S Brian Smith 🪜

Strategy Ladders

At Strategy Ladders, we specialize in driving explosive growth for agencies, consultancies, and B2B service businesses.

Our mission: help founders like you scale from 7 figures to 8 figures and beyond, unlocking your business's full potential.

We work with founders ready to accelerate growth, overcome operational bottlenecks, and build a business that can scale rapidly and sustainably. If your business isn’t achieving 200% year-over-year growth, it’s time to rethink your strategy.

The Strategy Ladder System is designed to do just that. It’s a proven framework that delivers a bulletproof strategy tailored to your business’s unique needs. Our system streamlines operations, drives revenue, and positions your business for sustained, long-term growth.

But we don’t just stop at strategy. We execute.

Our team of 8-figure founders and industry experts ensures every aspect of your business is optimized for scalability. From marketing and sales to operations and leadership, we cover it all—making sure your business is set to thrive as it grows.

Our results speak for themselves. We’ve helped over 1,000 entrepreneurs achieve remarkable success, including:

💥 Scaling an agency from $150k to $4M ARR in just 10 months

💥 Boosting a digital marketing agency’s productivity by 450%, dramatically increasing profitability

💥 Streamlining a SaaS product’s roadmap, reducing development costs by 45% while increasing execution speed by 25%

💥 Repositioning a web development agency to secure a long-term contract with a Fortune 100 company

💥 Growing an app development agency’s recurring revenue from 2% to over 50% of total revenue in three months

💥 Building a sales organization of 65 people in two years

💥 Orchestrating the sale of key SaaS platform assets at a significant premium over market value

If you’re serious about scaling to 8 figures and beyond, let’s connect. We’re here to provide the expertise and execution you need to achieve exponential growth.

Founder & CEO

I host Strategy Ladders, a no-nonsense podcast delivering real-world insights on scaling, optimizing, and thriving as a founder of an agency or B2B service company.

With 17+ years in the field, my team and I tackle core challenges in B2B sales, leadership, and business growth to help owners overcome bottlenecks and build high-performing teams. Think of it as having an outsourced co-founder in your corner, sharing tactical strategies on everything from digital marketing to operations—minus the fluff. Ready to put your business back to work for you? Follow us now!

Available on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Amazon 🎙️

Podcast Host

Trivr Eats, Inc

Advisor

S. Brian Smith Group, LLC

"Simply put, Brian has an innate ability to cut through all the bullshit/programming/stories and help one identify and achieve their goals. Working with him has made me more successful in business and has had an overwhelmingly positive impact on my personal life." - Serial Founder & Investor

"S. Brian Smith changed my perspective on life. In fact, he just changed my life - full stop. I’m a better person because of the work we’ve done and I will continue to grow because of the way he has taught me to think." - Entrepreneur, Founder, Executive

"Brian's ability to, not only think outside of the box, but to help me approach various situations from multiple angles is simply, genius. His approach is methodical, authentic, and most importantly, leads to tangible results." - Fortune 500 Executive

"S. Brian Smith is the best damn coach I have ever worked with." - Entrepreneur

Business & Mindset Super Coach to Entrepreneurs

Forbes Coaches Council

Founding Member

Institute of Coaching, McLean/Harvard Medical School

The Institute of Coaching, McLean/Harvard Medical School advances research and education in coaching by bringing together leaders in the field to accelerate research progress and disseminate coaching's best practices.

Fellow

Unicorn Puff

Unicorn Puff is a brain trust of experienced entrepreneurs who help B2B agencies grow. We work with B2B service agencies who are ready to grow. If you’re stuck in one of these spots, we’ll help you take your agency to the next level:
- Founders who are focused on sales, rather than building the business
- Revenue growth has stalled or plateaued
- Despite outbound efforts, most of your sales come from referrals

Chief Executive Officer

Have2Have.it

Chief Marketing Officer / Chief Strategy Officer

Soldsie

Social Kapture

Chief Strategy Officer (CSO)

The Founders Organization

Conceived, built, and operated a paid membership group with 1500 founders throughout North America. Responsible for organizing and executing events in 35 cities throughout North America and large activations at SXSW.

COO / Head of Strategy

I free founders from ops, sales, & management | Founder @ Strategy Ladders | Coached 1000s of B2B and Agency owners | Stop struggling, start enjoying business ownership 🏖️

Are you a founder of a B2B service business or agency generating $2.5 million to $25 million in revenue?

You've tasted success, but you know there's more potential.

You believe your business can reach 8 figures and beyond, but...

😒 You’re the primary strategist for clients.  
😧 You lack a high-level operations leader.  
😖 You’re the main revenue driver.  

You’re exactly who we help.

Imagine a business that thrives without you. A business where your team drives growth, not just maintains it. A business that gives you freedom—not more stress.

