary to scale. People are no longer willing to pay for strategy without execution. And I’m no longer willing to provide it.

Build your engine: www.strategyladders.com

Founder & Head of Strategy

The Strategy Ladder Program delivers MASSIVE results to agencies, consultancies, and service businesses.

If your business is 25-85 employees, partially or fully remote, and you're stuck trying to "level-up," I will transform it with you.

The Strategy Ladder System will get you UNSTUCK. You'll develop a bullet-proof strategy that grows with your business, streamlines operations, scales your revenue, and sets your business up to continue to grow without you.

The Strategy Ladder System doesn't just change your business. It will transform YOU. You'll undergo a mental reset that frees you from the anxiety and beliefs that tie you to the day-to-day in your business. You're the leader of your business - if you don't change, your business never will.

The Strategy Ladder System has worked for over 400 entrepreneurs, delivering & implementing strategies that have:

💥 Scaled an agency from $150k to $4mil ARR in 10 months

💥 Increased a digital marketing agency’s productivity levels by over 450%, dramatically increasing profitability

💥 Streamlined a SaaS product’s roadmap, reducing development costs by 45% while increasing execution speed by over 25%.

💥 Developed and executing a repositioning strategy that landed a web development agency a long-term contract with a Fortune 100 company

💥 Repositioned of an app development agency that grew recurring revenue from 2% to over 50% of total revenue within three month

💥 Built a sales organization of 65 sales people in two years

💥 Orchestrated & executed a legal & and business strategy that lead to a sale of key assets of a SaaS platform for a significant premium over the market value of the company

Most founders hit the same wall. (and how to break through it in 90 days  🚀)

Revenue’s up. Team’s bigger.
And somehow… you’re working more.

Every decision runs through you.
Your calendar is a hostage situation.
And that “vacation”? You spent half of it on Slack.

Here’s what I’ve learned after helping 400+ B2B service founders break the cycle:

The problem isn’t your team. It’s your operating system AND decision delegation.

One client had 80+ employees… and the founder was still spending 6–10 hours/week reviewing dashboards, reports, and funneling decisions through himself.

Not leading. Not strategizing.
Just… reviewing.

We rebuilt their operating rhythm & assigned decision ownership.

90 days later: the team runs the reviews.
The founder gets a 15-minute summary every day. That’s it.

Here’s what a real 90-day shift looks like:

✅ Days 1–30: Clarity

- Map every decision that “requires you”
- Install a simple rule: reversible decisions don’t climb to the founder
- Assign ONE owner per function (Sales, Delivery, Ops, Finance)

✅ Days 31–60: Cadence

- Weekly leadership rhythm (same agenda, every week)
- Scoreboard + priorities (no vibes, no rambling)
- Problems get solved by owners… not escalated to you

✅ Days 61–90: Accountability

- Public commitments
- Misses get fixed, not explained
- You stop rescuing — and become the strategic leader again

One client went from a $1M to $4.5M run rate during this transition.

Not because they worked harder.
Because they built a business that didn’t need them in every room.

The real question isn’t “Can my team handle it?”
It’s: “Have I given them the system to win without me?”

What’s one decision you made this week that your team should’ve owned?

But be careful with one-size-fits-all approaches. Every operating business starts with its own unique set of challenges.

If you’re serious about getting out of the middle, DM me “90 DAYS” and I’ll send you a business audit to see where you need to focus first.

✌️🧡🌮

Writing about creative work and human potential

D1 Football ➟ Writer, Podcaster & Creator Consultant

Jack Moses

All 10 spots for the Thailand Creator Expedition are filled.

However, a new idea for 5 more people to join has emerged.

The spots filled quickly once my friends Nick Sweeney among some other Twitter writers signed up.

Also, my friend Leigh St.John, an expert meditation teacher and spiritual guide, will likely be joining us for a few days and meditation workshops.

I would love it if there were more space in the Airbnb for more people to join, but the capacity has been filled.

Maybe in the future, I’ll rent a 20-30-person mansion somewhere in the world and host a huge mastermind.

Another vision is to create a holistic community living center for creative entrepreneurs who want to raise the vibration of the planet.

But those ideas are still a bit far out (unless any investors are reading this post ;)

For now, the Thailand Retreat is most immediate.

Since all spots have been filled, but a handful of people still want to join, I have come up with a solution:

Instead of staying with us at the Airbnb, you can still join the retreat from sunrise to sunset from your own hotel, Airbnb, or lodging.

You will still have access to all 7 days of masterminds, creative work sessions, healing sessions, workouts, and any events we attend.

All you have to cover is food and lodging.

5 spots are available for this opportunity.

To join us or to chat more about this, please message me here on LinkedIn.

We would love to see you there,

Jack

(Dates and details below):

https://lnkd.in/gr2Rt35m

Your personal mystic & performance strategist ⎸ I help founders and creatives build empires through identity expansion and mind-body-spirit alignment ⎸ Subscribe below ↓

Recently, I’ve been dressing nice and going to boujee cafes and lounges to work (instead of wearing a hoodie and sweatpants at my desk).

