Growth Starter · For operators under $500K ARR
Priority Lever, picked weekly.
$600/mo + 7% of cash collected above baseline.
$500 one-time setup. First 10 operators only. The 7% is calculated on gross cash collected (Stripe, GHL, or wherever the money lands) above your trailing-30-day baseline, locked on Day 7 of your data pipeline going live. Never negative. You always keep 93 cents on every new dollar. Math you can run yourself further down the page.
A growth-infrastructure subscription for operators who already have traction but don't have an operator's clarity. We diagnose the lever. You pull it. The math compounds.
Watch before you buy · 5 min 45 sec
Growth Starter. The brief.
Why growth got harder. Your real options. The four pillars. The principle. Who shouldn't buy.
Founder Cohort · live count
synced live0/10
First 10 operators. Locked at $600/mo forever. Founder benefits stack.
0/15
Opens once the Founder Cohort fills. Hard cap at 25 active operators total.
Cards on the table
Before you read any further.
This page is yours. It works whether you join or not. The frameworks we describe, the diagnostic we run, the Priority Lever methodology. We'll explain it in plain language so you can take the whole approach and execute it solo. Some people do. That's a legitimate path and we respect it.
Pricing is right here, no hidden tier:
- $500 setup + $600/mo + 7%. Founder Rate, first 10 operators, locked forever.
- $500 setup + $1,000/mo + 7%. Standard Rate after the cohort fills.
- Setup covers ad-account wiring, GHL sub-account provisioning, baseline docs, and the recorded onboarding call. Likely rises to $1,000 once the engine's further proven.
We're also going to show you the other options: DIY, hiring a VA, going to an agency. Real alternatives. Not strawmen. If one of those fits your situation better, we'll tell you. We've referred operators to other paths before. We'll do it again.
One more thing before we start. We don't promise outcomes, ROAS, revenue, or specific numbers. We promise diagnostic, methodology, and the Priority Lever. The math compounds when you do the work. If you want guarantees in writing, we're the wrong shop. Stay for 15 minutes anyway, see if the model fits.
All we ask: 15 honest minutes of attention. Then make the call that's right for you.
The diagnosis
Why growth has been harder than it should be.
Why this has gotten harder
You might be noticing that the same strategies that worked in 2021 now produce half the results at double the effort. You might be watching CPLs creep up while close rates creep down. You might be paying $5–15K/mo to an agency that talks confidently but never names the one thing that's actually moving the needle. Or burning your weekends trying to figure it out alone.
If any of that lands, you're not imagining it. And you're not doing anything wrong. The pressure's been building for a while.
What changed in the market
Customer acquisition costs are up 2–4× in 36 months. Attribution is broken across every major platform. AI flooded the content layer with noise that costs nothing to produce and isn't worth reading. Every “expert” contradicts the last one.
And the agency model (high retainer, low accountability) stopped working economically for businesses under $1M ARR. A gap opened between DIY (no path to scale) and full-service ($10K+/mo, often disappointing).
What's actually missing
The problem isn't more tactics. It's that operators don't have a system for picking what to focus on.
Without a clear lever, every week becomes a different scattered effort. Most agencies amplify this. They “do everything” but never name the thing. The blind spot isn't tactical execution. It's operator clarity.
“Priorities” doesn't exist as a word. Priority. Singular. It means what comes prior to everything else. Your Priority Lever is the single move that, pulled hard this month, makes everything else easier or unnecessary.
The four wrong moves operators make
- ×Hire a $5–15K/mo agency. Expensive. Low accountability. They do everything, name nothing.
- ×DIY with courses + YouTube.Too much noise. No diagnostic. You don't know what to ignore.
- ×Hire a freelancer. Band-aid on a systemic problem. Adds capacity, not clarity.
- ×Switch platforms / tools. Cosmetic change. Same underlying problem.
What 12 more months of this costs you
12 more months of scattered effort buys you one of three outcomes: burnout, churn, or a pivot that destroys momentum.