❌ Your team struggles to run the business without you.  
❌ Your growth isn’t on track to meet your goals.  
❌ Your team is solid but not equipped to scale to the next level.

It doesn’t have to be this way.

At Strategy Ladders, we’re not just another option—we’re the only serious option for founders ready to scale their 7-figure business to new heights. Our team is unparalleled—every strategy advisor is an 8-figure founder who’s been in your shoes, scaled their businesses, and knows how to help you achieve explosive growth.

Our program provides direct access to a handpicked team of world-class experts in marketing, sales, operations, project management, finance, HR, and more. These aren’t just consultants—they’re industry leaders who’ve built, scaled, and exited businesses like yours.

With Strategy Ladders, you’ll do more than scale from 7 figures to 8 figures—you’ll transform your role in the business. You’ll step out of the daily grind and into true business ownership, where your business works for you, not the other way around.

Here’s what we deliver:

✅ A growth system that injects rocket fuel into your business 🚀  
✅ Strategies that make your business work for you, not the other way around 💎  
✅ Freedom from being irreplaceable ⛓  
✅ A clear path to becoming an owner, not just an operator 💪  
✅ Maximizing the value of your business 💰

Our results speak for themselves:  
"Working with Strategy Ladders has transformed my business and my outlook on life. Their expertise and insight are unparalleled."

"Thanks to Strategy Ladders, I went from 60-hour workweeks to 40, with a clear plan to reduce further. Their guidance is worth every investment."

If you’re ready for exponential growth and a real transformation in your business and life, let’s talk.

One final note: We’re not here to make you corporate. We challenge the status quo, and we will challenge YOU to achieve greatness.

🪜 Visit www.strategyladders.com to schedule a call and discover how we can elevate your business to the next level.

Founder & Head of Strategy

The Strategy Ladder Program delivers MASSIVE results to agencies, consultancies, and service businesses.

If your business is 25-85 employees, partially or fully remote, and you're stuck trying to "level-up," I will transform it with you.

The Strategy Ladder System will get you UNSTUCK. You'll develop a bullet-proof strategy that grows with your business, streamlines operations, scales your revenue, and sets your business up to continue to grow without you.

The Strategy Ladder System doesn't just change your business. It will transform YOU. You'll undergo a mental reset that frees you from the anxiety and beliefs that tie you to the day-to-day in your business. You're the leader of your business - if you don't change, your business never will.

The Strategy Ladder System has worked for over 400 entrepreneurs, delivering & implementing strategies that have:

💥 Scaled an agency from $150k to $4mil ARR in 10 months

💥 Increased a digital marketing agency’s productivity levels by over 450%, dramatically increasing profitability

💥 Streamlined a SaaS product’s roadmap, reducing development costs by 45% while increasing execution speed by over 25%.

💥 Developed and executing a repositioning strategy that landed a web development agency a long-term contract with a Fortune 100 company

💥 Repositioned of an app development agency that grew recurring revenue from 2% to over 50% of total revenue within three month

💥 Built a sales organization of 65 sales people in two years

💥 Orchestrated & executed a legal & and business strategy that lead to a sale of key assets of a SaaS platform for a significant premium over the market value of the company

CADVertex Solutions

Design Automation & ML Specialist

Exxar

Product Manager

VizExperts

I am transitioning from software development to business development.

In my recent role, I was instrumental in laying out the architecture for a brand new Virtual Reality software that takes CAD models to VR in real-time. I also wrote all the CAD connectors crucial for visualizing 3D models in VR with its metadata and product structure information.

As a Business Development Manager, I pitch value-proposition for potential partners, helping them win new customers and retain existing ones with repeat business. I am responsible for the technical enablement of new partners and the proliferation of the Exxar product in new geographies worldwide.

Krones India Pvt.Ltd.

Role and Responsibilities: Solution Architect and Team Leader for CAD Customization:

• Leading multiple projects handling end to end cycle from requirements stage to production.
• Develop the project plan, manage the team’s performance and secure acceptance and approval of deliverable from the project sponsor and stakeholders.
• Communication with client involving status reporting and developing further development strategies and making sure the project is delivered on schedule, meeting standards specified by the client.

Tools and Technologies: 
Solid Edge, VB.Net, 
WPF with Prism Framework, 
PLM system - ECTR, build around SAP.

Team Lead

- Leading multiple projects handling end to end cycle from requirements stage to production stage.
- Develop the project plan, manage the team’s performance, and secure acceptance and approval of deliverable from the project sponsor and stakeholders. 
- Communication, including status reporting and making sure the project is delivered in budget, on schedule and within scope.

• Technologies: 
-	NX Open API using CSharp and VB.Net, NX Knowledge Fusion. 
-	Solid Edge API programming. Inventor iLogic programming. SolidWorks customization using .Net
-	Several automation projects for MAN Diesel using NXOpen and Knowledge Fusion. 
-	Various Projects for LnT Powai using NXOpen and Knowledge Fusion.

