CEO, Highland & Haskill Creek • Founder of Classy (acq. by GoFundMe) • Founder of nonprofit, Save Farmland

Every week I tackle management, operations & startup topics that are helping 250,000+ people. Sign up free: www.scotchisholm.com

I also run a leadership accelerator that helps founders develop into top CEOs. Apply here: https://joinhighland.com/apply/

My backstory: 

🚀 Founder of Classy, SaaS for nonprofits raising billions per year

🎗️ Acquired by GoFundMe in ‘22 to create largest giving platform in the world

🌲 Investor in dozens of startups out of family fund, Tall Timbers Holding Co, (Ripple, FanDuel, Hubble, Casetext, etc.)

🏔️ Founder of Highland, leadership accelerator & community for founders

🏡 Co-founder of Haskill Creek, modernized & healthier version of a Walgreens or CVS 

⚽️ Co-owner of Albion Soccer Club, top youth soccer club in country

🧑🏼‍🌾 Founder of Save Farmland, a nonprofit protecting local farmland & food 

⚙️ Industrial engineer & lean six sigma nerd, UMass Amherst grad 

❤️ Board experience: Nature Conservancy, Abundant Montana, Team Rubicon, Street Soccer USA, Montana Pediatric Cancer Foundation

It's been a wild ride. If you're interested in any of the above, please visit my website and reach out to me there. 

www.scotchisholm.com

Scot Chisholm

Helping CEO Founders maximize profits while working fewer hours 🪄💰 CEO Advisor for 15+ years 📈 Board Advisor 🧝🏻‍♀️ Business & Mindset Master Coach 🎯 Executive MBA 🚀 Business Growth Strategies

▷ What if I told you that you can create wealth and freedom without the daily grind while experiencing true work-life harmony?

For over 15 years, I've helped founders choose a better path. 

My clients consistently achieve these breakthrough results:

→ Increase profitability and wealth creation within 90 days  
→ Eliminate energy, time, and money-draining inefficiencies
→ Replace overwork with strategic action
→ Master your numbers for conscious wealth-building
→ Attract top talent and create teams of raving fans 
→ Transform your relationship with money
→ Implement automatic wealth creation systems and multiple income streams

All of that is possible because I facilitate your evolution from overwork to freedom.

There are four pathways to work with me:

① The CEO Advisory Mastermind

The CEO Advisory program delivers practical, actionable strategies to transform your business into an efficient, scalable operation. With a focus on systemic practices and quantum principles, you’ll unlock the tools to streamline your operations, maximize profitability, and achieve harmony between work and life. 

② Freedom Alchemy

This is my Elite 1:1 strategic support for CEO Founders ready to streamline operations, scale with ease, design their exit, and build wealth that lasts for generations.

Get ready to elevate your game, double your net worth, and design a legacy that endures. The stage is set for your quantum leap. If you’re a high-level entrepreneur poised for something greater, Freedom Alchemy will guide you to it.

③ Advisory Board Member

As a member of the Advisory Board, I bring my business acumen, elevated strategic genius, and peak performance expertise to support the entire organization and board members, adding massive value to shareholders.

④ Bespoke Corporate Programs

A corporation is nothing but a group of human beings working together. The more their humans thrive, the more results companies create.

I craft bespoke corporate programs to address challenges and leverage opportunities to increase productivity, profits, and overall satisfaction.

CEO Founders have me as their corporate magician, transforming the workplace into a haven that employees and clients love to be part of.

Ready to write your own business success story? 

Book a FREE Discovery Call now to explore how we can align your business with your vision of success.

→ https://iam.marianalacombe.com/discovery

P.S.: Limited spots are available for maximum impact. Secure your call today.

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www.marianalacombe.com
Email: contact@marianalacombe.com
Or message me on LinkedIn

Mariana Lacombe

If I had to describe 2025 in one word, it would be 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦.

 
They say 2025 was a "Snake Year," and I felt every bit of that energy. 

It wasn’t an easy year. It was a year of shedding skin. It was a year of massive decisions and painful letting go.

I watched relationships end. 
I watched attachments dissolve. 
I watched old versions of myself become unsustainable. 

The hardest part was fully confronting my upbringing in a narcissistic system and making the choice to cut off significant connections I once thought would be by my side forever.
 
But in that empty space created by letting go, I found huge wins, including finally receiving my American citizenship!
 