Or you flip the other direction and pay $5–15K/mo to an agency staffed mostly by people who've never actually scaled a business of their own. You watch the same scattered effort wrapped in better slide decks. Either way, the cost compounds.
Without operator clarity, scaling amplifiesthe problem instead of solving it. The competitors with cleaner systems and named levers compound past you while you're still running the post-mortem on last quarter.
What we built instead
Growth Starter is the diagnostic-first subscription for operators who refuse to externalize ownership.
$600/mo + 7% of cash collected above your baseline. We pick the Priority Lever every week. You pull it. We sharpen what you do. We don't do it for you. The math compounds because the lever is correctly chosen, not because we threw 30 tactics at the wall.
World-class methodology without the $10K/mo agency overhead.
What's included
Everything compounds toward the lever.
Priority Lever Diagnostic
Every week, we look at your data and name the single lever. Not five priorities. One. Pinned to your dashboard. Reframed if conditions change.
Cross-portfolio Insights Digest
Monday morning, anonymized benchmarks from operators in your spend tier. What’s working in your vertical this week. Patterns we’re seeing across the portfolio.
Bi-weekly Group CMO Call
60 min hot-seat. Bring your numbers + the Priority Lever, get reviewed live. Recordings posted to your portal within 2 hours.
Monthly Lane Credit
One execution lane per month: Email, Ad Creative, Funnel Tune-up, or Data Pipeline. Autopilot or you pick. We do the work, you sign off.
Async Loom Hot Seat
One Loom review per month. Submit a sharply-defined problem, get a 5–10 min walk-through within 72 hours. Stored in your action ledger.
Read-only Data Pipeline
FB Ads + GHL + Stripe connected to your portal. Baseline locked at Day 7. Daily refresh. CMO Compass embedded.
Socratic AI Coach in Portal
Always-on Gemini agent trained on the frameworks. Never prescribes. Always reflects. Helps you sharpen problem definition before you ever submit a Loom.
Progressive Unlocks (Months 2–12)
Hero Doc, Market Primer, Avatar Briefing, Offer One-Pager, Pitch Lines, Decision Library, Mindset Lab. Earned by staying.
How Growth Starter actually works
Four pillars. One compounding system.
Every Joburn Starter engagement runs on the same four pillars. Each one is a separate piece. Each one feeds the others. Together they replace the cost and chaos of a $5–15K/mo agency.
Data Diagnostics
See your numbers, not your assumptions.
We replace guesswork with read-only access to the systems that already track your truth. Then we surface what's actually moving and what's noise.
- ✓Diagnostic intake form (your hypothesis + context)
- ✓30-min recorded onboarding call with John
- ✓Facebook Ads data pipeline (wired regardless of CRM)
- ✓Read-only payment processor (Stripe or equivalent)
- ✓GHL CRM data, only if you're in our sub-account
- ✓Weekly diagnostic report from real numbers
Foundations Light + Portal Ramp
Five-section strategic spine. Locked end of month 1.
One consolidated document covering Market, Avatar, Offer (optimization + economics), Messaging + Pitch Matrix, and Content Archetype. Drafted Day 7 from your TypeForm + onboarding call. Refined collaboratively over month 1. Locked. Plus a 26-lesson portal ramp covering everything you need to operate.
- ✓Foundations Light doc (5 sections, locked end of month 1)
- ✓Section 5 includes 3 matched creator profiles to study + your content rhythm
- ✓Portal ramp: 10-lesson 'Start Here' + 7-lesson 'Foundations' walkthrough
- ✓80/20 Email Operator Training (Module 3, ~15 min)
- ✓Operating Cadence module: how lane credits + Loom + CMO calls work
- ✓Foundational VSL script unlocks after Foundations Light locks
Ongoing Service
Priority Lever weekly. Weekly deliverables on top.
The recurring engine. We name your Priority Lever weekly, then ship the creative + research that supports it. You execute. We sharpen. The math compounds.
