Strategy without movement
You know where you want to go.
But the priorities keep shifting, the plan stays too broad, or everything feels important at once.
Growth gets expensive when the wrong problem gets attention
Clear the path for growth.
If your strategy feels unclear, your message is not landing, or the business is not operating the way it should, growth starts costing more than it should. We help sharpen the decisions, strengthen how the market understands your value, and build the infrastructure needed to generate momentum.
01 / STRATEGY
Strategy To Build.
Clarify direction, priorities, positioning, revenue, and the decisions that keep the business moving forward.
02 / STORY
Story To Connect.
Shape messaging, campaigns, creative, and content that people understand, remember, connect with, and act on.
03 / SYSTEMS
Systems To Scale.
Build operations, workflows, resources, teams, and accountability that keep growth moving with less friction.
Where growth gets stuck
What got you here canstart holding you back.
As your business grows, the way you make decisions, communicate your value, and operate day to day can start creating drag. Decisions take longer. Positioning gets harder to explain. Your team compensates for weak systems with more effort. We help you find where momentum is being lost and rebuild the strategy, story, and infrastructure your next stage requires.
Story without connection
You do great work.
But the market cannot quickly see why you are different, why it matters, or why they should choose you.
Systems without alignment
Everyone is busy.
But the work is fragmented across people, tools, campaigns, and tasks with no clear operating rhythm.
We turn scattered effort into a growth system.
We connect the decisions shaping the business, the story shaping demand, and the operating infrastructure carrying the work. The result is less second guessing, fewer disconnected initiatives, stronger execution, and a clearer path from strategy to measurable momentum.
From friction to alignment
Growth happens when your businessstops working against itself.
The goal is not more activity. It is clearer decisions, stronger alignment, and a business that can move with less drag.
When growth feels scattered
Too many priorities competing for attention
Strong ideas without a clear path to execution
Marketing, sales, operations, and leadership solving different problems
The founder carrying too many decisions
Short term activity that keeps resetting
When the system works together
A smaller set of priorities tied to what matters now
Decisions translated into focused action
Strategy, story, systems, and execution reinforcing each other
Clearer leadership decisions and ownership
Work designed to build on itself and compound
Our Proven Process
Diagnose. Build. Lead.
The right pathway depends on where the friction lives and how much support is required to remove it. Start by isolating the constraint, spend 30 days building and activating the path forward, or add us as your ongoing strategic growth partner to guide decisions, execution, and momentum over time. Each pathway stands on its own and can build into the next as the business evolves.
STEP ONE01
Diagnose
Find the constraint.
We cut through the noise, identify what is actually slowing growth, and decide what deserves your attention now.
Best fit: founder led brands, service businesses, or teams facing a stuck decision, unclear priorities, or a specific growth bottleneck.
STEP TWO02
Build
Create the path forward.
We turn the diagnosis into priorities, decisions, and a working growth plan your business can actually execute.
Best fit: brands that need sharper direction, a better plan, or help turning strong ideas into focused action.
STEP THREE03
Lead
Keep the system moving.
We help guide the strategy, direct execution, solve problems, improve systems, and keep momentum building across the right areas of the business.
Best fit: growing businesses with more complexity, more moving parts, and a need for ongoing strategic leadership.
Pathways
Choose your path.
Four ways to work with Strategy Hackers®. Start with the amount of strategic depth the problem, the leader, and the business actually need.
And yes, we show our pricing. No gatekeeping, no “book a call to find out what it costs,” and no awkward pricing shock.
Focus
Find the right problem
Clarity
Growth Intensive
One focused conversation to diagnose the constraint, pressure test the options, and show you what the business needs next.
$250 / 60 minutes
Explore Intensive ↗
Action
Move the priority forward
Momentum
Growth Sprint
A concentrated strategic workstream for a known challenge that needs more than a conversation, without jumping straight into a retainer.
$2.5K / 30 days
Explore Sprint ↗
GuidancePrivate Advisory
Think, guide, and solve together
Guidance + Accountability
Strategic Advisory
A private strategic sounding board for founders, executives, and team leaders who need clear perspective, sharper decisions, and ongoing accountability.
$1.5K / month · 2 × 90 min
Explore Advisory ↗
Alignment
Keep the system aligned
Ongoing Strategic Leadership
Growth Partnership
When the business has more complexity, more moving parts, and priorities that need continuity, Partnership gives you an ongoing strategic layer that can deepen as the work demands it.
Level 01
Foundation
$3.5K / month
A lighter ongoing partnership for senior guidance, steady oversight, sharper decisions, and a stronger strategic foundation.
Level 02
Acceleration
$5K / month
A deeper engagement for businesses that need active collaboration across priorities, decisions, execution, and growth.
Level 03
Integration
$7.5K / month
Our most embedded level for businesses with greater complexity, more moving parts, and longer range growth priorities.
