Combat burnout and reset priorities with intentional fire breaks.
Schedule dedicated reset periods.
Catch up on backlog effectively.
Refocus teams on critical objectives.
A fire break is a planned pause in projects or workflows to reassess priorities and prevent burnout or inefficiencies.
Most teams grind for growth, but the best ones systemise it. In this step, you’ll see why a structured approach always beats random tactics. You’ll follow Random Rick, Specialist Steve, and Solid Sarah to understand how a system-driven growth approach can double revenue without doubling workload.
If your marketing and sales teams are too busy firefighting — fixing tools, chasing data, and dealing with messy handovers — you’ll never have time to focus on real growth. The Growth Operations Programme fixes your operations first, so you can finally work on scaling up.
Convert traffic into qualified leads and booked meetings. Stronger landing pages and lead flows make every visit more valuable.
See topicI’ve helped B2B service companies scale — not with random tactics, but with clear systems that align marketing and sales into one predictable growth engine. Built on 15 years of hands-on experience — helping teams move from random tactics to repeatable, scalable results.
15 years experience
1,500 marketers trained since 2015
Exited 6 companies
My name is Ewoud Uphof, a marketing strategist with 15 years of experience. I've been fascinated by growth since 2010, and I created this guide out of a passion for sharing what I've learned. These guides are a way for me to give back to the marketing community and are also linked to my video course, which covers these topics in even greater depth.
Learn the system that scales revenue without scaling workload. 45 minutes of lessons, 214% revenue case study, and a complete growth model.
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A structured 14-week execution plan
A 100-day sprint to implement the Solid Growth system — so you can scale revenue without scaling your workload. We act as your external growth team and deliver results fast.