Half-Day In-Person Workshop for Founder CEOs | Feb 25th | Investment: £495
Get a day back a week within your first 90 days
Join 16 scale-up Founder-CEOs: February 25th to install the decision frameworks that run your business without you.
Join 16 scale-up Founder-CEOs on February 25th to install the decision frameworks that run your business without you.
What you'll walk away with
The Guarantee
✅ A completed 90-day implementation plan with your biggest constraint identified
✅The decision ownership framework (digital + physical workbook)
✅The A-player hiring system with scorecards and interview templates
✅Access to our custom hiring GPTs
✅A peer group of 15 other founder CEOs facing the same challenges
✅Everything you need to start winning back time the day after the workshop.
What you'll walk out with
The Guarantee
✅ A completed 90-day implementation plan with your biggest constraint identified
✅The decision ownership framework (digital + physical workbook)
✅The A-player hiring system with scorecards and interview templates
✅Access to our custom hiring GPTs
✅Everything you need to start winning back time the day after the workshop.
You've built a business that can't run without you
Every hire needs your sign-off. Every decision lands on your desk.
Every "quick question" derails your day. You've got managers but not enough ownership, so outcomes still land on your desk.
You’re busy all day on £20 tasks, while the work that ONLY you can do keeps getting pushed back to ‘later.’
The tactics that got you to £3 million will not get you to £10 million. Hustle doesn't scale. Heroism doesn't scale. If you’re making every decision, you’re the handbrake on growth.
You’ve become a serious business risk.
You started this business for freedom. But right now? It’s all on you - customer issues, fundraising, senior hires, new clients.
You can’t even take a holiday, can you? Because if you’re not there, the business grinds to a halt. The fact is you don’t really own a business. You just have a stressful job that’s going to burn you out.
Let’s change that.
I know how to fix this. Because I've been you.
I'm Dominic Monkhouse. I've scaled twice from zero to 100+ people and £30m ARR in five years - first at Rackspace, then at Peer 1. I learned the hard way: what gets you to 50 breaks on the way to 100.
I've been the bottleneck. I've felt the crushing weight of every decision running through me. And I've figured out how to fix it.
Since then, I've coached 100+ UK founders through this exact mess. My job is simple (but not easy): replace founder dependency with systems that scale.
Scale a business that runs without you
Become a 2-day-a-week-CEO
Be honest: you’re still running the show. Every tricky decision, every hire, every client twitch—back to you. That’s not a business; that’s a very expensive job with no annual leave. We install the systems—Hiring Clinic, Cash Flow Story, and Target Operating Model—that free your time, lift your margin, and make your leadership team the machine that drives the business.
Scale a business that runs without you
Become a 2-day-a-week-CEO
Be honest: you’re still running the show. Every tricky decision, every hire, every client twitch—back to you. That’s not a business; that’s a very expensive job with no annual leave. CEO2™ frees your time, lifts your margin, and makes your leadership team the machine that drives the thing.
Real founders with real results
Oliver Tromp, Actionstep
“I doubt we’d have moved this fast without Dom. There’s no way we’d have hit 41X if he hadn’t freed me up to actually focus on the business.”
Neil Marley, Neologik
“I have worked with Dom for many years: every trip to the farm increases, clarity and motivation.”
Pedro Arteaga, PEGO
“We’ve now got real product-market fit, and we’re growing at a pace we wouldn’t have believed a year ago.”
John Readman, ASKBOSCO®
“You want a repeatable process, the stuff that becomes the rhythm of how you run the business.”
Workshop details
Workshop details
What: Half-day founder CEO workshop
When: February 25th, 1pm - 5pm
Where: Foundry Farm (in-person)
Who: Founder CEOs (£3m-£10m turnover)
Investment: £495
An intensive half-day.
A permanent fix.
Workshop date: 25th February
This isn't classroom theory or a webinar you'll forget by Tuesday. It's a roll-up-your-sleeves, get-shit-done workshop for 16 founder CEOs at Foundry Farm.
In just one afternoon, we’ll put the two core systems in place that remove you as the default escalation point. You'll leave with a finished 90-day plan, the tools to execute it, and a clear path to winning back a full day every week.
No fluff. No lectures. Just systems that work.
Real founders with real results
Oliver Tromp, Actionstep
“I doubt we’d have moved this fast without Dom. There’s no way we’d have hit 41X if he hadn’t freed me up to actually focus on the business.”
Neil Marley, Neologik
“I have worked with Dom for many years: every trip to the farm increases, clarity and motivation.”
Pedro Arteaga, PEGO
“We’ve now got real product-market fit, and we’re growing at a pace we wouldn’t have believed a year ago.”
John Readman, ASKBOSCO®
“You want a repeatable process, the stuff that becomes the rhythm of how you run the business.”
