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Firm Type: Professional services firm | Boutique Professional Services
In this episode, Greg Alexander speaks with John Roberson, founder of Advent about how a professional services firm solved the anti-commodity move: winning on experience when ai flattens the work. This episode is useful for founders of boutique professional service firms who are working on integrating AI into service delivery, building AI-native operations, and transforming pricing and delivery models. Topics covered are Why the intangibles, not the deliverable, decide most close-vs-lose proposals, How to replace ''engagement manager plus three'' with named humans, and why that wins deals, and How to package experience as a distinct, premium offering in your proposal, not a throw-in. Learn more about Collective 54, the community for founders of boutique professional service firms.

Firm Type: Consulting firm | Boutique Professional Services
In this episode, Greg Alexander speaks with Chris Fezza, founder of Operatus about how a consulting firm solved you built a firm on the wrong playbook. now what. This episode is useful for founders of boutique professional service firms who are working on growing a boutique professional services firm, improving operational efficiency, and building long-term firm value. Topics covered are Why the operating assumptions from corporate, America fail inside a boutique consulting firm, and What breaks first when you grow revenue without delivery methodology, scoping discipline, or the right comp structure. Learn more about Collective 54, the community for founders of boutique professional service firms.

Firm Type: Consulting firm | Boutique Professional Services
In this episode, Greg Alexander speaks with Stephen Straus and Christian Barnard, co-founders of Kung Fu AI about how a consulting firm solved they 4x'd their average deal size. here's how. This episode is useful for founders of boutique professional service firms who are working on growing a boutique professional services firm, improving operational efficiency, and building long-term firm value. Topics covered are The specific moves one firm made to 4X average deal size, How to reposition an AI services firm to attract larger, more strategic engagements, and What changes inside the firm when deal size scales faster than headcount. Learn more about Collective 54, the community for founders of boutique professional service firms.

Firm Type: Professional services firm | Boutique Professional Services
In this episode, Greg Alexander speaks with Marc Weiss, founder of Management One about how a professional services firm solved exit, return, reinvent – what changes the second time around. This episode is useful for founders of boutique professional service firms who are working on preparing for a profitable exit, maximizing enterprise value, and navigating an M&A process. Topics covered are What changes in a founder after experiencing an exit, The leadership habits that do not scale, even if they once worked, and How structured accountability reshapes strategic thinking. Learn more about Collective 54, the community for founders of boutique professional service firms.

Firm Type: Professional services firm | Boutique Professional Services
In this episode, Greg Alexander speaks with Nick Anderson, founder of OneAccord about how a professional services firm solved from ai skeptic to ai believer. This episode is useful for founders of boutique professional service firms who are working on integrating AI into service delivery, building AI-native operations, and transforming pricing and delivery models. Topics covered are Nick stopped treating AI as noise and started treating it as leverage, How a skeptic evaluates AI use cases without getting trapped by hype, and Nick chose to build first and why that sequence matters. Learn more about Collective 54, the community for founders of boutique professional service firms.

Firm Type: Professional services firm | Boutique Professional Services
In this episode, Greg Alexander speaks with Jonathan Slain, founder of Autobahn Consultants about how a professional services firm solved your competitor already replaced that role with ai. This episode is useful for founders of boutique professional service firms who are working on integrating AI into service delivery, building AI-native operations, and transforming pricing and delivery models. Topics covered are integrating AI into service delivery, building AI-native operations, and transforming pricing and delivery models. Learn more about Collective 54, the community for founders of boutique professional service firms.

Firm Type: GRC firm | Boutique Professional Services
In this episode, Greg Alexander speaks with Mike Gibbs, founder of SureStep Risk Management about how a GRC firm solved from billable hours to ai leverage summary. This episode is useful for founders of boutique professional service firms who are working on integrating AI into service delivery, building AI-native operations, and transforming pricing and delivery models. Topics covered are The trigger that forced a full business-model reset in a GRC firm, How to turn “consultants on a whiteboard” into an always-on AI application, and Pricing mechanics: replacing hourly billing with license, maintenance, and user-scale economics. Learn more about Collective 54, the community for founders of boutique professional service firms.

