Jeff Chandler
Founder, WP Tavern
Mario has years of experience and has worked with a number of large companies. He’s even managed his own business. The fact that he’s providing this information for free is bonkers. Thank you Mario.
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Simeon Emanuilov
Software Engineer & Ph.D. candidate
The Growth Blueprint by Mario is a great weekly read for business professionals. Relevant macro news, growth strategies, and insider agency data.
I've done this for 16 years with proven, repetitive frameworks.
I launched my first business in the midst of the 2008 recession. As corporations install layoffs and businesses go under, service businesses and startups are uniquely position to succeed this year.
I'm structuring my executive advisory into bite–sized startup nuggets in this FREE newsletter for highly engaged founders.
Growth Strategy
Iterating on the available marketing and growth channels, offers, funnels, and building sustainable lead flow.
Management & Ops
Building resilient processes that scale - weekly sprints, monthly goals, quarterly OKRs or rocks - and management principles for you and the team.
Branding & Networking
Shaping the long-term strategy together through reusable assets - brand recognition, thought leadership, networking for autopilot success.
What makes this program different?
Led by a serial veteran for bootstrapped businesses
I've grown busineses through 2 major recessions and successfully scaled small and mid-sized companies to 60 FTEs. As a SME advisor and an angel investor, I keep a close touch with both the funding and bootstrapping ecosystems.
Real 99% savings to our R&D costs
The lessons learned have cost us over $10M in operations, and my existing companies still launch and test on a day to day. We spend over $200K a year on licenses and tools alone to decipher what works for you.
A group of A-players
Instead of all "get rich quick" schemes, this group is about hard work and high quality. Other vendors or AI can always make you obsolete if you aren't honing your skills. This is a professional development bootcamp.
The trampoline to the next ventures
This is my lowest, cheapest, most simplistic offer I have. My lowest coaching plan is $1,800/mo and our agency retainer plans go for $10K - $25K monthly. Start here and graduate to the higher tiers.
Every other entrepreneur
Grinding solo, lack of data points across 200 businesses, no community
Our crowd
Determined, focused, offer-driven, unique proposition, strong community
Mario has been awesome! His helpful insight into the industry, matched with his years of experience, has made him an invaluable source of knowledge and insight. He always goes above and beyond to ensure that my questions are answered to the fullest.
Jacob Warren
CEO, wri.dev
I had great coaching sessions with Mario and it was extremely beneficial. Mario was able to quickly understand my business and provide valuable insights and strategies for growth.
I highly recommend Mario as a coach to anyone looking to improve their business or professional skills.
Adrian Sticea
CEO, CustomWP
Mario is an absolute rockstar!
He's always willing to go the extra mile to help with any website-related issue. I highly recommend him.
A go-to source for growth strategy.
Rudolph Shewprasad
Digital Marketing Manager, Thena
My team had a technical and business-related challenge in building our first digital products at SoftSkillsPills.com.
We needed a platform to handle all our payment & taxes related issues, while at the same time integrating with our WordPress-based site.
Mario quickly grasped the context & shared valuable knowledge both business-wise and technically-wise. We successfully implemented what he suggested and had our 50 sales in the first week of the launch with no issues :)
Hari Haralambiev
Co-founder, Tochka2
I've known Mario for a long time and he's an amazing teacher, mentor, and friend.
He is an entrepreneur who has consistently achieved success over the years. Mario always gives advice that is clear, useful, and straight to the point.
If you're thinking about starting a business, I really recommend his book, "126 Steps to Becoming a Successful Entrepreneur."
Ivan Nakov
Entrepreneur, Engineer @ Revolut
My mentorship/coaching session with Mario was amazing and the follow-up with the closed Slack community was amazing - something to keep me on the right track with the right people.
The advice I was given took me some time to overcome my fears and implement, but once implemented, results were jaw-dropping.
Stefan Dyankov
Serial Founder, Agency & CoWorking
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Frequently asked questions
Who is the right fit for this newsletter?
This is a free newsletter for SMB founders, agency owners, small startup executives, solopreneurs, and side hustlers. My advisory services start from $1,800/mo with calls at $600/hr so I'm simplifying this for hard-working individuals that need to ramp up and get results before they jump to the next tier.
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Sign up, read regularly, engage, read the additional resources I'm posting on my blog, Forbes, Entrepreneur, and social network. The amplified efforts of leveraging strategies together is a community exercise.
What key skills and areas will be covered here?
My advisory framework touches on all core business areas: Strategy, Management, Operations, Marketing, Sales, Technology, Recruitment. Anything to help you scale your current ops, grow your revenue, increase profitability, and save time.
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I offer personalized coaching, fractional consulting, and work with our top tier agency clients. Reach out for individual solutions if you want to scale faster.