The two systems we will install in an afternoon
System 1
Target Operating Model
We're going to build your Target Operating Model (TOM) -
your business on one page.
We'll map how value flows from lead to cash,
Put one clear owner in each box (no committees),
RAG it together (red/amber/green) so it's obvious what's working and where the constraints are.
Because it shows the flow, it also reveals upstream causes,
so you fix the source, not the symtom
System 2
The A-player hiring system
Bad hires cost you at least £50k each.
Worse, they drain your time, kill momentum, and
force you back into the weeds.
You're hiring on gut feel, hoping it works out.
This system replaces guesswork with process.
It makes 85% of your hires the right fit, first time.
We'll build a proper scorecard, turn it into a job ad, and create screening questions that filter out the wrong people before they even hit ‘apply’. It adds capacity, not chaos
The two systems we'll install in an afternoon
System 1
The decision ownership framework
We're going to build your Target Operating Model (TOM) -
your business on one page.
We'll map how value flows from lead to cash,
Put one clear owner in each box (no committees),
RAG it together (red/amber/green) so it's obvious what's working and where the constraints are.
Because it shows the flow, it also reveals upstream causes,
so you fix the source, not the symtom
System 2
The A-player hiring system
Bad hires cost you at least £50k each.
Worse, they drain your time, kill momentum, and
force you back into the weeds.
You're hiring on gut feel, hoping it works out.
This system replaces guesswork with process.
It makes 85% of your hires the right fit, first time.
We'll build a proper scorecard, turn it into a job ad, and create screening questions that filter out the wrong people before they even hit ‘apply’. It adds capacity, not chaos
Who this is for
(and who it isn't)
This is for you if you are:
a founder CEO doing £3m–£10m
running a team that should be able to make decisions without you… but doesn’t.
spending too much time approving, unblocking, firefighting and sanity-checking
watching “managers” manage upwards instead of owning outcomes
ready to install two simple operating systems and actually use them (not admire them)
This is NOT for you if you are:
still chasing product-market fit
looking for a course, not transformation
happy being the hero who fixes everything
not ready to hold your team (and yourself) to a higher standard
This is for CEOs who are done being martyrs.
If you're still addicted to being the hero, save your £495
Who this is for
(and who it isn't)
This is for you if you are:
A founder-CEO turning over £2–10 million or post-Series A.
Working too many hours but ready to change.
Serious about building systems and leaders that scale.
Hungry to make the business great and a great place to work.
Not for you if you are
Still chasing product-market fit.
Looking for a course rather than transformation.
Happy being the hero who fixes everything.
Unwilling to be challenged.
This is for CEOs who are done being martyrs.
If you're still addicted to being the hero, save your £495
The most valuable afternoon guarantee
The investment is £495.
Put it into context. If you pay yourself £150,000 a year, your time is worth at least £72 an hour. This half-day workshop costs less than a single day of your time.
Compare that to the cost of a single bad hire (£50k) or the cost of staying stuck as the bottleneck (20+ hours a week, every week). This is a very small investment for a very large return.
Guaranteed satisfaction: If by the end of the session you don't believe this was the most valuable afternoon you've spent on your business this year, I'll refund you on the spot. No questions asked.
Welcome to Foundry Farm
The workshop is at Foundry Farm, a dedicated space for founders to do deep work, away from the noise of the city. It's a direct train from Waterloo to Southampton Airport Parkway (just over an hour), and then a 25-minute taxi. We will provide detailed travel guidance, including taxi company recommendations, upon booking.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: How big is the group?
Strictly limited to 16 founder CEOs to ensure a high-quality, interactive session where everyone gets direct feedback.
Q: What do I leave with?
You'll leave with a physical workbook, digital versions of all the tools, and access to the custom GPTs we use for hiring. Most importantly, you'll leave with a finished 90-day plan focused on your biggest constraint.
Q: Is there any follow-up support?
The workshop is designed to give you everything you need to implement the systems yourself. There is no formal follow-up, but attendees who are a good fit may be invited to explore our CEO2 cohort or CEO+ leadership team coaching.
Q: Why is it in-person?
Because real change doesn't happen on Zoom. Getting out of your business for an afternoon allows you to see it clearly and do the work without distraction. The peer group in the room is half the value
Q: What if I can't make February 25th?
There isn’t another workshop in the calendar. This is the only workshop we’re running for the foreseeable - so if you want this sorted, make 25 February work. And yes, your team will cope for four hours. If they can’t… that’s exactly why you need to be in the room.
Ready to stop being the bottleneck?
If you want a business that runs for five days while you lead for two - and you're willing to do the work - book your seat now.
Get the systems in place in Q1, and you’ll feel the difference in Q2. Leave it, and you'll spend another quarter bogged down with work your team should own.
There are only 16 spots.
February 25th, 1pm-5pm at Foundry Farm.
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