I'm using vintage leather journals and gold pens.

Wearing Ra Optics daylight glasses.

Working out first thing in the morning and getting clean-shaven.

Why?

Everything is downstream of your identity.

When I imagine my identity 5 years from now and visualize what I'll be wearing and where I'll be working, I see myself in nice clothes, in nice places, writing and doing high-level deals.

To bring this future vision into the now, I'm simply acting as if I were already living in that future.

The way I write...
The way I send messages...
The way I talk about my offers...

It all elevates as a result of my chosen environment and my aesthetic.

You can program yourself to unlock your next level in the same way.

Put yourself into environments where wealth and money circulate.

Dress like the person you wish to be.

Walk around and talk to people as if you were already the person you wish to be.

If you were operating 1 or 2 levels higher - or the version of you 3-5 years from now:

- How would you dress?
- Where would you work?
- What would your schedule be?
- What would you be working on?
- How would you speak to prospects?

Take these answers and embody them today.

I guarantee you'll begin to see a shift.

Former D1 football player turned writer & entrepreneur ∞ Helping entrepreneurs and high-performers achieve peak health and performance through a quantum approach ∞ 6-week Quantum Health cohort starts January 17

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Wake up at sunrise (don't snooze)

Pound water & electrolytes

Go outside (barefoot)

Put your feet on the earth (electron absorption)

Look directly at the sun (5-10 minutes)

Brew a coffee (black)

Pop a focus stack (creatine, theanine, and taurine)

Put your phone in the toaster

Pull up your vision board

Connect to your why & mission

Outline your task-list (3-5 needle-movers)

Throw on noise-cancelling headphones & a movie soundtrack

Lock in for 240 minutes.

This is how you get more done in one morning than most people get done in a week (and feel incredible doing it).

~

I'm running a 6-week Quantum Health Reset cohort to help you get in the best physical and energetic shape of your life, beginning January 17.

DM me "QUANTUM" for more information, or check out the link below:

https://lnkd.in/g84iGcAH

10 Michael Jordan quotes you need to hear:

1) To be successful you have to be selfish, or else you never achieve. And once you get to your highest level, then you have to be unselfish. Stay reachable. Stay in touch. Don't isolate.

2) I realized that if I was going to achieve anything in life, I had to be aggressive. I had to get out there and go for it.

3) I never looked at the consequences of missing a big shot … When you think about the consequences, you will always think of the negative result.

4) Relax and never think about what’s at stake. Just think about the basketball game.

5) If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome.

6) If you can't stop thinking about it, don't stop working on it.

7) Look me in the eye. It’s ok if you’re scared. So am I. But we are scared for different reasons. I am scared of what I won’t become. And you are scared of what I could become. Look at me. I won’t let myself end where I started. I won’t let myself finish where I began. I know what is within me, even if you can’t see it yet. Look me in the eyes. I have something more important than courage. I have patience. I will become what I know I am.

8) Focus like a laser, not a flashlight.

9) If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it.

10) I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.

There is no place on Earth quite like Thailand.

Thai-land literally translates to “Land of the Free.”

And in my experience, I've never felt more alive, creative, expanded, and inspired than when I’m in Thailand.

This is why I’ve created the Thailand Expedition.

It’s a 7-day portal to expand your energy, connect with like-minded creatives and entrepreneurs, and experience the magic of Thailand's southern islands.

Last year’s Expedition was maybe the most fun and expansive week I had in my entire life.

Those who attended said the same thing:

⋆ "I had the best 10 days of my life. It was so much fun. I'm coming back to my normal reality with a completely different lens."

⋆ "If you want to explore the world, meet some cool people, this is the best decision you can make."

⋆ "I'm still digesting the lessons a few months later. That's how profound it was."

If you want to take a leap and spend a week with other creators, entrepreneurs, artists, and travelers in the sun, on the beach, masterminding business, working on creative projects, and expanding your energy, we would love for you to join us.

We meet in Koh Samui on March 21.

6 spots remain.

Message me “RETREAT” or click the “Thailand Expedition” link in my featured section for more information 🛸🌴

Thailand Expedition 2026

I love being a generalist as a coach.

No two calls look the same.

One call, we dive deep into building a funnel, a landing page, a lead magnet, a content strategy, and a marketing strategy.

Next, we go into fixing energy levels, light diet, grounding, sleep, diet, nutrition, caffeine timing, exercise, movement, flow psychology, and nootropics.

And on another, we'll analyze dreams, look at astrology and human design for clues, and talk about quantum physics and the nature of the universe.

Every person is incredibly unique.

Everyone has unique life experiences, circumstances, goals, and problems.

My aim is to use everything in my toolbox and throw "the kitchen sink" at an obstacle to help someone surmount it in a way that actually feels right for them...

No matter if they're looking to get healthier, build a personal brand, find their life's purpose, or live a life of more freedom and alignment.

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