The Growth Audit

Find out what’s capping your growth. In 2 days.

For founders of service businesses doing 300K–3M who know the business should be bigger by now. Without working more hours or hiring more people.

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25+ yearsin senior roles in finance, tax, HR, sales and business development, the last 15 years and counting in change management
2004coaching leaders since 2004
27+countries: the people I’ve worked with
Fortune 100companies, small companies and startups I’ve worked with
Service business owner learning how to scale her business with a client acquisition systemThe cap
Sound familiar?

Your business could be bigger by now. Something is capping it.

Your business isn’t growing fast enough. Despite all the hours invested, the team in place, the systems running. You know there’s more to it. Right now you’re aching for more: more revenue, more clients, more time, more growth.

If only you had the time to look and see what that looks like. But you’re too busy, so you silence that inner voice, ignore that niggling feeling, and you just keep going.

If only you had a clear strategy to get you from here to there. So you keep going at half strength, settling for it to come… one day. Willing it to be tomorrow, or yesterday.

If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always got.

But, what if…

You could accelerate your growth, quickly and in your way?

You would know what’s capping it now. You’d have a clear strategy to get from here to there, based on what you’ve already built. What if it would only take you 2 days to find the answers? Would you go for that?

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A call to see whether we can help

Watch this first

What happens in the two days, and what you walk out with.

A short video from Yvonne: who the Growth Audit is for, how the two days work, what it costs, and what the call is.

Our method: LEAP

A leap past the cap, not another small step.

Look, Examine and Align happen in the Growth Audit. Perform is what comes after: putting it into action.

L
The audit

Look

Where you’ve been and where you are now.

E
The audit

Examine

Where you want to go, through the 10x lens.

A
The audit

Align

Your strategy to get there, your way.

P
After the audit

Perform

Putting it into action, with us next to you if you want.

Inside the Growth Audit

Two days to REACH your next level of growth.

Most people only look at where the business is now. We look at your past too, because your past tells us a lot about your future. Two full days, with 1 to 2 hours of prep beforehand.

R
Before

Reflect

In our questionnaire you map your ROI on time, energy and money: what you’ve tried, what paid off, what didn’t. Most founders are surprised by how much they’ve already tried.

E
Day 1

Explore

A deep dive into where you are now: your finances, operations, team, leadership and mindset. Where you say there’s a problem, like no time or the wrong team, we dig further: your calendar, your processes, sometimes a conversation with your team. Only where it’s needed.

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Day 1

Aim

Where are you going? Through the 10x lens: what would this business need to grow 10x? You don’t have to want 10x. The answer shows how you see your business, and what’s in the way of growing faster now.

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Day 2

Create

Based on your past, your present and your goal, we create the strategy to get there. Together, and your way. You leave with your personalised CEO Plan, your top 3 blockers ranked, a one-page summary, and the CEO calculator with your own numbers.

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A week later

Hold

A strategy implementation call, to make sure you’re off to a good start and holding course. Want us next to you while you implement? That’s the Freedom Accelerator: your sounding board, advisor, cheerleader and ass-kicker all in one.

Pages from Your CEO Plan workbook
A look inside your CEO Plan: what you work through, and what you take home.
Results

What changed for our clients.

Miguel was the center of everything. Long hours, side projects, a team he wasn’t happy with. In the first weeks he let go of the people who weren’t performing, which freed the money to hire the ones he wanted. He didn’t need more money. He needed to stop paying the wrong people. Then he hired a COO, stepped back into strategy, and started taking holidays again.

“She has a very strong understanding of the business side, and that helps the conversations go to places that wouldn’t be possible otherwise. That’s what makes her a super coach.”

Miguel Machado, CEO & Co-founder, Keenfolks: “She is a super coach.”

Heather A. Kollar: “I doubled my business in 6 weeks.”

Matt Altman, Founder & CEO, Headline Booking: “Part of my team.”

“Through a live conversation with Yvonne, I got clear on what to focus on, including where I could increase my turnover without further investments. I am now able to work on my company instead of in my company. The investment I more than earned back within 1 week.”

“I was very happy with the travel business I had, but I was exhausted. All I could do really was work. Thanks to her guidance, I’m earning much more with working far less.”

“I’m proud of the results I’ve achieved in only 6 months; I grew significantly in my own leadership, gained clarity and focus in my business, and attracted new clients through a sales approach that genuinely fits me. What stood out most is that her work never felt like a one-size-fits-all approach.”

“She helped us get real clarity on who our ideal collaboration partners actually are, and guided us in shaping a clear, practical strategy for how to approach and connect with them. She also challenged and refined the way we present our product.”

“We partnered to overcome some challenges and develop a growth strategy. Through her guidance, I applied better practices that made an immediate impact, streamlined efficiencies, and reduced unnecessary business expenses by 75%.”

“I’ll get right to the point as the Dutch would say. What I like about her is she will give it to you straight, in typical Dutch fashion, but she truly is compassionate and cares about you and your success.”

“Thanks to the way Yvonne worked with me, I quickly began to excel in shaping various business models and became even better at converting talent into cash flow.”