Project Lead

ProtoTech Solutions & Services

Worked as a developer on Spatial ACIS and InterOp technologies integrating these with Eyeshot library.
Exposure to OpenGL programming using C# in Eyeshot.
Experience with creating plugins for Autodesk Inventor using C++ and MFC.
Experience with parallel programming using MPI.
Experience with using the HOOPS Stream Toolkit.
Exposure to developing iPhone games on Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion).
Strong experience with setting up and expanding a testing team for manual testing of a physics engine consisting of a framework and simulator.

Member of Technical Staff

Mphasis

Project 1: Team Leader for CATIA Customization.
[6 Weeks onsite support and training for client - Boeing - in Wichita, USA]

Description: 
• Maintain Boeing’s existing applications written in VB.Net for CATIA. 
• Modification, enhancement and debugging as per customer specifications within a Service Level Agreement (SLA) timeframe followed by testing.
• Estimation – Time and effort estimation for all above activities.

Project 2: Global Support in a 24x7 and multi-supplier environment for Teamcenter PLM Automotive, Alias Studio Edition and UG NX.
[6 Weeks onsite support and training for client - General Motors - in Detroit, USA]

Description:
• Troubleshooting Autodesk Alias Studio, NX 5 and TeamCenter issues for GM users located in 14 locations across 6 continents.
• Finding frequently occurring issues, finding root cause & drive preventive measures.
• Conduct User Acceptance Testing using Test director.

Sr. Software Engineer

UGS India Ltd (Now Seimens PLM)

• Technical Support on Solid Edge to resellers of UGS (now Seimens PLM) countrywide.
• Pre-sales support including technical demostration on Solid Edge to prospective clients and working closely with sales team in achieving targets.
• Solid Edge API support to existing customers in India.
• Conceived, coded and successfully implemented the following intrinsic features to Solid Edge to help win the competition again SolidWorks and Inventor:
- Part and Drawing Compare.
- Feature recognizer for assemblies.
- Solid Edge Navigator.
- Feature Filter for Solid Edge.
- Feature Painter for Solid Edge.
- Feature Renamer for Solid Edge.
- Macro Recorder for Solid Edge.
- Feature Toggler for Solid Edge.	
- Design Standards Checker for Solid Edge

Technical Consultant

Vertex Computers Pvt. Ltd.

• Technical Specialist for CAD Automation and Knowledge Based Engineering (KBE).
• Led a team for Knowledge Based Engineering project execution.
• Executed several successful KBE projects across India/globally.

Reporting directly to the Managing Director, my role was customer management, negotiations with suppliers of products and services, CAD Customization, user training and system installation.

Technical responsibilities included customizing CAD softwares viz. Solid Edge, CATIA, Ug NX, Inventor, SolidWorks and AutoCAD using VB, VB.Net, Knowledge Fusion, Visual LISP, etc.

Team Leader

Expert NetCAD Solutions

Project 1: Expression based modeling of parametric parts for a configurated gearbox assembly for global client David Brown. • Tools: VB, Solid Edge.
• Project 2: Solid modeling of Rolling Mill assembly for client Multiform Machinery and subsequent motion analysis in UG Nx. • Tools: Solid Edge and Ug Nx.

Designer & Programmer

CAD & BIM Automation - CADVertex

Recent:
• Co-architect for a CAD & BIM to VR Product.
• AI Enabled Plugins for BIM and CAD.

Business Development Manager. 
• Value Proposition.
• Win New Customers.
• Retain Existing Ones.
• Repeat Business. 
• Technical Enablement of Channel Partners.

Background: 
• Mechanical Engineer. 
• Design Automation. 
• CAD & BIM Customization. 
• ML & AI in the Mechanical and Civil Domain.
• AR/VR Product Development.

Forte:
• Lead Teams of 5-50 members.
• Delivered 30+ CAD development projects.
• Business solutions.
• Proven Help to Reduce the Cost of Sales.

Experience:
• Software Development - 15 years.
• Presales Support - 2 years.
• Project management - 8 years.
  
Solution Areas:
• Geometry.
• Mechanical and Civil CAD System APIs.
• Rule-Based Design Process Automation 
• CAD Translators & Data Migration Tools Dev. 
• CAD and BIM Programming.
• Visualization - AR/VR.
• Product Lifecycle Management.
   
Tools & Technologies:
• Languages - C, C++, C++/CLI, MFC, CSharp, VB.Net
• Geometry Kernels - ACIS, Open Cascade, 3D InterOP.
• BIM API - Tekla API, Revit API, STAAD Automation.
• CAD API - CATIA API, NXOpen, KF, Product Template Studio, Creo API, Solid Edge API, SolidWorks API, Inventor API.
• Visualization - OpenGL, OGRE, HOOPS.
• PLM - Teamcenter Automotive Edition.
• Test Director, Testuff.

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