Confidential Briefing Run-Rate: ~$2.3M/Month ($27.6M/Yr) Target: 100–200% YoY Growth

Everstride Executive Growth Hub

Strategic architecture, competitive intelligence, and financial modeling for scaling Everstride from $2.3M/month toward 9 figures while protecting cash, launching Amazon, and freeing founder bandwidth.

Module 01 // Org Architecture

Proposed Growth Org Structure

One Owner. One Growth Leader. Seven Pods. How to free Charlie from media buying, CRO, and ops bottlenecks while avoiding the siloed 2-head trap.

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Module 02 // Positioning Alignment

Category Landscape Review

A factual, collaborative review of Everstride's core wedge vs. direct DTC peers and retail/medical brands. Structured for your feedback and confirmation.

Review Positioning Matrix →
Module 03 // Financial Roadmap

100–200% Growth & Cash Model

Interactive P&L waterfall, sensitivity analysis on the 23% delivery cost, inventory cash lag simulator, and 7 cash capability questions.

Explore Cash & Growth Plan →

What Charlie is Looking For

  • Translating Numbers into Action: Turning complex finance, Triple Whale data, and cross-channel attribution into clear, confident growth directives.
  • Removing Founder Bottlenecks: Relieving Charlie from daily media buying, creative angle approvals, CRO management, and website updates.
  • Unifying Paid & Retention: Bridging top-of-funnel ad spend (50% MER) with replenishment, Subscribe & Save, and LTV retention funnels.
  • Scale Partner Toward 9 Figures: A trusted operator to guide 100–200% YoY growth and execute the October Amazon launch smoothly.

Current State & Operational Reality

  • Stretched Thin as Sole Founder: Personally managing creative strategy, CRO, media buying support, and email agency approvals.
  • Strong Base Economics: ~$2.3M/mo run-rate ($27.6M/yr), profitable, cash positive, with US accounting firm managing base P&L.
  • Rising CAC Pressure: Media spend is ~50% of revenue on Meta; customer acquisition costs are steadily climbing with scale.
  • Inventory Transition: Moving from dropshipping to holding stock from China; cash is now committed in inventory lead times (~60 days).
  • Upcoming Amazon Launch: High opportunity channel launching in October, requiring dedicated P&L and cannibalization tracking.
Key Audit Priority: The True Cost of Delivery (COD)
From Factory to Front Door — Ensuring No Variable Expense is Missed in Gross Margin Calculations

Phase 1: Inbound Landed COGS

Base Manufacturer Price: Factory FOB
Freight-In (Ocean/Air): Cargo to 3PL
Customs, Duties & Tariffs: Border Clear

Phase 2: Warehouse Operations

Receiving & Count Labor: Inventory In
Pick & Pack Fulfillment: Per-Order Fee
Packaging & Inserts: Mailers / Boxes

Phase 3: Outbound Final Mile

Outbound Carrier Shipping: USPS / DHL
Payment Processor Fees: Stripe / PayPal (2.9%)
Return Reserves & Sizing: Exchange Allowance
Total Cost of Delivery (COD) = Landed COGS + Warehouse & Packaging + Outbound Shipping + Merchant Fees + Return Allowance.
My 1-Month Audit validates whether your 23% figure fully captures all three phases to ensure your CAC ceiling is 100% accurate.

Strategic Video Breakdowns & Growth Insights

Two short operator video breakdowns addressing the exact concerns you raised on our call regarding rising Meta CAC and scaling creator-led creative volume:
<3 Min Video Instagram Reel

Rising CAC: Rethinking Advertising at Scale

Why spending $1M+/mo on Meta without a compounding base degrades MER. When CAC rises with spend, surface-level media buying or launching more creatives is the wrong fix. The real lever is separating new-customer aMER from blended and building organic repeat demand.

3–4 Min Video Instagram Reel

Content Flywheel: Unlocking Next-Level Growth

How DTC brands spending $30K+/mo on ads unlock compounding growth by turning customer posts and creator seeding into a systematic 5-stage flywheel (Track → Rights → Multi-Funnel Deploy → Analyze → Amplify) instead of paying per post for rented attention.

Call Recordings & Operator Reference Vault

Intro Call Recordings (August 25)

Full recorded discussion between Charlie Linford and Sourav Ghosh.

▶ Watch Part 1 (37 min) ↗ ▶ Watch Part 2 ↗

Big Picture: Growth & Strategy Architecture

The core operating frameworks, case studies, and systems for scaling DTC brands profitably.

View scale.souravghosh.com ↗

Crazy Compression Case Study

US DTC compression socks brand ($4M+ annual revenue). Built 8-figure profitable growth foundation, turned H1 net profit positive vs. prior-year loss, and supervised ~$1M ad spend.

View Case Study ↗

eCommerce Finance Foundation & Audit

The 12-checkpoint framework for establishing accrual P&L, break-even MER, and inventory cash control.

View Financial Foundation ↗

Omnichannel Measurement & Attribution

Why click-based attribution breaks when scaling cross-channel (Shopify + Amazon + TTS) and how to measure true incrementality.

Read Substack Essay ↗
Engagement Roadmap

1-Month Strategic Audit Trial ($10K through September)

I start immediately to audit your real accrual P&L with your US accountants, pressure-test Triple Whale data, build the October Amazon launch P&L model, and align all 7 growth pods.

View Org Structure → Explore Growth Plan →