“My energy for my work is renewed because Yvonne helped me realize where I need to spend my time and resources and where I have to shut it down.”

“Thank you for the breakthroughs I’m making as you coach me to higher levels of focus and clarity. I recommend business owners work with Yvonne, and have your top people work with her as well.”

The guarantee

Your top 3 blockers, or your money back.

At the end of the audit, you have your top 3 blockers, ranked, with a strategy to unblock them. Or you get a full refund. So you either accelerate your growth, or you learn a whole lot about your business without it costing you any money.

“Yvonne met the guarantee! I highly recommend Yvonne. I’m very happy I took the risk!”

Osa Hirsch, Founder, Osa Hirsch Consulting

Yvonne Dam, founder of Amaze Yourself and the Freedom AcceleratorYvonne Dam
Meet Yvonne

I say what I see. Then you decide.

25+ years in senior roles in finance, tax, HR, sales and business development, the last 15 years and counting in change management. Coaching leaders since 2004. I’ve worked with Fortune 100 companies, small companies and startups, and with people in over 27 countries. Always on making them perform better.

I’m Dutch, so I don’t dress things up. I spot the patterns founders can’t see from the inside: the setup, the team, the side projects that pull them away. When something doesn’t feel right to me, I say so. Then the decision is yours.

  • Some of the clients we’ve worked with: PwC, Shell, General Electric, Halliburton, Cirque du Soleil, Visa and EY
  • Most founders already know what they need to do. I help them actually do it
  • Based in Sitges, near Barcelona, working with founders in the US, UK and Europe
Be honest with yourself

Is the Growth Audit right for you?

This is for you if…

  • Driven founders, eager to grow their business
  • Revenue between 300K and 3M+
  • Ready to face what’s holding them back
  • Willing to take action
  • Open to at least doubling their revenue

This is not for you if…

  • Founders in doubt
  • OK with gradual growth
  • Not comfortable facing what’s holding them back
  • Procrastinators and excuse makers
  • Revenue below 300K, or just starting out

Questions founders ask before we talk.

What does it cost?

The Growth Audit is €3,000 online, with our guarantee. Think of the ROI: one better decision, or one wrong hire avoided, pays for it many times over. Would you rather do it in person? We can discuss that. Depending on the location, extra costs apply.

My revenue is below 300K, but I’m very driven to grow.

We may be able to help in other ways. Reach out at yvonne@amaze-yourself.com.

I’m extremely busy. What’s my time investment?

We need you for 2 days, and you or your team will need to do 1 to 2 hours of prep work.

What if I can’t free up two days during the week?

We have two solutions. You can book a weekend instead, which we have available at limited capacity and at a premium rate. Or you can take longer: anywhere between 2 and 30 days. Dates need to be set and kept, though. If you can’t keep the days blocked out, we can’t guarantee your results.

Who needs to be involved, just me or my team as well?

Most of the time we need to speak with you, the founder. Depending on what we find, we may also need some time with your team to get to the bottom of what’s capping your growth.

I can get AI to write a strategy for me. Why would I need you?

If you knew what was capping your growth, there would be no cap. AI works with the input you give it, so it can’t see it either, and it stays at the surface. It also writes a general strategy that ignores your strengths, preferences and past experiences. Ours is built on them. That’s why it’s doable.

I’m low on cash right now. How do I know this is worth it?

Then we know the angle to use in your audit: find you the money. You can keep working as you do, investing all your energy and time while not making enough. Or you invest 2 days to get your top 3 blockers and a tailored strategy to accelerate your growth. If we can’t deliver that, you get a full refund. So there’s no risk.

Do you offer a guarantee?

Yes. At the end of the audit, you have your top 3 blockers, ranked, with a strategy to unblock them. Or you get a full refund.

What happens after the strategy is ready?

You have two options. We say goodbye and you implement the strategy on your own. Truthfully, we don’t recommend it: knowing what capped your business is something else than acting on it. Or we stay with you while you implement it, in the Freedom Accelerator. We’ve worked with over 300 founders and know how hard it is to change your ways. We guide you step by step, so you not only have a beautiful strategy on paper, you also execute it.

Do you offer any discounts?

You’re not financially at risk: if we can’t deliver your top 3 blockers and your strategy, you get a full refund. And when you continue with coaching straight after the audit, your first month of coaching is free.

I’ve had coaches, consultants and programs before. How do I know I won’t be disappointed again?

First of all, sorry to hear you went through that. We do everything we can to make sure we’re a match. We start with a call to see whether we can help you. If so, we make you an offer and send you our engagement letter, with how we work and our guarantee. Once you’ve signed, you get the pre-work. If your answers show we can’t help you after all, we tell you and refund you. And if we can’t deliver your top 3 blockers and your strategy, you get a full refund.

Yvonne Dam raising a glass of champagneYour move

Would you invest 2 days to amplify your growth?

Or would you rather continue as is, frustrated and hating this slow pace? If you’re open to finding out what’s capping your growth, book your call today and we’ll see whether we can help.

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