You spent years building someone else’s asset.
The next one should be yours.
Sixth Strand helps experienced executives turn expertise, reputation and relationships into businesses they own. We step in at key inflection points as you build, or we build the business for you.
Two paths. One destination: ownership.
Path 01 / Ownership Advisory
You bring the experience. We help turn it into an asset.
Whether you’re an Executive thinking about Ownership, or an Owner who wants to level up, Sixth Strand steps in at the inflection points that matter across first idea, positioning, business model, launch, growth and scale. We bring executive expertise, global network, international scale and growth experience to help you build what belongs to you.
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Clarify
Don’t know what to build yet?
Ownership Session
“I want ownership. I don’t know what that should look like.”
A focused 1:1 session to clarify what you should own and the strongest route forward.
90 minutes · $1,500
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Position
I have an idea
Positioning & Business Model Workshop
“I have an idea. I need to know whether it can become a business.”
A focused working session covering positioning, customer, offer, differentiation, monetisation, business model and commercial viability.
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Launch
I’m ready to launch
Launch & GTM Workshop
“I know what I want to build. Help me take it to market.”
A focused working session covering launch strategy, go-to-market, offer, monetisation, acquisition, sales, funding strategy and the commercial priorities required to get the business moving.
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Grow
I have a business
Growth Workshop
“I have a business. I need to know what will move the needle.”
For founder-led businesses that have already launched and need experienced commercial thinking around what is constraining growth, where the opportunity sits and what to prioritise next.
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Scale
I’m scaling
Board / Scale Advisory
“I’m building something serious. I want C-suite firepower for the next stage.”
For owners with a business that’s working and ready to scale. Board, advisory or strategic involvement bringing executive expertise to funding, commercial strategy and the decisions required for the next stage of growth.
Path 02 / Venture Build
We build it for you.
For experienced executives who want ownership without building the company from scratch alone. We define the opportunity, build the company and the commercial infrastructure around your standing, take it to market, then hand you the keys.
We currently build within three models where we have proven operating experience: AI powered businesses, personal brands and consulting businesses.
Before we build
The business has to fit the owner.
Before deciding what to build, we assess the person we’re building it around: their expertise, ambition, available time, risk appetite, support system and what they actually want ownership to give them.
We use the principles of the Braid Method to understand the variables that matter before defining the opportunity.
How Venture Build works.
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Define
We define the opportunity.
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Build
We build the company and commercial infrastructure.
$50,000 fixed
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Grow
We take the business to market and build the commercial engine around you.
Commission
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Handover
At $100k revenue, we hand you the keys.
At $100k revenue
Equity, ongoing advisory and investment discussed individually.
We build you an asset, then hand you the keys.
There are four ways out.
Only one starts with what you already own.
Build it alone
Eighteen to thirty months without income, no positioning on day one, and no distribution. Most people underestimate this by a year.
Buy a business
Seven figures of equity and debt for a company you did not design. Acquisition has become harder, not easier, and the good targets have several buyers.
Take another job
The fastest option, and the reason you are reading this page.
Ownership
Sixth Strand helps you leverage the one asset you’ve spent years building: experience.
We turn your expertise, reputation and relationships into something you own.
Selective investment
We may back it.
Working closely with founders means we sometimes encounter businesses we believe in beyond the engagement itself.
In exceptional cases, we may invest alongside the founder or help prepare the business for external capital.
Where relevant, we can also support funding strategy, investor readiness and introductions to our network.
Founder
I spent nearly twenty years building commercial engines and running P&Ls for others, some from scratch, others inside businesses with billion-dollar market caps. The details are on my LinkedIn. I would rather talk about the next twenty years. Mine, and hopefully yours.
I applied the same growth methods I used as a C-suite operator to my own transition from executive to owner. That process is now documented, repeatable and scalable through Sixth Strand.
The longer version
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