It was a year of constant questioning: 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵? 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘦? 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘮 𝘐 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰?
 
Now, we are moving into the Year of the Horse. 🐎 

This is the energy of momentum, action, and getting things done. 

But here is the lesson I learned: 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗴𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝗽 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗯𝘆 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘄𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁.
 
To move into this next chapter with flow and speed, you have to leave the baggage at the door.
 
So, I’m asking you today: 

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗽?  
What expired belief, relationship, or habit are you still carrying? 

Let it go today. Travel lighter. The momentum is coming.
 
Here’s to a lighter, faster, more authentic 2026. 🥂

See you in 2026!

I help overworked founders earn more while working less using business strategies, quantum principles, and systemic practices | 500​> Clients Worldwide | Business & Board Advisor for 15+ years | 2x MBA | Modern Alchemist

You're sitting at dinner with your family on vacation. 

Perfect ocean view. Perfect weather. Perfect moment.

Except you're checking Slack under the table.

Your team needs approval for a client decision. There's a vendor issue that "only you can handle." Yesterday's numbers still don't add up, and you're the only one who knows where the problem is.

Your spouse stops talking mid-sentence. Your kids give up trying to get your attention.

You built a million-dollar business, but you can't enjoy a single meal without working.

𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲'𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴:

You've mastered your craft. You've never learned how to be a CEO.

You're still thinking like an operator, not an owner. 

And that's exactly why your revenue is stuck. Why your team can't move without you. Why the business you used to love now feels like a prison you can't escape.

The mental load follows you everywhere. Even on vacation.

𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗳 𝗜 𝘁𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲:

Two weeks in Italy. Email unopened. Phone on airplane mode.

You come back to find your business grew 15% while you were gone. Your team solved three major problems without you. Your profit margins actually improved.

No crisis. No fires. No "I told you so" moments.

Just growth.

One of my clients just did exactly this. Took his first real vacation in eight years. Came back to his best month ever.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲?

He stopped being the bottleneck and started thinking like a CEO.

The truth? Nobody taught you this skill. 

You learned how to deliver your service, build your expertise, and get clients. You never learned the mechanics of executive leadership.

That's not your fault. 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗰𝗸? 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗮 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲.

Inside The CEO Advisory, this is exactly the transformation we create. We install the systems, the mindset, and the energetics that let you double your personal income, cut your work hours in half, and scale to multiple 7-figures.

All while getting your life back.

If this resonates and you're tired of being trapped by your own success, let's talk. Send me a message.


𝗣.𝗦. The 3rd cohort of the CEO Advisory starts on January 12th. If you apply before January 10th, you also secure your 𝗩𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗩𝗜𝗣 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆 𝗗𝗮𝘆. We will map out your entire 2026 strategy before the group sessions even begin. Don't let that bonus slip away. DM me and let’s get all set.

You built a business for freedom. So why does it feel like a job?

You started this to be your own boss. Instead, you ended up with a glamorous job where you work harder than any employee.

If this sounds familiar, you are likely stuck in the "Founder Trap":

1. You are the bottleneck: Every major decision, and most minor ones, must pass through you before anything moves forward.

2. You have revenue, but no time: The bank account looks healthy, but your calendar is a disaster of back-to-back meetings and firefighting.

3. You are the hardest worker in the room: You are grinding harder and longer hours than you ever did when you were employed by someone else.

4. You fear stepping away: The idea of taking a two-week vacation without checking email feels genuinely dangerous to the company's survival.

Here is what no one tells you: This is not your fault.

An MBA does not teach you this. Even having a talented team does not automatically solve this.

The problem is that you were trained to be a genius at your craft. You are an expert service provider, a high-level coach, or a creative visionary. But you were never trained to be the CEO of a company.

Those are two completely different skill sets.

The Craftsman focuses on the product, the client delivery, and the "doing."

The CEO focuses on the vision, the systems, the culture, and the "leading."

Being good at your craft gets you to the first million. Being a CEO is what gets you your life back.

This is the specific gap I created the CEO Advisory to fill.

Think of this as the CEO School you never attended. This is the container where you stop acting like a solopreneur and start thinking, acting, and operating as the leader of an empire.

This is about wealth creation. It is about paying yourself the multiple six-figure personal paycheck a CEO deserves and doubling your net worth in one year.

When you leave this program, you will have a completely new operating reality. You will be the CEO who:

- Doubles their personal paycheck while cutting their work hours in half.
- Grows a business to multiple seven-figures without sacrificing their soul to get there.
- Builds a team that operates with autonomy and excellence.

