Founder-Led
Revenue Leader

90 days to install the sales system behind repeatable revenue.

Closing OS Install helps founder-led teams and revenue leaders close the gap between target, forecast and actuals. We fix or build the system underneath how the team sells: stages, qualification, playbooks, CRM workflow, deal inspection, coaching and the weekly rhythm. Then we run it with the team until the new way shows up in live deals, forecast calls and the CRM.

Not more advice. A working system the team can run.

Not a fractional CRO retainer. Not another training programme.

Closing OS Install is how we build and run the sales system with your team until the new operating rhythm sticks.The work sits inside live pipeline, active deals, CRM workflow, manager coaching and forecast discipline.
What’s happening now
  • Forecast calls rely too much on judgement and too little on buyer evidence.

  • CRM stages do not match what is really happening in deals.

  • Playbooks exist, but sellers fall back on old habits when the quarter gets tight.

  • Managers coach in different ways, and deal reviews become updates rather than inspection.

What changes when Closing OS is installed
  • Stage exits are tied to evidence, not hope.

  • Deal reviews, forecast calls and coaching run from one operating rhythm.

  • Playbooks and prompts sit inside the workflow, not in a folder.

  • Risks surface earlier, so managers can act before the quarter slips.

How the work runs

Closing OS: Design → Enable → Run
Design
Work out what needs to change first.

IWe inspect the system underneath the number: ICP, value story, qualification, sales stages, buyer evidence, CRM truth and the weekly management rhythm.

The output is a clear blueprint and 90-day plan.

Enable
Build the change into how the team sells.

We turn the blueprint into stage standards, qualification model, deal scorecards, playbooks, CRM workflow and manager coaching tools.

The work is built into the team’s day-to-day selling, not left in a document.

Run
Run the week until the new way sticks.

We work with the team through pipeline reviews, deal inspection, live coaching and forecast discipline.

The aim is simple: the change shows up in live deals, the CRM and the forecast call.

The 90 day install

Closing OS Install runs across Design → Enable → Run.
Design (Weeks 1–2)
  • Find root causes with diagnosis of product, people, process + repeatability

  • 10‑slide blueprint + 90‑day prioritised plan (owners + dates).

  • Clear constraints + the specific fixes required.

  • GTM Blueprint

Enable (Weeks 3–6)
  • Stage-gated process + exit criteria (MEDDPICC/SPICED aligned)

  • Deal scorecard + inspection rubric

  • Playbook v1 shipped (talk tracks, templates, prompts)

  • CRM scorecards + dashboards live (HubSpot/Salesforce)

  • Focused training + manager coaching plays

Run (Weeks 7–12)
  • Weekly commit + pipeline + forecast calls (buyer-evidence anchored)

  • Deal clinics on priority opportunities

  • Monthly KPI review + course-correction loop

  • Board pack reporting rhythm (exportable scorecards)

You keep: blueprint, stage-gated playbook, scorecards, dashboards, coaching tools and the weekly cadence.

Who it helps
  • Founder-led teams moving from founder heroics to a team sales motion.

  • Revenue leaders with pipeline, but weak conversion, forecast confidence or deal control.

  • Teams where sales stages, qualification and next steps mean different things to different people.

  • Leaders who need the CRM, forecast and weekly rhythm to match what is really happening in deals.

Who delivers
  • One accountable lead operator owns the work.

  • Specialists join only where they change the answer.

  • We join the live rhythm: pipeline reviews, deal clinics, forecast calls and QBRs where needed.

  • The system is built to hand over cleanly to your CRO, VP Sales, Head of Sales or internal owner.

Engagement shape

Most teams start with a 90 day Closing OS Install.
The level of embed depends on team size, deal complexity, sales motion and how much live run support the team needs.

Standard install

90 days to design, enable and run the core system with the team.

Deeper embed

Used where manager coaching, live deal support, CRM workflow or adoption needs more hands-on support.

Run extension

Optional 3–6 month extension for teams going through hiring, leadership transition, territory changes, enterprise motion build or deeper adoption.

Operators who have carried the number

Maria Scheifler
US Operating Partner
  • $500K+ ARR pipeline in 60 days

  • 12× deal size; 70% pipeline via partners

Russell Palmer
Operating Partner
  • Scaled Pega ARR $9m → $54m (6× growth)

  • Doubled Virtalis ARR £4m → £8m in 2yrs

‍Laurie Mascott
Operating Partner
  • Grew Concentra £0 → £19m ARR in 4yrs

  • Drove ChatLingual to 50% of global revenue in 18 mos

Douglas Mancini
Operating Partner
  • 70% Growth in Okta large Enterprise year on year

  • Doubled Critizr MRR, open new markets - UKI, DACH

Erlend Asker
Operating Partner
  • 7 % utilisation uplift unlocked €10 m+ margin at IFS

  • Grew €34 m services unit 4 out of 5 yrs; twice “global best of class"

Marc Sabatini
US Operating Partner
  • Co-founded and grew Aqfer; built repeatable GTM motions.

  • US CRO; designs and runs full-funnel GTM for scale.

Joao Pedro Moniz Barreto
Operating Partner
  • CrossVista: €400K → €1.9M (5×); 17 enterprise wins (68% win rate)

  • SI + retention: 30%+ pipeline via Accenture/Cognizant/Capgemini; 90% GRR (25 accounts)

Andy Reid
Operating Partner
  • Led €200m EMEA P&L at Deutsche Bank (17 markets)

  • Returned Tungsten sales to +18% YoY; scaled Bleckwen pipeline €7m→€35m.

Operator note

Deal scoring against buyer exit criteria shows risk weeks before the end-of-quarter panic.

Laurie Mascott
Operating Partner & CRO

A weekly commit call plus stage exit gates can drive forecast error into single digit

Russell Palmer
Operating Partner & CRO

Questions

What do we keep when you finish?

You keep the blueprint, stage-gated playbook, scorecards/dashboards, and the operating rhythm pack (agendas, templates, inspection checklists) so your team can run it without us.

What will we see in the first 90 days?

Week 1–2 we Design: audit funnel/ICP/KPIs + inspect live deals, then ship a 10-slide GTM blueprint and 90-day plan. Weeks 3–6 we Enable: stage gates + exit criteria, playbook v1, CRM scorecards/dashboards, focused training. Weeks 7–12 we Run: weekly commit/forecast calls, deal clinics, monthly KPI review and course correction so the rhythm sticks

Is this a fractional CRO engagement or a system install?

It’s a system install. We use operator-led leadership during the Run stage to make sure the system is actually adopted, then hand over cleanly.

Related resources
8‑min audit

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Design sprint

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Free working session

GTM Drop‑In

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Replay library

Insights / videos

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Enable modules

Playbooks

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Ready to install the sales system?

f the current way of selling is not carrying enough of the work, we can help you work out whether Closing OS Install is the right next step.

Closing Foundry helped us turn our enterprise sales approach into a clearer, more repeatable system. They brought structure to how we qualify opportunities, manage buyer commitment and progress complex deals, so the team had a practical way to inspect and move deals forward instead of relying on judgement alone.

David Boon
Founder & CEO, Dijuno