Operator-led advisory, delivered Australia-wide
For founders who are still the bottleneck in their own business
Business coaching and advisory for Australian service businesses at $2m to $20m. One engagement, one operator, one system: annual direction, a weekly scorecard and fortnightly sessions with Byron Van Gisborne.
AUD $2,500 per month. Application only. Weekly scorecard, fortnightly coaching session, quarterly planning.
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Scope
What the engagement covers
One fixed scope rather than a menu. The six pillars of The Bettr Operating System are installed in the order your business needs them.
Annual direction and quarterly priorities
A written plan the leadership team can repeat without the document in front of them, reset every quarter.
A weekly scorecard
The handful of numbers that predict the quarter, reviewed weekly by the team rather than explained monthly by you.
Fortnightly sessions with Byron
Working sessions on the live decisions — pricing, hiring, margin, key-person risk — with decisions and owners logged afterwards.
Role clarity and accountability
An accountability map so every outcome has one owner, and the founder stops being the escalation point for all of them.
Documented systems where it breaks first
Delivery, onboarding and hiring written down so quality survives the next ten people.
The Bettr Operating Room
The private workspace holding your plan, scorecard, commitments and session record between sessions.
Method
The six pillars
Every session, scorecard and quarterly plan traces back to one of these six. Nothing is run on instinct alone.
01
Vision
Clarity before activity.
02
People
The company cannot scale beyond the capability of its leadership.
03
Execution
Strategy is only valuable when it changes execution.
04
Numbers
You cannot manage what you only see in hindsight.
05
Systems
Growth exposes weak systems.
06
Leadership
Better decisions compound.
Fit
Who this is for
The engagement is application only because it does not work for everyone.
A good fit
- Australian founder-led service businesses turning over roughly $2m to $20m.
- A leadership team already exists, or the next two hires will create one.
- The founder is still the bottleneck for pricing, delivery and hiring decisions.
- The model is proven — the constraint is structure, not demand.
Not a fit
- Pre-revenue or early startups still searching for a model.
- Founders who want an accountability buddy rather than a working system.
- Businesses looking for a single motivational workshop.
By industry
Industry-specific pages
Where the operating problems are specific enough to warrant their own scope.
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Questions
Before you apply
What does it cost?
AUD $2,500 per month. There is no lock-in contract and no tiered upsell. Board work, executive alignment and workforce planning are quoted separately.
Is this delivered nationally?
Yes. Sessions run remotely with founders across Australia, and on-site strategy days can be arranged in most capital cities.
How is this different from a business coach?
The work is led by an operator, not a curriculum. Byron founded and scaled Zonda People to number 13 on the AFR Fast 100 and has founded, acquired or sold eleven companies. You get a management system installed, not a weekly pep talk.
How much time does it take?
Weekly scorecard, fortnightly coaching session, quarterly planning. Roughly three to four hours a month from the founder, plus the weekly scorecard review the team already needs.
How do I start?
Run the business diagnostic, then submit an application. Byron reviews every application personally, and you will be told plainly if the fit is not there.
Byron works directly with a limited number of founder-led companies at any one time.
Start with the diagnostic
Twenty questions on where the business actually leaks time, money and decisions. You get the result immediately, and it forms the basis of your application.