Eight weeks. CRM, reporting, email infrastructure, lifecycle automation, and a 90-day GTM playbook - built and handed over before your first growth hire arrives.
Before we build anything, we identify which channel fits how your customers actually buy. Most startups get this wrong and spend six months finding out.
CRM, reporting, lifecycle flows, and email infrastructure - live and working before you hire your first growth person.
CAC by channel, funnel conversion, retention cohorts. Pull it up in 30 seconds. Walk into any board meeting with confidence.
Sending infrastructure warmed, DNS verified, flows deployed. Open rates that reflect your product - not your spam score.
Most startups default to the wrong channel. We identify the growth motion that fits your business model before we build a single workflow.
GA4, CRM, ad accounts and Stripe wired into a single Looker Studio dashboard. Five views: acquisition, funnel, retention, LTV, weekly digest. You know what's working before you spend another pound.
HubSpot architecture built to your actual sales motion — marketplace, SaaS, or consumer. Deal stages, contact properties, lead routing, sales sequences, ICP documentation.
4–5 automated email flows live in 8 weeks: onboarding, trial conversion, win-back, referral. Copy generated and QA'd, triggers configured, deployed into warmed infrastructure.
UTM taxonomy, attribution model, channel experiment log, and a 90-day acquisition playbook built around your growth engine — not a generic channel list.
Multiple sending domains configured, DNS records verified, inboxes warmed via Smartlead before your first email sends. Your lifecycle flows land in the primary inbox — not spam. Standard on every sprint.
Keyword strategy mapped to your ICP's search intent. Site architecture audited. Content framework built so your team can execute. Organic as a compounding channel, not an afterthought.
We identify where AI can replace manual work in your commercial operation (outreach, enrichment, reporting, content, customer comms) and build the automations. Clay for enrichment. n8n for workflow orchestration. AI agents for repetitive tasks. Your team spends time on judgment, not admin.
Week 1
Growth engine audit, current stack review, gap analysis, priority mapping.
Week 2
HubSpot and data layer designed and signed off. Growth engine confirmed and channel plan locked.
Weeks 3–4
Dashboards live, CRM configured, sending domains purchased, DNS verified, Smartlead warmup initiated.
Weeks 5–6
Deployed into warmed sending infrastructure. First emails land in the primary inbox.
Weeks 7–8
Acquisition plan, SEO framework, experiment log, channel hypotheses, full documentation, walkthrough, Head of Growth hire brief.
Most consultants take 12–16 weeks to build what we deliver in 8. The difference is the AI tooling we've built to do in hours what used to take days.
Your intake data - GA4, CRM status, ad accounts, email platform - runs through our AI audit engine and produces a structured gap analysis before the first strategy session. You get diagnosis on day 1, not week 2.
Every lifecycle flow we build uses AI to generate copy variants matched to your tone of voice and ICP. We edit and approve - you get tested, on-brand emails deployed in days, not weeks of back-and-forth.
Your monthly performance report pulls automatically from your Looker Studio dashboard, identifies the top three changes from the prior month, and flags any risks. We add strategic commentary. You get it in your inbox every first Monday.
Channel hypotheses, prioritised experiment backlog, and budget allocation model — generated from a structured brief about your product and ICP. What used to take a week of strategy writing takes 48 hours.
The AI handles the production. We handle the judgment. You get both.
Commercial Audit
A rapid diagnostic of your current commercial state. Delivered in 5 days.
Infrastructure Sprint
All six modules delivered end-to-end in 8 weeks. Fixed scope, fixed outcome.
Monthly Subscription
Keep the stack running, improving, and accountable after the sprint.
Fixed scope. Fixed fee. Fixed outcome. Every sprint has a defined deliverable list — if we haven't delivered all six modules and a working commercial stack by week 8, we extend the engagement at no additional cost until it's done. No ambiguity. No excuses.
Applies to all Infrastructure Sprint engagements. See terms for details.
It's the obvious alternative. Here's how it actually compares.
| Feature | Head of Growth hire | Fractional CMO | Stackd |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time to value | 3–5 months to hire, 8 weeks to ramp | Ongoing, slow start | Live in 8 weeks |
| Cost | £80–120k/yr loaded | £5–10k/month | £9–14k fixed fee |
| What you get | One person | Strategy, no build | Full stack, all six modules |
| You own it | Yes, but they might leave | No — leaves with them | Yes — fully documented |
| Reporting ready for investors | Depends on hire | Rarely | Week 3 |
All options have their place. Stackd is specifically for the 8 weeks between raising and hiring.
Stackd is run by Ludo Martin — operator, not advisor.
I've spent nine years as the commercial operator inside high-growth startups — not advising from the outside. First growth hire at marketplace businesses, retention lead at one of Europe's fastest-scaling delivery companies, co-founded my own incubator-backed startup with full P&L ownership, and most recently 600%+ revenue growth at a consumer sports business while opening two US markets.
I've built this stack under pressure, with real consequences. I know exactly what breaks first and why. Stackd is what I wish had existed every time I joined a company with nothing in place.
Book a free 30-minute call — no pitch, just an honest look at your current setup. Book a call →
9 years
Inside high-growth UK and European startups
600%+
Revenue growth delivered as first growth hire
4×
Customer retention improvement through lifecycle infrastructure
225%
GMV growth at a London marketplace via channel restructure
We'll review your current stack, identify your three biggest commercial gaps, and tell you exactly what needs to be built first. No pitch. Just diagnosis.
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