You don't need a fractional COO running your operation. You need a high-leverage advisor who knows your business, returns voice memos, and pushes back when you're about to make a mistake.
Two recorded 60-minute calls per month. Unlimited async voice memo support inside business hours. A written briefing every other week so we don't lose the thread.
Secure Stripe checkout. Texas-law engagement letter + mutual NDA. No specific-outcome guarantees.
2 calls/month + async advice reserves 4h of Ryan-led strategy, review, and delivery capacity. Planning estimate: 4h.
Ongoing monthly support. Async response target: 1 business day.
The light retainer keeps Ryan close enough to review decisions, unclog bottlenecks, and keep the owner from drifting back into scattered execution.
Scheduled rhythm, not random emergency guessing.
Decisions, offers, content, systems, and lead flow get reviewed.
Ryan advises and shapes; your business keeps the system.
Click the lines that are true. The page will tell you whether to buy this, step down, or talk first.
If most of those lines are not true yet, do not overbuy. Step down, talk first, or use the Quick-Look to get pointed in the right direction.
The visible offer is only part of the work. This is the hidden capacity Ryan has to reserve.
Call time, context loading, async voice/text review, briefings, and follow-up.
Total visible breakdown: 4.3 hours. Public capacity uses the reserved block because follow-up, QA, and admin time are real work.
This is the direct path. $1,997 /month · month-to-month. The point is to stop thinking and put the work into motion.
Last month's retainer credits toward Month 1 of Monthly Operator if you upgrade.
You haven't made any money yet - start with the $497 Audit
This is where the offer stops being a price card. You are paying for Ryan to narrow the problem, remove the fog, create the deliverable, and hand you a next move you can actually use.
Month 1, I learn your business. Month 6, I know it better than your accountant. Decisions get faster and sharper because I'm not re-loading context every call.
The good decisions aren't on the calendar - they're at 8:42 a.m. when you spot something weird in the data. Voice memo me. I respond.
Mutual Texas-law NDA. No equity stake (you keep all upside). No commission (no incentive to push you toward bad ideas). Cash retainer only.
The buyer should never wonder what happens after payment. This is the visible path from checkout to delivery, with the real workload accounted for in Ryan's capacity.
60-min kickoff. Same intake as the $497 audit. We compress 'who you are, what you sell, where it bleeds' into the first call.
Written summary of what I see, what I'd test first, what I'd cut. Sets the agenda for month one.
Two 60-min strategy calls. Voice memos in between. Recordings + transcripts archived.
Every other Friday: 1-page memo. What changed. What to push on. What to cut. Yours forever.
The page should tell people what to do. If it fits, reserve the work. If it does not, step down, book the call, or leave the spot open for someone ready.
Spending money on me is spending money on you - because I turn around and put it back into your business as a real result. Here's the math both ways.
Median annual cost of going alone on the wrong direction for 6 months. One avoided wrong-hire pays for the retainer for a year.
Two recorded calls + async + written briefings. Cancels with 30-day notice. No equity, no commission, no surprises.
Within one business day Mon–Fri. I don't promise nights or weekends - that's a boundary that keeps the work sharp.
One call rolls forward one month if not used. After that, it expires. The point is the rhythm - async fills the gaps.
Yes - up to 2 people on the call. More than that is a different kind of engagement.
Pro-rated. Last month's retainer applies as credit toward the first month of Monthly Operator.
I won't take on a direct competitor in your specific niche while we're working together. Mutual.
Yes. Mutual. Sample available before payment if you ask. Every paid engagement runs under a Texas-law engagement letter.
Last month's retainer credits toward Month 1 of Monthly Operator if you upgrade.
Real Ryan Nichols LLC · Texas-governed under mutual NDA. We do not promise specific outcomes - we deliver the work and the deliverables described above.