- ✓3 email copy drops per week, send-ready, GHL-paste-ready
- ✓5 organic reel scripts per week, you record + edit
- ✓Ad creative support: angles + scripts + light static assets, as needed
- ✓Weekly competitor outlier-video swipe pack (the research underneath the scripts)
- ✓Monday Insights Digest with portfolio benchmarks
- ✓Monthly funnel tune-up or data pipeline session, rotational
- ✓Monthly Async Loom Hot Seat (5 to 10 min)
- ✓Socratic AI Coach, unlimited and always-on, in portal
Support Calls
Hot seat where the math gets sharpened.
Async only goes so far. Once every two weeks you get an hour with John and the rest of the cohort. Bring your numbers and your Lever, get reviewed live.
- ✓Bi-weekly Group CMO Call (60 min, Thursdays 6 PM ET)
- ✓Recording in your portal within 2 hours
- ✓Hot seat rotation, every operator gets reviewed
- ✓Cross-portfolio pattern reads from John
- ✓Quarterly direct 1:1 with John (Founder Cohort only)
Each pillar runs on its own cadence. Diagnostics is set-and-forget after Day 7. Documentation unlocks progressively over months 2–12. Service is weekly and monthly. Calls are bi-weekly. Compounds quietly while you execute.
Scope · no surprises
What's in. What's out. Right here.
Most agency scope creep happens because nothing was named upfront. Here's ours, named.
✓ Weekly deliverables
Specific volume. Send-ready. You execute.
- ✓3 email copy drops per week. Subject, body, CTA, send-ready. You hit publish.
- ✓5 organic reel scripts per week. Hook + body + CTA. You record + edit.
- ✓Ad creative support. Angles + scripts + light static assets, as needed.
- ✓Weekly competitor outlier-video swipe pack. The research underneath the scripts.
- ✓Monday Insights Digest. Portfolio benchmarks + your numbers + the Priority Lever for the week.
- ✓80/20 Email Operator Training. Delivered Day 7, so you run email send ops without us in the loop.
- ✓Monthly funnel tune-up or data pipeline session. Rotational. Audit memos + CRO sweeps when it's the lever.
- ✓Async Loom hot seat + bi-weekly group CMO call + Socratic coach in portal. The thinking-partner layer.
✕ Not in this tier
We tell you upfront so you can route correctly.
- ✕Media buying. You place the spend. We don't log in to your ad account and push budget around.
- ✕Recording + editing your reels. You record. You edit. We give you the script and the swipe pack. Later, if you want help, we can place an editor from your team via VA placement.
- ✕Full video edits for ads. Light tweaks here and there, not full production. You record or source the raw footage.
- ✕Done-for-you operations. Daily execution stays yours. We sharpen the lever; you swing.
- ✕Direct outreach or sales calling for you. Not part of Starter. Available separately if it ever fits.
- ✕VA placement / sourcing. Separate Joburn service. Founder Cohort gets it discounted in exchange for testimonials.
- ✕Full F6 bespoke build. Growth Light territory. Starter gets the executive-summary version, unlocked over months 2 to 9.
Want something on the right column? Ask on your Day 7 call. We'll either route you to a sister Joburn service or scope it as a separate Service Order. Nothing absorbs silently.
The math we're not hiding
Why $600/mo for a stack that's worth $5K easily.
The right insights at the right time, weekly, against a benchmarked portfolio, with a Priority Lever named and a human-led hot seat to sharpen it. That alone runs $5,000 a month at any fractional-CMO shop worth talking to. We're not exaggerating. Go price it.
Stack on top of that: the read-only data pipeline, the monthly lane execution, the always-on Socratic coach in your portal. Each piece is its own line item at any other agency. Together, the equivalent value sits around five to thirteen grand a month.
Growth Starter Founder Rate is $600 a month plus 7% of cash collected above your baseline. Why are we doing it like this? Two reasons. We'd rather have ten operators we can actually compound with than fifty we manage at distance. And we are obsessed with performance. Not slide-deck performance. Cash-collected, sits-on-your-balance-sheet performance. The kind that pays for itself ten times over while the rest of the market is still writing strategy memos.
