Three ways for small business owners to work with Sixteen36 Co.
From strategic roadmaps and marketing frameworks to full AI-integrated operations, the goal is always the same: a business structure that actually serves your life.
Sixteen36 Co. functions as a strategic thinking partner: diagnosing what's holding growth back, designing the roadmap, and advising on decisions as they come. You keep control of execution. We make sure the direction is right and the strategy holds.
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Best for
Owners who have strong execution capacity and want a strategic partner who can see the full picture alongside them.
Sixteen36 Co. handles the build and the execution so the owner can lead the business while the systems go in.
This is where the full team shows up. Content strategy, email marketing, social media management, campaign strategy, operational frameworks, and more. Designed, built, and deployed by Sixteen36 Co. so you don't have to manage it piece by piece.
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Best for
Owners who are ready to delegate the doing, not just the thinking.
The Root System is a complete rebuilding of how the business operates, markets, and grows. AI-integrated. Human-led. Built to keep running after we leave.
A quick comparison of the three ways to work with Sixteen36 Co.
| Advisory | Delivered | The Root System | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best for | Owners who want a clearer direction and a thinking partner, but plan to execute themselves. | Owners who want the building done for them so they can keep leading. | Owners ready to rebuild from the roots — a full transformation, not a single project. |
| What’s included | Strategic clarity, a concrete roadmap, and ongoing advisory. | Done-for-you systems, operations, content, email, and social — built and run. | A complete ten-phase, AI-integrated rebuild of how the business operates, markets, and grows. |
| Your involvement | You keep execution; we keep the direction right. | We build; you lead the business. | Full partnership, with a mandatory 90-day audit and retainer support. |
| Engagement type | Strategic guidance | Done-for-you execution | End-to-end transformation |
Each phase is built on the last. Designed and integrated to streamline your business operations.
Best for
Owners who are ready to stop patching and start rebuilding. This is the engagement for businesses that are serious about what comes next.
Sixteen36 Co. runs the systems. The owner focuses on the business.
Client runs day-to-day. Sixteen36 Co. provides regular audits and upgrades on a recurring schedule.
A few things owners usually want to know before they reach out. If yours isn’t here, just ask.
We build the systems, strategy, and infrastructure that let a business grow without the owner being the engine. That can look like a strategic roadmap, full marketing and operations execution, or a complete AI-integrated rebuild. The goal is always the same: a business that runs well without running you.
Owner-led, founder-operated businesses that are generating real revenue but hitting a ceiling - the point where everything still runs through you. We work with small business owners across professional services, trades and construction, marketing and creative, health and wellness, food and hospitality, and local retail.
Advisory is for owners who want a clearer direction and a thinking partner, but plan to handle execution themselves. Delivered is for owners who want us to do the building so they can keep leading the business. The Root System is for owners ready to rebuild from the roots - a full, AI-integrated transformation rather than a single project. If you're not sure, that's exactly what the first conversation is for.
No. That's our job. We bring AI into your business mindfully, explain everything in plain language, and never hand you something you don't understand. You'll always know what a system does and why it's there.
Not the way we build it. AI amplifies human capability - it does not replace it. We will never automate the humanity out of your business. The point of getting smarter about AI isn't to do more for its own sake; it's to hand off what was consuming your time so you have more of it back for the people and work that matter.
It depends on the scope. Advisory and Delivered are sized to what you need. The Root System runs through ten phases, each built on the last, and the timeline flexes with the complexity of your business. We'll give you a real sense of timing once we understand what we're solving.
You're not left holding something you don't understand. The Root System includes a mandatory 90-day audit, and we offer two ongoing options: a Managed Retainer, where we run the systems while you focus on the business, and an Optimization Retainer, where you run day-to-day and we provide regular audits and upgrades.
Pricing depends on which engagement fits and how much we're building. We'll walk you through it clearly before anything begins - no surprises, no pressure. The first conversation is free, and if we're not the right fit, we'll tell you that too.
That's normal, and it's where we start. Every engagement opens with a real diagnostic, because the surface problem is almost never the actual one. You don't need a perfect brief to reach out - you just need to tell us where you are.
One conversation. We listen to where you are and what you want to build. If we're the right fit, we'll tell you. If we're not, we'll tell you that too.
Let’s Talk →Our first meeting is simple: we listen to where you are and what you want to build. If we're the right fit, we'll tell you. If we're not, we'll tell you that too.
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