Engagement · Monthly / quarterly

Founder's Office

The Outcome

Cross-functional strategic and execution support — a bench, on call.

What does a Founder's Office engagement actually cover?

A Founder's Office engagement provides ongoing advisory and execution support across the areas a growing founder can't yet hire a full team for — finance oversight, compliance coordination, and operational decisions — as a monthly or quarterly retainer rather than a one-time project. It's built for founders who need a coordinated second set of hands across functions, not a single specialist in one area.

Who this applies to

Founders past the initial launch stage who need ongoing, cross-functional support but aren't ready to build out a full internal leadership team.

Exceptions

Founders needing help with a single, well-defined task (e.g. just GST filing, or just a website build) are better served by that specific service directly — the Founder's Office is built for ongoing, multi-area support, not one-off tasks.

Cost

A monthly or quarterly retainer scoped to the areas covered — quoted after understanding which functions need ongoing support.

Timeline

Monthly or quarterly, ongoing — not a fixed-duration project.

Documents required

Current business registration and compliance status
Existing financial records
A clear list of the founder's current pain points/priorities

Risks

Treating this as a one-time fix rather than an ongoing relationship, which undersells its value
Not clearly scoping which functions are covered, leading to mismatched expectations

Practical example

A founder juggling compliance deadlines, a fundraise conversation, and hiring decisions all at once used the Founder's Office to have one coordinated point of contact across all three, rather than managing three separate vendors with no visibility into each other's work.

At a glance

Need	Better fit
One specific task (e.g. GST filing)	That service directly
Ongoing, cross-functional support	Founder's Office
A defined launch project	Market Launch Sprint or Foundation Sprint

Who this is for

Founders past the survival stage, facing decisions too big for gut feel and too varied for any single specialist: funding, expansion, restructuring, hiring leadership, entering new channels.

Problems this solves

—Every big decision requires assembling advice from three different professionals who've never met.

—You have no one to pressure-test strategy who also understands your compliance and numbers.

—Execution stalls because strategy conversations never turn into owned tasks.

—You're the bottleneck on everything cross-functional.

What you get

—A standing monthly (or quarterly) strategy session with a prepared agenda — not a casual call

—Written decision memos on the big calls: structure changes, funding routes, expansion economics

—Cross-functional execution: the strategy connects directly to our CA, growth and brand teams

—Quarterly review against the plan — what moved, what didn't, what changes

—Priority access across every other IndiaBusiness engagement

Who leads it

Led by a senior engagement lead pairing chartered-accountancy depth with operating experience — the closest thing to a part-time strategy office without the full-time cost.

Pricing

Monthly or quarterly retainer, scoped by cadence and depth on a conversation — this one genuinely isn't a menu item, and we'd rather understand the situation before quoting.

What you provide

—Real numbers and real context — this only works with the full picture

—The actual decisions you're facing, including the uncomfortable ones

—Founder time at the agreed cadence — delegating this defeats it

What's not included

—Execution-heavy work — that runs through the relevant engagement (Launch, Growth, Finance) at its own scope

—Legal opinions requiring an advocate — coordinated, billed separately

—Fundraising placement — we prepare you and your numbers; we are not a broker

From our client work

This engagement formalizes what our longest-standing clients already use us for — the 'what would you do?' call before every major move. Read the case studies →

Where you end up

Big decisions get made faster, with written reasoning, and connect to execution the same month — instead of dissolving into vendor coordination.

Services inside this engagement

Start with a single paid strategy session — if it's not obviously worth continuing, don't.

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