Strata Partners — Growth partnerships for experts who don't market

The thesis

The best operators hit the same ceiling. Revenue grew on their back — their network, their hustle, their reputation. But there's no marketing. No outbound. No system. Just them.

Agencies hand you deliverables. Consultants hand you advice. In-house hires take six months to ramp. None of them build the full machine.

Strata operates inside your business as your growth department — everything from positioning to pipeline. The structure fits the situation — retainer, commission, partnership, or some combination.

This isn't for everyone. I work with founders who have deep expertise — either a business that already works and needs a growth system, or a career worth building a brand around. If you're still figuring out what you're good at, start with Opportunity OS on my LinkedIn — it's built for that stage.

How we work together

Three ways we work together.

Where you're starting decides the structure. Not the standard — the structure.

Growth + commission. You already have a brand.

A lighter monthly retainer to keep your brand growing — plus a commission on what we generate together. The retainer is lower because the foundation's already built; the commission means I win when you win.

Launch → partnership. Deep expertise, no brand yet.

For people with genuinely impressive careers and nothing built around them. A set retainer for 3–6 months to get your name into the market and fine-tune everything — message, goals, offers. After that, I typically shift to a commission or partnership structure.

Brand management. Retainer only.

Straightforward: I run your brand, you pay a monthly retainer. No commission, no partnership — just the operation handled.

What partners get

The Strata Growth System — built and operated.

Whether you have a working business that needs a growth engine, deep expertise ready to monetize, or an established brand that needs operational firepower — I build and run the entire growth operation. From how your market sees you, to how strangers become calls on your calendar. You do one 30-minute call per week. I do everything else.

Positioning & content

I build both your founder presence and your company brand — positioning, messaging, visual identity. Then I create a library of repeatable content formats from your expertise, published on a cadence that compounds across every channel. You don't become a creator. Your market simply starts seeing you the way it should have all along.

Acquisition — outbound & ads

Targeted outreach to the right people at the right companies, plus paid campaigns across the channels that reach your buyers. I build the lists, write the sequences, run the spend, and optimize for qualified pipeline — not vanity metrics. Pipeline doesn't wait for someone to find you first.

Conversion — web, lead magnets & infrastructure

Your website rebuilt to do one job: turn visitors into calls. Scorecards, diagnostics, and calculators that convert passive attention into identified prospects. And the full infrastructure behind it — sequences, landing pages, and pathways from first click to booked meeting.

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Partners

What the system produces.

Real results from real partnerships — each with the dedicated attention required to move the needle.

Wealth advisory

0 → 3

Inbound leads in 6 months (solo) Qualified inbound in month 1

A multi-decade advisor with a strong close rate — and no system generating pipeline.

Multi-decade practice. Closed nearly every meeting. Zero inbound — six months of trying to build a content system alone produced nothing. I built the full growth system — positioning, brand, content, distribution, and web. Three qualified inbound leads in month one. From strangers, not referrals.

"Two conversations that have directly come from the work you're doing on LinkedIn! Just got one DM that showed up today from a connection and another from a guy that reached out on 3/7 from LinkedIn I missed his DM because it went to the other folder but he reached out through my website today."— Partner, Wealth Advisory

HR leadership community

$0 → $2.4K

Revenue at start Monthly recurring in 6 months

Twenty years of HR expertise — no brand, no content, no infrastructure, no revenue model.

I spent 5 months building the audience and positioning first. Then built the entire community from scratch: brand, website, membership platform, weekly intelligence reports, interactive diagnostic tools, and a content engine producing two research-backed reports per week. Six months after launch: 53 paying members, $2,400/month recurring revenue, 57% revenue growth quarter over quarter — from an idea that didn't exist 11 months ago. Since then, she's been invited to speak at multiple national HR conferences (several paid), featured in industry articles, and connected with leaders she wouldn't have reached otherwise.

"They didn't just build a content calendar. They built an entire system — the reports, the community, the diagnostic tools — things I couldn't have done in a year on my own."— Partner, HR Leadership · equity partnership

Former Fortune 500 executive

~100K → +30%

Existing audience Faster follower growth

A former Fortune 500 executive with ~100K followers — already had the brand, needed the operation.

She'd built the audience herself, but growth had plateaued and she was spending too much time managing every part of content creation. I took over the full operation — positioning, content, launches. She went from managing everything solo to focusing only on the creative parts she enjoys. Follower growth rate jumped roughly 30%, and the second accelerator cohort brought in ~$70K in revenue.

"The amount of time I spend on content has reduced drastically. The whole process has been transformed — it gave me back hours to focus on other areas of my business."— Partner, Former Fortune 500 Executive

The founder

César Solís Founder · Strata Partners

Every founder I work with has the same story. The business works. Growth is stuck inside them.

You close when you get the meeting. The problem is every meeting still comes through your network, your reputation, your personal effort. That's not a system. That's a ceiling.

I spent years building the outreach sequences, positioning, and sales content that filled my employers' pipelines — the kind of work that made strangers want to take a meeting. Separately, I grew a 190,000-person audience on LinkedIn while working full-time, without engagement pods or shortcuts — just systems that compound.

Every partner I work with has decades more operating experience than I do. That's by design. They run the business they've already mastered. I build and run the growth engine around it — because that's the craft I've spent my career obsessing over, and it's the one thing their experience alone won't solve.

César Solís Connect on LinkedIn →

Readiness check

Is your business ready?

Five questions. 60 seconds. Find out if the partnership model fits.

Where are you right now?

How long have you been doing this work?

Do people already pay you for your expertise?

What's your relationship with content and personal brand?

What would a growth partner unlock for you?

Where do most of your clients come from today?

If you took a month off, would new pipeline still come in?

When you get in front of a qualified prospect, what's your close rate?

What's holding your business back most right now?

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Common questions

Before you apply.

How much of my time does this take?

Minimal. I run everything. You'll spend 1–2 hours per week on approvals and a short strategy check-in. The rest is on me.

What does the first 30 days look like?

Week 1: positioning and audience deep-dive. Weeks 2–3: brand, content systems, web, and outbound infrastructure built. Week 4: first content live, outbound running, pipeline mechanics active.

What if my industry is niche?

That's where this works best. Niche businesses have a defined audience and a clear point of view — the positioning writes itself. I've done this across wealth advisory and HR leadership, among others.

What if it doesn't work?

I start with a retainer so both sides can evaluate the fit with low risk. If the partnership isn't producing, I restructure or part ways. I don't lock anyone into long-term contracts.

How is this different from hiring an agency?

Agencies deliver tasks in one channel — a social agency, an ads agency, a web agency. You end up managing three vendors and none of them own the outcome. I run the entire growth operation as one integrated system — positioning through pipeline — and the structure is built around your situation, not a one-size-fits-all package.

What industries do you work with?

Professional services, advisory, and knowledge-based businesses — where the person's expertise is the product. If your growth is stuck inside your personal network, the model works regardless of vertical.

Still have questions? I'll answer them on the call.

Start your application →

Apply to partner.

60 seconds. Three steps. I respond within 48 hours.

Who this is for: Founders and executives with deep expertise and a business worth building around — whether you're scaling what works or launching something new.

I take on a maximum of 3 new partnerships per quarter. Applications are reviewed in the order they're received.

About you

Where are you right now?

Company website (optional)

Biggest bottleneck to growth right now?

Tell us more

What does your business do, and what would meaningful growth look like in the next 6 months?

Last step — where should I reach you?

Your name

I review every application personally. No auto-responders, no sales team.

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Application received.

I'll review your submission and respond within 48 hours. If there's a fit, I'll schedule a discovery call to explore the partnership.

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