... A real product
... A real market
... A real team
We’re brought in when...
...calenThe company has real momentum behind it
...The team is capable and ambitious
...Growth has slowed in ways no one can quite explain
“Midstage doesn’t just advise from the sidelines — they’re right there with us on the field.”
— Kevin Brown, Re-Founder & CEO, icetana.ai
The Clarity Reset™ is how we begin.
It’s a deliberate, company-wide reset designed to restore speed and alignment by reconnecting the company to how the founder actually thinks.
Not through more instructions.
Not through more meetings.
But by teaching the organization how decisions are really made — so progress no longer depends on the founder being everywhere.
Instead of everything routing back to one person, the team learns how to:
🔵 frame problems the right way
🔵 make tradeoffs with shared standards
🔵 and act with real ownership
The Clarity Reset™ is the entry point — not the end.
What follows is the Compounding Level-Up System™.
This is our repeatable approach to building founder-grade judgment across the entire company — quarter after quarter.
Instead of one-off fixes, the company develops:
● stronger judgment
● better decisions
● deeper ownership
● and more ambitious execution
Leaders bring insights instead of updates
Decisions get made without endless back-and-forth
The founder gets pulled out of meetings instead of pulled in
The company aligns around a small set of real priorities
Trust, momentum, and accountability rise together
They improve because the company learns how to think and operate at a higher level.
✅ You’re post–product–market fit
✅ You have a real team and real customers
✅ You feel stuck in firefighting mode
✅ You sense the company depends on you too much
✅ You want the company to move without constact correction
❌ You’re pre-revenue or idea-stage
❌ You’re looking for motivation or generic advice
❌ You’re unwilling to change how decisions actually get made
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Before any engagement, we begin with a focused diagnostic conversation.
The goal is simple:
Identify exactly where clarity broke — and what must change to restore it.
No pitch.
No fluff.
Just clarity.
Not sure if you're ready? Book a 30-minute 3rd Gear Diagnostic (no charge) to identify where you are and what you need.
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Connect strategy to action so every team moves together toward shared outcomes.
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Chasing individual deals, unpredictable pipeline
Clients don't know what they're buying
Every engagement is bespoke; nothing scales
Revenue is linear with hours
They apply, we select – We're the prize, not the vendor
Fixed cohort, fixed curriculum — Productized delivery
Peer learning — Founders learn from each other's execution
Scarcity creates prestige We only take 4–6 companies per cohort
Clear value ladder — Year 1 → Year 2 expansion is natural
We can't run a cohort without a clear, teachable methodology. This constraint makes us systematize what we know—and that benefits you.