Firm Type: Professional services firm | Boutique Professional Services
In this episode, Greg Alexander speaks with Brad McAllister, founder of WAP Sustainability about how a professional services firm solved the exit you don’t get by accident. This episode is useful for founders of boutique professional service firms who are working on preparing for a profitable exit, maximizing enterprise value, and navigating an M&A process. Topics covered are preparing for a profitable exit, maximizing enterprise value, and navigating an M&A process. Learn more about Collective 54, the community for founders of boutique professional service firms.

Firm Type: Professional services firm | Boutique Professional Services
In this episode, Greg Alexander speaks with Dave Makerewich, founder of Maven about how a professional services firm solved the pod structure that breaks the founder bottleneck. This episode is useful for founders of boutique professional service firms who are working on scaling beyond the founder, removing operational bottlenecks, and building scalable delivery systems. Topics covered are scaling beyond the founder, removing operational bottlenecks, and building scalable delivery systems. Learn more about Collective 54, the community for founders of boutique professional service firms.

Firm Type: Professional services firm | Boutique Professional Services
In this episode, Greg Alexander speaks with Darren Smith about how a professional services firm solved when a strategic partner becomes your buyer. This episode is useful for founders of boutique professional service firms who are working on preparing for a profitable exit, maximizing enterprise value, and navigating an M&A process. Topics covered are preparing for a profitable exit, maximizing enterprise value, and navigating an M&A process. Learn more about Collective 54, the community for founders of boutique professional service firms.

Firm Type: Professional services firm | Boutique Professional Services
In this episode, Greg Alexander speaks with David Ackert, founder of Pipeline Plus about how a professional services firm solved the community model for turning relationships into recurring revenue. This episode is useful for founders of boutique professional service firms who are working on building a repeatable sales engine, driving sustainable revenue growth, and winning and retaining ideal clients. Topics covered are building a repeatable sales engine, driving sustainable revenue growth, and winning and retaining ideal clients. Learn more about Collective 54, the community for founders of boutique professional service firms.

Firm Type: Marketing agency | Boutique Professional Services
In this episode, Greg Alexander speaks with Matt Jenkins about how a marketing agency solved the breakthrough most professional services founders miss. This episode is useful for founders of boutique professional service firms who are working on growing a boutique professional services firm, improving operational efficiency, and building long-term firm value. Topics covered are growing a boutique professional services firm, improving operational efficiency, and building long-term firm value. Learn more about Collective 54, the community for founders of boutique professional service firms.

Firm Type: Professional services firm | Boutique Professional Services
In this episode, Greg Alexander speaks with Andrea Fryrear, founder of Agile Sherpas about how a professional services firm solved from seo to aeo: winning discoverability in the age of ai. This episode is useful for founders of boutique professional service firms who are working on integrating AI into service delivery, building AI-native operations, and transforming pricing and delivery models. Topics covered are integrating AI into service delivery, building AI-native operations, and transforming pricing and delivery models. Learn more about Collective 54, the community for founders of boutique professional service firms.

Firm Type: Professional services firm | Boutique Professional Services
In this episode, Greg Alexander speaks with Randell Mauricio about how a professional services firm solved the member playbook: how to extract maximum value from collective 54. This episode is useful for founders of boutique professional service firms who are working on growing a boutique professional services firm, improving operational efficiency, and building long-term firm value. Topics covered are growing a boutique professional services firm, improving operational efficiency, and building long-term firm value. Learn more about Collective 54, the community for founders of boutique professional service firms.

Firm Type: Professional services firm | Boutique Professional Services
In this episode, Greg Alexander speaks with Bobby Greco, founder of CSI Group about how a professional services firm solved smell, don’t sell: how to scale business development without role corruption. This episode is useful for founders of boutique professional service firms who are working on preparing for a profitable exit, maximizing enterprise value, and navigating an M&A process. Topics covered are preparing for a profitable exit, maximizing enterprise value, and navigating an M&A process. Learn more about Collective 54, the community for founders of boutique professional service firms.