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Expert

‍You know how being great at what you do doesn’t mean you know how to sell it?
That’s why Launch Pad helps experts turn what they know into a sustainable sellable business.
So you can build a business you get paid to do what you love.

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Startup Founder

You know how having a great product or idea doesn’t mean you know how to sell it?
That’s why Launch Pad helps founders turn their solution into a clear, compelling offer and a go-to-market plan that actually gets traction.
So you can stop guessing and start growing... without wasting months stuck in “build mode.”

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Founder-Led Sales

You know how doing all the selling yourself works... until it doesn’t?
That’s why Rocket Fuel helps founders turn their best offer into a scalable sales system, complete with strategy, tools, and team support
So you can grow without burning out, and finally stop being your own bottleneck.

Founder's Focus Call

Thirty minutes. A diagnostic, not a pitch.

The founder should walk out knowing three things they didn't know walking in: where they actually are, what's really blocking them, and what to do next. Whether they buy today is a byproduct.

The one rule: never prescribe before you diagnose. If you name an offer before you've named their stage, you sound like every other consultant they've talked to.

The test of a good call: they say some version of "I hadn't thought about it that way." If you don't get that, the call didn't work, no matter how the routing went.

Before the Call

Five minutes of prep. Don't skip it. Diagnosing off their own material is what makes the call land.

• Their website. Read the hero section and the first CTA.
• Their LinkedIn headline and About section.
• How they came in: Navigator signup, scorecard, referral, event, or cold.
• If they came from the Navigator, check what they built and reference it by name.

Look for one specific thing you can point at and say "here's what I noticed." One is enough.

The Six Phases

1. Frame (0 to 3 minutes)

Set the terms before you ask anything.

"Here's how I'd like to use the next thirty minutes. I want to understand what you're building and where you're stuck. If I can help, I'll tell you how. If I can't, I'll tell you that too, and I'll probably know who can. Sound good?"

Then hand them the floor: "Tell me a little bit about what you're doing."

Let them talk. Don't interrupt. You're listening for the offer, the stage, and the words they use about themselves.

2. Goals, Obstacles, Attempts (3 to 10 minutes)

Pick four or five of these. Not all of them.

Goals

• What's your most important goal right now?
• Why is that important to you?
• How will your life be different when you accomplish it?

Obstacles

• How's that going so far?
• What stands between you and that goal?
• How long has this been a problem?
• Is it affecting anything else?
• What's stopping you from solving this on your own?

Attempts

• What have you tried before today?
• What inspired you to start down this path?
• What's one recent win worth celebrating?
• Do you know anyone who's already done what you're trying to do?

"How long has this been a problem" is the most valuable question on the list. It tells you whether this is urgent or just interesting. Interesting doesn't buy.

3. Diagnose Out Loud (10 to 16 minutes)

This is the phase most calls skip. Don't.

Name where they are. Run the four diagnostic questions below, then say it plainly. "Here's what I think is going on."

Point at their own material. Use the thing you noticed in prep. Be specific, and be kind about it.

"If I look at how your site is structured, you lead with your credentials and your experience. You're showing me you know this cold, and you do. But that's not what people come to see first. They want to know how you can help them, and what problem you'll solve for them today. I think you've got it backwards, and flipping it changes everything downstream."

Predict what's coming. This is the move that earns credibility fastest, because you're naming a problem they haven't hit yet. Pick the one that matches their stage.

• One or two clients, in business development mode: "Here's what's going to happen. You'll land one more client, and then you'll have two brains. Fulfillment and business development. Those two don't play well together. You'll go all in on delivery, then look up and the contract's ending and you're flat-footed heading into the next cycle."
• Steady referrals, no system: "Referrals work until the month they don't. And when that month comes, you won't have a pipeline to fall back on. You'll have a standing start."
• Growing but founder-dependent: "The thing about to break isn't sales. It's you. Every new client makes you more essential, not less. That's the trap."

If they say "yeah, exactly," you've earned the rest of the call.

4. Give One Reframe Away (16 to 20 minutes)

Pick one from Reframes, further down this page. One, not three. Deliver it fully and let it sit.

Match it to what you heard:

• They said marketing is their weak spot → Marketing, redefined
• Solo, one or two clients, no pipeline → The two brains
• Nobody can explain what they do → Your one-pager is referral currency
• Leading with credentials → You've got it backwards
• Their offer is "let's talk and scope it" → Contained beats open-ended
• Can't decide who they're for → What person, what price, what promise

This is what makes the call worth their time even if they never buy. It's also what makes them tell someone else about it.

