Work

Three ways in. One discipline behind them.

A standing partnership, a fixed-scope audit, or defined project work. Every engagement starts with a conversation — and most clients begin with the Audit before moving into the Partnership.

01 / The Partnership

A standing engagement, weekly cadence.

For operators who've outgrown running everything from instinct, and who want a senior operational partner working alongside them on the parts of the business that hold everything else up.

Commitment
3 months minimum
Month-to-month after.
Investment
From $3,500
/ month, ex-GST
What's included

A weekly rhythm built around the venue.

  • Weekly working sessions

    60–75 minute calls with the founder, and key leadership where useful. We work through the numbers, the priorities, and the calls that need to be made.

  • A custom dashboard for your venue

    Revenue, labour, COGS, covers, average spend, watchlist, quarterly priorities — built specifically for your business, updated weekly, viewable on your phone.

  • Monthly P&L review

    A proper monthly review with written commentary — not just numbers. Variance analysis, trend tracking, and the questions we should be asking next month.

  • SOPs and systems, built progressively

    Opening, closing, ordering, cash handling, incident response, manager scorecards — built in tools your team will actually open.

  • Always-on async access

    A shared channel for the calls that don't wait for the weekly session. Pricing changes, hiring decisions, supplier shifts — the operational moments that need a sounding board.

  • Quarterly strategic planning

    Every three months, a structured look at where the business is, what's working, and what the next quarter actually needs to look like.

The maths

A senior operations director, at roughly a third of the cost.

A full-time ops manager
$115k–$170k
Annual cost loaded with super, leave, on-costs. Locks in a fixed role before you've defined what good looks like. Often hired too early or too junior.
The Partnership (Standard)
$66,000
Annual cost at $5,500/month — our typical tier. Senior operator, weekly cadence, no on-costs, month-to-month after the first quarter.
02 / The Audit

A fixed-scope diagnostic, delivered in four to six weeks.

A deep look at the business. Often the first step into the Partnership, but it stands on its own — particularly for operators who want a serious read on where things actually are before committing to ongoing work.

Duration
4–6 weeks
Investment
From $6,500
/ fixed, ex-GST
What you receive

A written diagnostic and a prototype dashboard.

  • A full operational read

    P&L analysis, labour structure, COGS, reporting, systems, team and leadership, supplier and contract review — covering the operational surface area of the venue.

  • A prioritised plan

    The three to five highest-leverage operational moves for the next 90 days, with the rationale and what they're likely to unlock.

  • A prototype dashboard

    A working dashboard built specifically for your venue — so you can see what a full Partnership build would actually look like, not just imagine it.

  • A two-hour working session

    A live walkthrough of the document and the dashboard with the founder and any leadership team you want in the room. Followed by 14 days of email access for follow-up questions.

03 / Project Work

Defined builds, for a specific need.

For operators who don't need a partnership — they just need the thing built. A dashboard. An SOP library. A labour model. A new-venue opening playbook. Fixed scope, fixed fee, fixed timeline.

Duration
2–8 weeks per scope
Investment
From $4,500
/ by quote
What we build

Common project scopes.

  • Custom operational dashboard

    A working dashboard for the venue, built and handed over. We train your team to maintain it and stay on for two months of light support.

  • SOP and systems library

    A proper operational manual — opening, closing, cash, ordering, stock, incident response, training pathways. Built in Notion or similar.

  • Labour model and rostering framework

    A live labour model: hours by role, daypart, and forecast revenue. Built against your wage award, scaled to your venue's actual rhythm.

  • New-venue opening playbook

    For operators expanding. A structured operational plan covering pre-opening, soft launch, first 90 days, and steady-state — informed by what works in your existing venues.

  • Entertainment ROI model

    For music and live programming venues — a proper read on what your entertainment is actually returning, by night and by act.

How it starts

From first conversation to first session — two to three weeks.

01 /
A short introduction.
You reach out — usually via referral, sometimes direct. We exchange a few clarifying messages and book a 45-minute call.
02 /
The discovery call.
45 minutes. We spend most of it hearing about the business — what's working, what isn't, what you actually need. We share a sharp initial read and tell you honestly whether we're a fit.
03 /
A proposal, or a paid working call.
If we're a clear fit, we send a proposal that week. If you need more conversation first, we offer a paid 90-minute working call ($550) — a deeper diagnostic with a written summary.
04 /
Engagement begins.
For the Partnership: week one is foundation — access to the financials, first dashboard build, first working session. For the Audit: a structured kick-off covering scope and timelines.

If one of these is the shape of what you need —

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