We start the third year of the CEO Advisory on January 12th.

If you apply before we begin, I am including a Virtual VIP Strategy Day to kickstart your momentum. In this session, we will map out:

1. Dream Team Architecture: We will identify exactly who will help you scale and take off the tasks that are draining you.

2. Q1 Profit Priorities: We will lock in your immediate priorities to increase sales by at least 30 percent in the first 90 days.

3. Workflow Optimization: We will architect the workflows that make your job easier than ever, saving you hours every single day.

You cannot do this alone. And you do not have to anymore.

The deadline to secure the VIP Day bonus is January 10th.

If you are ready to stop grinding and start leading, send me a direct message to apply.

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You wish you were doing nothing today. Instead, 


You're chasing invoices and closing leads.

Your friends are posting photos of ski trips or beach days.

Your family is likely in the other room watching a movie or finishing off the holiday leftovers.

The rest of the world has effectively shut down until January 2nd.

𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗱… 𝗬𝗼𝘂’𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴.

It’s the last Monday of the year, and instead of exhaling, you are scrambling.
You’re frantically trying to cross the t’s and dot the i’s.

You’re sending out those last few invoices, awkwardly chasing clients to pay their accounts receivable before the tax year closes, and reaching out to cold leads trying to squeeze in one last sale before the bell rings on the 31st at midnight.

You are exhausted. And deep down, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝘀𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲.

You built a business to give you freedom.

But right now, it feels like you just built yourself a high-stress job that doesn't offer vacation time.

𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 "𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗲𝗿-𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿" 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝘄𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸.

My CEO Advisory isn't just about "scaling". It’s the 𝘊𝘌𝘖 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 that restructures your role so that next year, on December 29th, your laptop is closed, your team is handling the end-of-year wrap-up, and you are actually enjoying your life.

In the last two years of the CEO Advisory, I’ve seen clients achieve the “impossible”:

• 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗽𝘀: Scaling revenue from $6.5M to $8M in 8 months.
• 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗺: Going from grinding 80 hours a week to working a pleasurable 30.
• 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘆𝗹𝗲: From zero vacations in 5 years to booking extraordinary trips every single quarter.
• 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁: Navigating the most health challenges, and finding the space and money to heal because their business finally supported them, rather than drained them.
• 𝗪𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Paying themselves the multiple 6-figure personal paycheck a CEO deserves and doubling their net worth in one year.

I want to help you double your paycheck while cutting your hours in half.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦:

𝗢𝗻 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟭𝟮𝘁𝗵, 𝘄𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝟯𝗿𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗘𝗢 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘆.

And to help you get out of this place as fast as possible, I’m including a 𝗩𝗜𝗣 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗕𝗢𝗡𝗨𝗦 where we map out your entire year before the chaos even starts.

But here’s the thing: to get this BONUS, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟭𝟬𝘁𝗵.

Don't let another year go by where you are the bottleneck.

𝗧𝘄𝗼 𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆:
• Comment “CEO” and I'll send you the details.
• DM me, and let’s chat quickly about where you’re stuck.

Then, close the laptop. 𝗪𝗲’𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗶𝘅 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲.

As we celebrate the spirit of giving today, I didn't want to just share well wishes to you.

I wanted to put a few "gifts" under the tree for you, too! 🎁

These aren't things that will add to your to-do list. 

They are tools designed to help you create more freedom, wealth, and harmony in the year ahead. 

Think of these as my gifts to help you win in 2026!

🎁 Gift #1: Clarity (The Business Success Quiz)

 If you are feeling foggy about where to focus next year, start here. This quick quiz helps you recognize exactly what is working, explore aligned areas for growth, and reconnect with a vision of success that actually fits your life.

🎁 Gift #2: A Roadmap (The 4-Step Freedom Method)

 This is my 5-day email course. It shows the exact method I use with private clients to scale with ease and grow profits without the overwhelm. If you want to reclaim your time, this is for you.

🎁 Gift #3: A New Rhythm (The 7-Figure CEO Routine)

 Success doesn't require burnout. This workbook gives you access to my personal framework for simplifying your schedule and aligning your leadership with what truly matters.

Check the comments for their links!

For today, I hope you close your laptop, enjoy that extra slice of cake, and be fully present with the people who matter most.

The work will be there later. Today is for you.

Merry Christmas, everyone! 🎄

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