5. Confirm the Value (20 to 23 minutes)

Get them to say it in their own words.

"I want to make sure you walk away from this call with clarity. For your benefit as much as mine. What's your most useful takeaway from the conversation so far?"

Then:

"Did that change how you're thinking about something you've been stuck on for a while?"

Two things happen. You find out whether the diagnosis landed, and they say the value out loud themselves. That's worth more than anything you could say about it.

If the answer is lukewarm, do not route to a paid offer. Route to free and follow up.

6. Route (23 to 30 minutes)

Ask permission first. Always.

"I believe I can help you. Want me to share how?"

Then mirror it back.

"Correct me if I'm wrong, but it sounds like what you really want is [their goal, their words]. I can see you've already [their attempts]. And what's in the way is [their obstacle]. Does that sound right?"

Then make one recommendation. Not a menu. One.

"Based on where you are, here's what I'd do."

Say the price. Don't soften it, don't apologize for it, don't stack three options and let them choose. A menu is what you offer when you haven't diagnosed.

Close the loop:

• Confirm the specific next step and who does what
• Ask if you can follow up by email with a summary
• If the fit is warm, ask the referral question: "Who else do you know dealing with this?"

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The Four Diagnostic Questions

Ask these inside phases 2 and 3. These four answers place the founder and drive the routing.

1. Do you have a defined offer with a price? Not a service list. A thing with a name, a deliverable, and a number.
2. Has anyone paid you for it, and how many? Zero, one to three, or repeatable.
3. Can anyone besides you sell it?
4. If you took two weeks off with no phone, what breaks first?

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Where to Route Them

No clear offer. No revenue yet. Still figuring out what they sell.

‍Recommend the Growth Navigator, free."Start free. You'll walk out with an offer statement, a pitch, and a one-pager you can use tomorrow. That's the whole first job."

Offer exists. One client. Can't articulate it well enough for anyone to refer them.

‍Recommend the Navigator free tier, then Core. Point them to office hours for the human layer."You've got the chops. It's the packaging. Start free, build the one-pager, and bring your questions to office hours."

Offer works. Clients love them. Pipeline is feast or famine. Wants to move fast.

‍Recommend Launch Pad, with the Navigator underneath it."You don't need more leads. You need the offer and the go-to-market system locked. That's twenty-one days."

Same situation, but the budget or the timing isn't there yet.

‍Recommend Navigator Core."Same framework, your pace. One click to upgrade when speed matters."

$250K to $5M. Real business. Founder is the bottleneck on every sale.

‍Recommend Rocket Fuel, or Navigator Pro if they'd rather build it themselves."Right now you don't own a business, you own a job. Let's build the system that changes that."

Has a team. Needs the engines installed and run, not just designed.

‍Mission Control. Diagnose deeper before quoting. This is a proposal, not a call close.

Thinking about selling in the next one to three years.

‍Exit Velocity, plus the Exit Ready Scorecard first."Let's find out what a buyer would actually see."

Great person, wrong stage, or no real urgency.

‍Navigator free, plus an introduction or two."This isn't the moment for a paid engagement. Start free, and let me connect you with a couple of people."

When you're not sure: Navigator free.

It costs them nothing, it sorts them better than you can in thirty minutes, and it keeps the relationship open.

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Reframes

Pick one per call.

Marketing, redefined

For the founder who says marketing is their weak spot, or that it's never made sense to them.

"You're not bad at marketing. You probably just don't have a definition for it. Here's the one I use: marketing is the actions you take to win your position in the market. That's it. And you're not trying to win the whole market right now, you're trying to win one position. So let's drop the word marketing entirely. What you're actually driving is awareness. How many of the right conversations do you need next week? Five? Name the five people. That's marketing solved for the next seven days."

The two brains

For the solo consultant heading into feast or famine.

"Fulfillment brain and business development brain. They don't play well together. The way out isn't more discipline. It's a package clear enough that other people can sell you while you're busy delivering."

Your one-pager is referral currency

The strongest argument for offer clarity there is. Put the stakes on their network, not their marketing.

"You should be able to hand me one sheet of paper and I should be able to go sell you. I know a lot of people who need what you do. But I can't articulate it fast enough to be useful, so it doesn't happen. That's not a marketing problem. That's twenty people who want to refer you and can't."

You've got it backwards

For the expert leading with credentials.

"You're leading with proof of expertise. They're looking for proof you understand their problem. Same information, opposite order, completely different result."

Contained beats open-ended

For anyone whose offer is "let's talk and scope it."