We are not here to win the agency-of-the-year award. We are here to be the most operator-obsessed shop on the internet. Performance tells the rest.
The actual journey
What happens after you pay.
- Day 0
You pay through Stripe
$500 setup + $600 first month charged on the same checkout. You land on a welcome page with the diagnostic intake form.
- Day 0 to 2
TypeForm diagnostic intake (about 12 minutes)
Identity, the numbers (revenue, ad spend, CPL, sales rates, payment processor), Phoenix 8 buckets, your Priority Lever guess, and Operator-Owner Principle acknowledgment. Inline Leadsie grant gives us read-only on Facebook Ads as you go. The cleaner the form, the sharper the Day 7 call.
- Days 1 to 3
Sub-account + data connections
We provision a dedicated GoHighLevel sub-account in your name. You add your own card to LeadConnector for LC Email + SMS + AI usage. Direct billing, no agency markup, no rebilling. Read-only Stripe restricted key takes 2 minutes. Optional GHL CRM access if you want CRM data in the diagnostic. The data pipeline pulls your trailing 30 days. Baseline locks on Day 7.
- Day 7
Recorded onboarding call with John (~30 min)
We confirm your baseline. Lock your Priority Lever for month 1. Walk through the portal. The 80/20 Email Operator Training drops to your portal so you can run send ops yourself. Recorded in Fireflies, posted to your portal action ledger. The onboarding call IS the call. No sales call before, no kickoff fluff.
- Day 8
First Insights Digest
Monday morning. Anonymized portfolio benchmarks against operators in your spend tier and vertical. Your numbers, your Priority Lever movement, one specific action to bring to next CMO call.
- Week 2
First Lane Credit work begins
Either Autopilot (we pick the lane based on data + your Lever) or Credit (you pick). We do the work, you sign off. Email, Ad Creative, Funnel Tune-up, or Data Pipeline. One per month.
- Week 3
First bi-weekly Group CMO Call
Group hot seat. Bring your numbers and your Priority Lever. Get reviewed live. Recording posted to your portal within two hours.
- Month 2
First Unlock: Hero Doc
Templated, AI-assisted, you fill it. Voice DNA, attractive character, mechanism naming. The doc that becomes the spine of all your copy going forward.
- Ongoing
Loom + Socratic Coach + weekly Insights compound
One async Loom hot seat per month. Unlimited Socratic Coach in portal. Weekly Insights every Monday. Monthly Lane Credit. Bi-weekly CMO call. Quarterly unlock cadence (Avatar Briefing month 3, Market Primer month 4, Offer One-Pager month 5, etc).
If anything from Day 0 to Day 7 stalls because the data connection's blocked or the intake form isn't filled, the engagement pauses on our side without charging a second month. We only start the recurring clock once your baseline is locked. Reasonable on our end, reasonable on yours.
The funnel we work on with you
Results first. Experience second. Both required.
Every operator we work with has a bowtie funnel, whether they've drawn it or not. Attention narrows toward a transaction. Then the relationship widens out again into retention, expansion, and referral. The Priority Lever lives somewhere in this picture every single month. The whole job of the engagement is to keep finding which stage is bleeding most.
We map your specific bowtie during the Day 7 onboarding call. Every weekly Insights Digest names which stage the Lever is pulling on this week. No tactic gets shipped without locating it on the bowtie first.
Why not the alternatives
We'll be honest about every path.
