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Make more revenue.
Growth strategy, positioning, content, email, LinkedIn, partnerships. The mechanics that bring in more of the right customers, repeatedly. Not bigger budgets. Better systems.
We help founders run businesses worth owning.
Two operators embedded inside founder-led businesses. Strategy, operations, AI, content, software. We do the work, so the business runs better with less depending on any one person.
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Every founder who’s done a Discovery Month with us has continued into a 3-month embedded partnership.
The work earns the next conversation.
Founders we’ve worked alongside.
Jack Carty
Founder, Cognitive Blends · Connacht and former Ireland Rugby International
Marketing, financials, and strategy. Bottom line roughly doubled, Q3 to Q4.
Andrew Conway
Founder, 5X Flow · Former Ireland Rugby International
Offer refined. Custom client portal built. Growth and longer-term strategy in motion.
David Butler
Founder, Spot Recruitment · Dublin
2026 strategy and performance dashboards. AI sourcing MVP. LinkedIn and newsletter live.
Rebecca Holland
Founder, Health with Holland · 1.3M Instagram followers
Strategy, project management, analytics, and funnels for a creator-led health business at scale.
Dr. David McHugh
Founder, MPCI · Director of Performance, Washington Spirit
Strategy, funnels, content, and analytics. Fourfold growth in audience.
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Long-form case studies, founder testimonials, outcomes.
Notes from inside the work.
Three things we help founders do.
Everything we take on ties back to one of these. If a piece of work doesn’t move one of the three, we don’t do it.
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Win back time.
Operations, automations, AI agents, internal tools, the right hands at the right moments. The work that gives the founder time back for what only they can do.
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See the business clearly.
Analytics, dashboards, financial planning, forecasting. The view that turns gut calls into informed ones. Often where cost savings show up: once you can see where the money is actually going, the decisions become obvious.
We’re in it with you.
Most founders we work with aren’t short of ideas. They’re short of time, clarity, and someone willing to get into the detail and stay there. We don’t hand over a plan and disappear. We stay in the work, building, testing, fixing, long enough for it to actually matter.
Three ways to work with us.
Discovery Month
One month · entry tierA focused four weeks getting inside your business. We meet weekly, document what we find, and bring back a plan for the next 90 days. At the end of the month, you decide whether the partnership continues. Every founder so far has.
From
€1,500
Embedded partnership
Three months minimumA weekly thinking partner with the hands to build it. Strategy, operations, content, AI, accountability. We get inside the business and stay there long enough for the work to compound. Weekly calls. Async support. The work, done.
From
€2,500 / mo
Build projects
Scoped engagementsA single problem, scoped tightly, shipped properly. Custom client portals, AI agents, automation pipelines, internal dashboards, websites, AI implementation for established brands. Typical engagement: one to four weeks. Larger builds scoped case-by-case.
From
€4,000
What’s changed for the founders we work with.
Founder-led recruitment firm.
Embedded as growth and ops partner. Long-term strategy with clear revenue planning. BD process and performance dashboards. AI sourcing MVP.
DTC supplements brand.
Marketing pushed forward each week. Financial analysis and dashboarding across margins, costs, and ad spend. Strategy and the bigger calls alongside Jack.
Performance coaching for elite athletes and executives.
Offer refined, custom client portal built, growth and longer-term strategy in motion.
In their words.
“Gain Partners has had a profound effect on the shape of me as a founder. Having someone in the business day-to-day that helps me with my blind spots has been the biggest strength we’ve had since they came in.”
“After speaking with more than ten candidates, Marcus stood out immediately. He understood what I was trying to build, asked the right questions, and brought a skill set that filled a genuine gap in my business.”
A small studio, intentionally.
Marcus Kelly · Strategy & Growth
Ten years in product and growth at King, Activision Blizzard, Oracle NetSuite, and Scopely. Now builds the systems and rhythms that let founders step back from the day-to-day.
Hugh Murphy · AI & Technical Delivery
Automation, AI agents, custom software, build delivery. Builds the things that other people draw on whiteboards.
Common questions.
Is this just an AI consultancy?
No. AI is useful for specific problems and we build with it regularly, but most of what we do is growth strategy, operations, and commercial work. We use whatever actually solves the problem.
What kind of businesses do you work with?
Founder-led businesses ready to grow properly or take the next step. We work across online service businesses, e-commerce and DTC brands, and creator-led businesses. Recent sectors include recruitment, supplements, performance coaching, and creator health. We keep the client list small on purpose.
Do you offer ongoing support?
Yes. Most clients start with a specific project or 90-day engagement and stay on retainer. The longer we’re involved, the more useful we get.
How much does it cost?
Embedded partnership starts at €2,500/month. Project work starts at €4,000. After a discovery call we send a clear proposal with transparent pricing. No surprises.
We work with a small number of businesses at a time.
If you’re a founder thinking about growth, operations, or a build project, we’d like to hear about it.
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