Proof in the numbers
Experience changes what you see.
Our perspective comes from more than 15 years operating across strategy, marketing, creative, revenue, operations, and content for startups, SMBs, nonprofits, scale-ups, and enterprise brands. That range matters because growth constraints rarely sit in one department. Working across 14 verticals and hundreds of brands creates pattern recognition that helps us connect the dots faster, identify what is limiting momentum, and determine what the business needs next.
15+ Yearsacross growth, marketing, creative, revenue, operations, and business transformation
$200M+ Revenuegenerated and influenced through client growth, marketing, and revenue initiatives
10K+ Hoursdeveloping, creating, and launching content across digital, social, and media channels
40+ Launchesbringing brands, offers, and campaigns from concept to market
3.5K+ Campaignsdeveloped and launched across 14 verticals, audiences, channels, and business stages
290+ Brandspartnered with across startups, SMBs, nonprofits, and enterprise brands
Founder & Strategy Hacker®
Built by an operator who knows growth from more than one seat.
3× Founder
4× CMO
6× Agency Builder
650+ Stages
1.8M+ Streams
Troy Sandidge is the founder of Strategy Hackers® and an award winning growth strategist who helps ambitious founders, growth minded leaders, and scaling brands clarify their value, strengthen their market position, build smarter growth systems, and accelerate revenue.
His perspective comes from operating inside the work. Across 15+ years, Troy has led as a founder, CMO, COO, agency builder, creative executive, marketing leader, investor, and board advisor. That range helps him see where strategy, positioning, messaging, operations, media, community, social, and distribution are reinforcing each other or quietly working against growth.
He is also an author, award winning podcaster, a global keynote speaker who delivered the opening TEDx keynote in Uganda, investor, emcee, and proud girl dad.
FAQ
Clarity before
commitment.
Understand the fit, timing, investment, and level of involvement behind each pathway before you decide where to begin.
+Which path should I start with if I am not sure what I need?
Start with the Growth Intensive. It gives us the clearest way to diagnose the issue, pressure test options, and decide whether a Sprint, Strategic Advisory, or Strategic Growth Partnership makes the most sense next.
+Difference between Growth Intensive and Growth Sprint?
The Intensive is one focused session built for clarity and direction. The Sprint gives us 30 days to work through a bigger challenge, make decisions, and build a more developed path forward.
+When does the Growth Partnership make sense?
It makes the most sense when you are ready to make a meaningful investment over a set period of time so real momentum can build and the foundation for results can take shape. The best work takes time, and there are no quick fixes. If you are looking for a one time shortcut, we are probably not the right fit. This path is best when you need ongoing strategic leadership, regular direction, accountability, and room for the work to compound.
+Difference between Growth Partnership levels?
The levels reflect depth, time horizon, and how embedded we need to be. Generally, these work best as 3, 6, or 12 month workstream retainers. Level 01 is the lightest layer of strategic partnership and works well when you need senior guidance, steady oversight, and a strong foundation. Level 02 is a deeper engagement for businesses that need more active collaboration across priorities, decision making, and execution. Level 03 is the most embedded level, built for more complexity, more momentum, and longer range growth work where tighter partnership matters.
+Do you only work on marketing?
No. We sit at the intersection of branding, communication, positioning, messaging, operations, media, community, social, and distribution. The goal is to solve what is actually constraining growth and build the infrastructure across the board to achieve, maintain, and scale that growth.
+Can I start with one path and move into another?
Absolutely. Many clients start with an Intensive, move into a Sprint when the challenge needs more room, use Advisory when the founder or leader needs an ongoing strategic sounding board, and step into a Strategic Growth Partnership when the business needs deeper embedded leadership.
+Who do we work best with?
We work best with founders, startups, SMBs, mission driven organizations, and established brands that are serious about strengthening market position and building the infrastructure for sustainable growth. The common thread is not company size. It is readiness to make decisions, invest in the work, and address the real constraints instead of chasing another quick tactic.
+How do pricing, payments, and terms work?
Pricing is transparent so you can see the investment before starting a conversation. Payment is required before work begins. ACH is preferred, with PayPal or Stripe available upon request. For ongoing work, changes or cancellation should be requested at least 15 days before the next monthly engagement begins. Payments for work already underway are nonrefundable because strategy, planning, production, and capacity are committed at the start of the engagement. Third party costs are separate unless specifically included, and any meaningful change in scope, support, or investment is discussed before additional work begins and agreed to in writing. As the work evolves, scope and support can be revisited based on priorities, budget, internal capacity, client provider fit, outcomes, and the level of strategy or execution needed.
Not sure what path to choose?Start with clarity.
Bring the problem, the goal, the dream, or the challenges. We will help you identify what matters most and where to begin.