What the alternatives actually look like
| DIY | Hire a VA | Junior Agency | Senior Agency | Joburn Starter | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly cost | $0 + your hours | $1.5K–3.5K | $2.5K–5K | $7.5K–15K | $600 + 7% |
| Strategy ownership | You | You | Them — cookie-cutter | Them — high-touch | You — sharpened by us |
| Operator clarity | Self-find | Limited | Rare | Sometimes | Priority Lever, weekly |
| Frameworks | Scattered online | None | Their templates | Their proprietary | Hyper Leverage IP |
| Cash share aligned | N/A | N/A | N/A | Sometimes | 7% above baseline |
| Data infrastructure | None | None | Theirs | Theirs | Yours, audited |
| Attention on you | Infinite chaos | One VA's bandwidth | 50–200 accounts | 5–20 accounts | Hard capped at 25 |
| Skin in the game | Yours alone | None on theirs | Retainer only | Retainer only | 7% performance |
DIY
- Monthly cost
- $0 + your hours
- Strategy ownership
- You
- Operator clarity
- Self-find
- Frameworks
- Scattered online
- Cash share aligned
- N/A
- Data infrastructure
- None
- Attention on you
- Infinite chaos
- Skin in the game
- Yours alone
Hire a VA
- Monthly cost
- $1.5K–3.5K
- Strategy ownership
- You
- Operator clarity
- Limited
- Frameworks
- None
- Cash share aligned
- N/A
- Data infrastructure
- None
- Attention on you
- One VA's bandwidth
- Skin in the game
- None on theirs
Junior Agency
- Monthly cost
- $2.5K–5K
- Strategy ownership
- Them — cookie-cutter
- Operator clarity
- Rare
- Frameworks
- Their templates
- Cash share aligned
- N/A
- Data infrastructure
- Theirs
- Attention on you
- 50–200 accounts
- Skin in the game
- Retainer only
Senior Agency
- Monthly cost
- $7.5K–15K
- Strategy ownership
- Them — high-touch
- Operator clarity
- Sometimes
- Frameworks
- Their proprietary
- Cash share aligned
- Sometimes
- Data infrastructure
- Theirs
- Attention on you
- 5–20 accounts
- Skin in the game
- Retainer only
Joburn Starter
- Monthly cost
- $600 + 7%
- Strategy ownership
- You — sharpened by us
- Operator clarity
- Priority Lever, weekly
- Frameworks
- Hyper Leverage IP
- Cash share aligned
- 7% above baseline
- Data infrastructure
- Yours, audited
- Attention on you
- Hard capped at 25
- Skin in the game
- 7% performance
Normally, what Joburn Starter gives you would cost $5–15K/mo at a senior agency. The Founder Cohort exists because we're launching this engine and want operators who'll grow with it. After 10 spots fill, the rate moves to $1,000/mo.
Run the math yourself
What does “7% above baseline” actually cost you?
Plug in your trailing 30-day revenue. The calculator shows your baseline plus what you'd pay Joburn at flat, +25%, +50%, and 2× growth. Performance share is one-way. Never negative. You see the math before we ever talk.
Cash Baseline Calculator
interactiveThis becomes your baseline on Day 7 once your data pipeline goes live. You pay 7% only on cash collected ABOVE this number. Never negative.
What you'd pay at different growth rates
- Above baseline
- $0
- Base fee
- $600
- Performance fee (7%)
- $0
- You pay Joburn
- $600
- You keep
- $24,400
- Above baseline
- $6,250
- Base fee
- $600
- Performance fee (7%)
- $438
- You pay Joburn
- $1,038
- You keep
- $30,213
- Above baseline
- $12,500
- Base fee
- $600
- Performance fee (7%)
- $875
- You pay Joburn
- $1,475
- You keep
- $36,025
- Above baseline
- $25,000
- Base fee
- $600
- Performance fee (7%)
- $1,750
- You pay Joburn
- $2,350
- You keep
- $47,650
Numbers above use the Founder Rate ($600 base). Add a one-time $500 setup fee at kickoff (covers ad-account wiring, GHL provisioning, baseline docs, recorded onboarding call). After the cohort fills, base moves to $1,000 and setup likely rises. The 7% performance share stays the same. Baseline rolls quarterly after month 13 to stay seasonality-fair.
The Operator-Owner Principle
You pull the lever. We sharpen it.
You hired us to sharpen what you do, not replace it. The lever this month is yours to pull. We point you at it. We shape it. We help you swing. But you swing.