"Consultants have a reputation for never going away. So an open-ended engagement makes people wait until they know you personally before they'll start. A contained first engagement with a defined end and a clear deliverable removes that. And once you deliver it, the next question is always 'what else can you do for me?'"

What person, what price, what promise

For the founder who can't decide who they're for.

"Three questions. What person will pay what price for what promise. If you can't answer all three in one sentence, the market can't either."

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Objections

"Can't I just use ChatGPT for this?""You can, and you should for plenty of things. But generic AI is an intern who means well and doesn't know your business. It'll write you a confident email about a company it's never met. The Navigator builds twenty-plus artifacts about your offer, your customer, and your voice before it writes the first word. The output isn't generic because the context isn't generic."

"I've been burned before.""Fair, and it's why the free tier exists. Don't take my word for it. Go build your offer statement and your one-pager. If it's useful, keep going. If it isn't, you're out ten minutes."

"I don't have time.""That's the actual problem, not the reason to wait. Every week without the system is another week the business needs you in every room."

"My business is different.""It is. That's the point. This isn't a template. The framework asks about your business and builds on your answers."

"Let me think about it.""Of course. What specifically do you want to think about?" Answer that. If they still want time, route to free and set the follow-up date before you hang up.

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Pricing

Say the number. Don't hedge.

Growth Navigator

• Free: $0. Find out where you really stand.
• Core: $247/mo. Build your offer and go to market.
• Pro: $747/mo. Systems for sustainable growth.
• Team: not public until Q4. Don't quote it. Say "we have a team tier coming, let's start where you are."
• Annual plans are 10x monthly. Two months free.

Growth Sprints

• Ignition: $1,500. Your offer and pitch in three days. Rolls into Launch Pad with a $1,500 credit.
• Launch Pad: $6,500 paid in full, or three monthly payments of $2,500.
• Rocket Fuel: $15,000.
• Mission Control: $7,500/mo. Proposal, not a call close.
• Exit Velocity: custom.

On founding pricing: it's a thank-you to early members, and the rate locks for as long as they stay subscribed. No countdowns, no limited spots, no urgency theater.

Links to use:

• Start free: foundersbestfriend.com/growth-navigator
• Book a strategist: foundersbestfriend.com/sessions/founders-focus

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What Not to Do

• Don't pitch in the first ten minutes.
• Don't present a menu. One recommendation.
• Don't sell the roadmap. If you say "we're still building it" or "let us know if you find bugs," they'll start evaluating software instead of solving their problem. Lead with what it does: progress system, artifact library, assets built on their context.
• Don't name the internal frameworks or the stage names. Say "where you are" and "what's next."
• Don't invent a free trial. If it isn't a defined offer, don't offer it.
• Don't leave without a named next step and a date.

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After the Call

Within 24 hours:

1. Follow-up email. Their goal in their words, the obstacle you named, the one reframe, the recommended next step, one link, one CTA. Short paragraphs.
2. CRM note in GHL. Goal, obstacle, attempts, stage, recommendation, timeline, price quoted, objection raised, next step and date.
3. Task in GHL for the follow-up date. If they said "check back in September," the task exists before you close the tab.
4. Introductions. If you promised two names, send them today. This is the part people remember.
5. Save the takeaway. Their answer to the takeaway question, word for word. That's voice-of-customer gold for copy.

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Call Scorecard

Five yes answers means the call worked.

• Did I diagnose before I prescribed?
• Did I name something they hadn't seen yet?
• Did they say some version of "I hadn't thought about that"?
• Did I make exactly one recommendation with a real number attached?
• Does a specific next step exist, with a date, in writing?

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Launch Pad: Expert to Entrepreneur 1-Pager

Launch Pad: Startup Founder 1-Pager

Rocket Fuel: Founder-Led Sales

Ignition

Revenue Target Booster

Mission Control

Exit Velocity

Goal

Turn borrowed audiences into Launch Pad clients by offering immediate value through a free, high-impact resource (the 7-Day Sustainable Sales Coaching Week) that naturally leads participants into the paid Launch Pad program.

The Partner Brief explaining how the offer works and how they promote it to their audience

Invite Links

• FBF General
• Nick Alter
• Daniel Perumal
• David Daniel
• Theo Perumal
• Alexis Perumal
• Austin Linney

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Beta Test Invite Template (Email)

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Subject (for email): Quick favor. Try our new 7-day coaching program?

Hey [Name],

Hope you’re doing well! [Insert a quick personal connection e.g., “I saw your recent post about [topic]” or “Can’t believe it’s been a few months since [context].”]

