Your Business
Should Not
Need You In
Every Decision.
Pete Srodoski is a business coach for founders running $1M to $20M businesses - the ones who built something real and quietly became the ceiling of their own company. He installs the leadership structure that lets it run without them.
Does Any of This
Sound Like You?
This is not a motivation problem. It is not a people problem.
It is a leadership structure problem. And structure can be fixed.
Everything I Do Is Powered
by the R3 Operating System.
R3 is the Rule of 3. A practical operating methodology built specifically for founder-led businesses under $25M. Three priorities. Three numbers. Three conversations that drive everything forward.
It takes a business running on instinct and installs the clarity, cadence, and accountability that lets it run without the founder in every room.
Learn more about R3 at ther3os.comVision
Know exactly where you're going. Vision that the team can act on, not just aspire to.
Strategy
Decide what actually matters right now. Three priorities, not fifteen. The discipline to say no.
Action
Build weekly rhythms that drive results. The cadence that keeps the team moving without you.
Business Coach for Founders -
Here's How to Work Together.
From a self-paced course to fully embedded leadership support - every offer is built on the same R3 framework and points to the same outcome.
Fractional COO
For businesses that need an embedded operator. Pete functions as your COO - in the meetings, in the operations, building the infrastructure. Custom scope.
What Changes When
The Structure Is Right.
I Didn't Become a Coach
Because I Had Great Mentors.
I became one because I had the opposite. Twenty years as a CEO and COO across retail, e-commerce, consumer products, real estate, nonprofits, and manufacturing. I've carried payroll stress, survived scaling chaos, navigated lawsuits, and come out the other side.
I coach the way I wished someone had coached me. Direct, practical, and built around what actually works inside a real operating business - not a whiteboard.
The Frameworks
Behind the Coaching.
Three books built from 20 years of operating and coaching real businesses. No theory. No fluff.
How Dependent Is Your Business on You?
The Founder Dependency Audit scores you across 5 areas - decision-making, team accountability, financial clarity, marketing systems, and leadership rhythm. Takes 10 minutes. Be honest with the answers.
Get the Free Audit →Free. No pitch on the other side. Just the tool.
The Founder Dependency Audit
Score yourself across 5 areas. Find out exactly where the dependency lives.
Example results - yours will vary
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Stay Close.
No pressure to work together today. If you want to see how I think before you ever fill out an application, here are two ways to stay in the loop.
The Operator's Edge
My weekly newsletter. Real stories from real founders, operator playbooks, and notes from twenty years inside operating businesses. Every Thursday. No fluff.
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A Facebook group for founders who are done carrying it all alone. Real conversations, real questions, and a room full of people who get what you are dealing with.
Join the GroupReady to Build a Business
That Runs Without You?
Apply for CoachingNo pressure. No pitch deck. Just an honest conversation about your business.