We don't have perfect information. You do. About your market, your customers, your gut. Your job is to push back when we're wrong, fill in what we can't see, and pull the lever. Our job is to make sure the lever is pointed at the right thing.
Some problems are external: the funnel, the offer, the math. We help define those. Some are internal: capacity, clarity, focus, fear.Those need a different mode: a framework, 15 min of stillness, a walk, a conversation with yourself. We'll hand you the framework. You do the work.
People who externalize ownership stall. People who own the lever compound.
Not for everyone
Close this page if any of these are you.
- ×You want done-for-you. Growth Starter sharpens your work. It doesn't replace it.
- ×You're pre-revenue or pre-offer. We can't pick the lever if there's nothing yet to read. Validate first, then come back.
- ×You're over $500K ARR. Starter isn't the right shape for you. Apply for Growth Light instead.
- ×You want a guarantee on specific outcomes. We're aligned on cash share, but we don't promise revenue numbers. We promise diagnostic, methodology, and the lever.
- ×You won't share read-only data. The pipeline is the whole point. Without your numbers, we're guessing.
The honest truth
Three things you'll probably hate.
- 01. We'll say no to most of your ideas. Most weeks you'll bring three things you want to do. We'll pick one. The other two get parked. That's the whole methodology, and operators who can't live with it bounce in month 2.
- 02. The portal does most of the talking, not us. Starter is not a Slack-and-call relationship. It's a portal-and-Loom relationship. You get one Loom per month, one async hot seat. If you need daily human attention, you need Growth Light, not Starter.
- 03. The Founder Cohort gets a public case study expectation. As one of the first 10, by month 6 you sit for one 30-min recorded interview about what we've done together. Right of refusal on any specific claim. The rate is locked because the case study is real.
Questions we always get
The FAQ.
What does the $500 setup fee actually cover?
Ad-account wiring (Facebook Business Manager partner add, pixel + CAPI verification), GHL sub-account provisioning, baseline foundational docs (Hero Doc + Market Primer + Avatar Briefing in templated form), pipeline configuration (FB + GHL + Stripe → your Compass view), and the 30-min recorded onboarding call. Setup is real work, billed honestly. It's likely going up to $1,000 once we've further proven the engine. The Founder Cohort gets the $500 rate locked.
I have cash flow. Can I skip the variable share and just pay flat?
Yes, for the right operator. If you're at $500K+ ARR with strong cash flow and you'd rather not run a performance share, the structure can flip. Lower upfront fee, higher flat monthly retainer, no 7%. Negotiated per engagement in your Service Order. Mention it on the Day 7 onboarding call. Honestly: once you've worked with us 60 to 90 days and we've proven the methodology actually moves your numbers, the conversation tends to shift to bigger opportunities. Premium-tier or partnership-tier work. We don't lead with that. We lead with proof.
What about my GoHighLevel usage costs?
GHL platform fees are yours, not ours, and you pay GHL/LeadConnector directly. We never touch the money. We provision the sub-account, then on your first SMS or email send GHL asks you to add a card. Your usage (SMS, email, AI, phone numbers) bills directly to your card with no agency markup. If you prefer, you can also Bring-Your-Own Twilio + Mailgun and skip LC entirely. Typical Growth Starter operator runs $50–$250/mo in GHL platform usage depending on volume. We walk through the setup once during onboarding, then it's between you and your providers.
What happens if I cancel after one month?
Nothing punitive. Month-to-month, no minimum. Cancel in the portal under Profile → Billing. We also offer a Pause Instead option that keeps your unlock progress. Real signal arrives at month 2–3, though. Cancelling at month 1 means you've seen one lane and one digest cycle, which isn't enough data for either of us. We trust the work to keep you here. We don't lock you in.
Is the $600 Founder Rate locked forever?
Yes, for as long as your subscription stays continuously active. The first 10 operators stay at $600/mo and $500 setup. When we raise the cap or the standard rate, Founders stay locked. That's the deal we're making with the first 10 in exchange for being our early signal and your case study.
What if I cancel and want to come back later?