I wanted to let you know we're about to launched a new 7-Day Free Coaching Program called Sustainable Sales. It’s built for people who have real skills, expertise, or a great solution, but haven't been able to sell it consistently or explain it clearly.

I’d love for you to be one of the first to try it out and share some feedback. Think of this like the friends-and-family dinner before a restaurant opens, an early chance to experience it and help us make it even better.

Here’s how it works:

• Each day takes about 15 minutes
• You’ll watch a short lesson and post your action step
• You’ll get personalized feedback to help you design an offer that sells consistently

If you’re up for it, you can sign up here:
👉 [Insert signup link]

No pressure, but I think you’ll get a lot out of it, and your feedback would really help us refine it before we open it up to a wider audience.

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Beta Test Invite Template (Text)

Hey [Name]! 👋 Hope you’re doing well.

We're about to launch a free 7-day coaching program called Sustainable Sales. It’s built to help people who have skills, expertise or a cool product but haven't been able to sell consistently yet.

I’d love for you to be one of our early beta testers and share feedback. Think of it like a friends-and-family preview before the official launch.

It takes ~15 mins a day for a week: short video lessons, simple action steps, and personalized feedback to help you design an offer that sells.

If you’re in, you can sign up here: https://offer.foundersbestfriend.com/ss-dd/signup

Would love to hear what you think!

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Partner Email Copy

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Gift Version

Subject Line Options

• “If you’re great at what you do but sales still feel random…”
• “Free 7-Day Coaching Sprint for Entrepreneurs”
• “This will help you sell what you do… sustainably”

If you’ve ever thought, “I know I’m good at what I do... so why is selling it so hard?”
You’re not alone.

My friends at Founder’s Best Friend built something that’s honestly one of the clearest, most practical resources I’ve seen for entrepreneurs and business owners:

It’s called The Sustainable Growth Map, and when you download it, you also get 7 Days of Free Coaching.

It’s a free week of step-by-step guidance that helps you:

• Clarify what you actually sell
• Turn your skills into a simple, powerful offer
• Build a system that sells consistently

Every day is short, actionable, and designed to help you fix the real reason sales feel inconsistent.

If you’ve ever felt like your results don’t match your talent… this will help.

👉 Grab the free Sustainable Growth Map + Coaching here:
[Insert your custom referral link]

If you’re tired of guessing what to fix next, this is where I’d start.

– [Partner Name]
[Partner Business Name or Signature]

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“I wish I had this…” Version

Subject Line Options

• “If you’re great at what you do but sales still feel random…”
• “Free 7-Day Coaching Sprint for Entrepreneurs”
• “This would’ve saved me months when I was getting started”

When I was first starting out, I remember thinking:

“I know I’m good at what I do… so why is selling it so hard?”

If you’ve ever felt that way, like your results don’t match your talent, I’ve got something that would’ve saved me months of trial and error.

My friends at Founder’s Best Friend built something called the Sustainable Sales Coaching Sprint, and it’s one of the clearest, most practical resources I’ve seen for entrepreneurs who want consistent sales.

It’s 7 days of free coaching that helps you:

• Clarify what you actually sell
• Turn your skills into a simple, powerful offer
• Build a system that sells consistently

Every lesson is short, actionable, and builds on the last. By the end, you’ll know exactly what’s been keeping sales stuck AND how to fix it.

If I’d had this when I was getting started, I would’ve saved a lot of late nights second-guessing my offer.

[Grab your free week of coaching here]

If you’re great at what you do but sales still feel unpredictable, this is where I’d start.

– [Partner Name]
[Partner Business Name or Signature]

Launch Pad Foundational Report

Case Studies

Perfect Prospect Program Deck (Agency)

Perfect Prospect Program Deck (Investor)

Market Viability Certification Deck

Content Topics

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Education + Insights

• Quick tips on packaging offers, fixing messaging, and building sales systems.
• Founder mindset shifts (e.g., “Stop trying to sell what you built. Start building what sells.”)
• Case studies and success stories from Launch Pad, Rocket Fuel, etc.

Behind-the-Scenes

• Snapshots of sessions, whiteboards, or team working sessions (with permission).
• Insights into how FBF builds alongside founders.

Calls to Action

• Promote free resources (like the 3-Day “Productize You” Mini-Course).
• Encourage booking a free Founder Focus Session.
• Push to the cohort or Fast Track applications as appropriate.

Founder Wins

• Share client wins and transformations (with their words where possible).

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Example Posts

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