Welcome back. But the Founder Rate is tied to continuous active subscription. If you cancel outright, your spot opens up immediately. Someone else takes it. If you rejoin later and there's a Standard Rate spot open, you come back at $1,000/mo + the prevailing setup fee, not the Founder Rate. Pause Instead is the way to step back without losing the rate. Up to 90 days, keeps your unlock progress, holds your seat.
What if I'm over $500K ARR?
Starter isn't the right shape for your stage. You'll get more value from Growth Light: full F6 build, bespoke diagnostic, intelligence engine. Apply at /growth-light. We'll fast-track Starter graduates if you start here and grow past $500K.
Do I have to be on the bi-weekly call?
No. Calls are optional. Recordings posted to your portal within 2 hours. Many operators get more value from the async Loom + portal data than from being on the live call. That said, the hot seat is the highest-leverage hour of your month if you bring the right problem definition.
What does 7% above baseline actually mean?
Your baseline = trailing 30-day cash collected, locked on Day 7 once your data pipeline is live. Each month, you pay 7% of any cash collected above that number. Below baseline = $0 performance share. After month 13, baseline rolls quarterly with a seasonality formula so neither side gets screwed by anomalous months. Run the calculator above to see your numbers.
Can I upgrade to Growth Light later?
Yes. Starter clients get first dibs on Light slots and $1,000 off the Light setup fee if they upgrade within 90 days. Light is application-gated, so you do still apply. We just bypass most of the qualifying conversation because we already know your numbers.
Who owns the work we produce together?
You. Frameworks (Hyper Leverage, Priority Lever methodology, the diagnostic) stay ours. Outputs (your ads, your copy, your funnel, your data, your F6 docs once unlocked) are yours, in full, no clawback if you cancel.
How fast is the actual onboarding?
Day 0–1: Stripe + portal access + magic-link login + data connections kickoff. Day 2–5: pipeline pulls your trailing 30 days, baseline calculates. Day 7: recorded onboarding call (~30 min, Fireflies). Day 8: first Insights Digest. Day 14–30: first lane work ships. No 6-week wind-up.
Reserve your spot
Founder Cohort 0/10.
Pick the door. Stripe handles the rest. You'll land in the portal, finish onboarding, and meet John on a recorded kickoff call within the week.
$500 one-time setup, then
$600/mo + 7%
Both prices locked forever. First 10 operators only. Founder benefits stack.
Reserve Founder spotStripe checkout · subscription starts on success. Setup invoiced at kickoff.
Setup $500+ then
$1,000/mo + 7%
Same product. Setup likely rises to $1,000. Hard cap at 25 total active.
Join the waitlistNotified when the Founder Cohort closes.
Earn $500 back · 2-way referral
Refer another operator who joins Growth Starter: both of you get $500. They use a promo code that waives their setup. You get a $500 credit applied to your next monthly invoice. Stacks unlimited.
Earn discounts on other services
Joburn sister services (VA placement, custom builds, ad creative production) run at heavy discounts in exchange for testimonials. Once you've been a Starter for at least 60 days, ask. We barter discount for proof.
Want every detail before committing? Read the full Decision Document at /growth-starter/decide. Nine sections, 25 minutes, every question we've ever been asked, answered.
A note on the rate: The Founder Rate isn't a marketing gimmick. It exists because the first 10 operators are taking the leap before our public proof library is fully built. In exchange for that risk, you get $600/mo and $500 setup locked, for as long as your subscription stays continuously active. Founder benefits stack: early unlocks, case study spot, 2-way referral credits, direct line to John for quarterly product feedback.
If you leave, the rate leaves with you. Cancellation opens your spot for the next operator in queue. If you come back later and there's a Standard Rate spot open, you return at $1,000/mo + prevailing setup. The Pause Instead option (up to 90 days, in-portal) is how you step back without burning the rate.
Not ready? Talk to John's AI on the homepage, or book a $497 first-time intro consult. The intro rate credits toward Founder Rate if you join within 30 days.