Additional bandwidth for founders and CEOs.
You've got one at home. And one at the office you didn't even realize.
A junk drawer full of things you need to deal with but avoid because it's just easier to keep them hidden away.
But what are they costing you?
- The person you need to hire…
- The training you've put off building…
- The market you've avoided entering…
- The product adjustment that seems too overwhelming…
- 8
- brands built from scratch
- 30+
- years running and scaling companies
- 40+
- clients moved forward
- Automotive.
CPG manufacturing.
Construction. - Among others.
What the work looks like
Let's go through that drawer.
Pick out the things that need to be dealt with and move you and your team forward. We'll set standards and build systems.
An HR pipeline. A sales pipeline. Getting your best practices shared across the organization. Or maybe finally getting that deferred-initiative done.
Plus ensure that you as a founder aren't in the way.
Andrew wrote the book on it
Dump the Drawer
The small decisions that build big outcomes
Most people are bad at making decisions — not because they lack options, but because they're afraid to be wrong. So they avoid the call, or make it without knowing what they're actually aiming for.
This book makes the case for defining what you want first. Once you know where you're going, the decisions make themselves.
You build that clarity the same way you build any muscle: in small reps, long before the big decision ever shows up.
“He identifies and addresses the ‘junk drawer’ decisions that hold companies back — a straightforward yet profound insight.”Brian Lofrumento · Wantrepreneur to Entrepreneur Podcast, on Andrew's advisory work
Thirty years, eight industries
Radio. Hip hop. An Emmy-winning creative studio. An apparel brand, despite zero fashion sense. An education app. Pre-owned automotive. Youth sports franchising. Most recently, CEO of an investor-backed exotic vehicle wholesale company.
Most people call this an eclectic career. Andrew calls it pattern recognition training.
Every industry has the same fundamental challenges: unclear next steps, operational bottlenecks, scaling obstacles, team alignment issues. The solutions just wear different clothes.
Idea to execution
Zero to one, more than once.
A sketch on a napkin
became a physical product with worldwide distribution.
A meeting in a hotel room in West Palm Beach
became an automotive organization with a global footprint.
A strategy session leaning on an excavator
transformed a modest family-run firm into a multi-state juggernaut.
Case study
KHC Environmental · Erosion control & site work · North CarolinaWhat additional bandwidth actually builds.
KHC Environmental is a founder-led erosion control and site work contractor operating across Charlotte, Greensboro, and Raleigh. Deep field expertise, real customer service, and a leadership team ready to carry more of the operating load than the structure allowed for.
Here's what existed at the end of the engagement that didn't exist at the start:
- A weekly operating rhythmA structured cadence with group accountability, run by the leadership team rather than the CEO. Commitments get tracked between meetings instead of evaporating.
- Job-level financialsProject-by-project cost tracking in QuickBooks, starting with one division as proof of concept. A diagnostic the company hadn't had — and the foundation any future buyer would underwrite.
- A labor pipelineActive candidate conversations every week and a maintained warm list, replacing reactive hiring. Plus a pre-interview alignment exercise so the team is calibrated before a candidate sits down.
- Field crews generating leadsSupervisors log competitor job sites to a shared channel — photo, contact, done. Sales intelligence now comes from the people already out on site.
None of it was handed over from the outside. Every framework was built with the people who'd have to run it, so the team already understood it when it came time to run it.
Working together
A strategic partnership, not a deliverable.
Most of the time, 9/5 clients have some idea what to do. They've read the books. Listened to the podcasts. Attended a myriad of workshops.
But they're still at square one — because implementing solutions and being accountable is hard when you're focused on day-to-day operations.
9/5 clients don't just get a consultant. They get someone who's built what they're trying to build, scaled what they're trying to scale, and solved what they're trying to solve. Andrew's not leaving you with a system and a framework. He's jumping out of the plane with you.
- Five companies founded. A swimwear brand co-founded and sold after eleven years.
- Two decades running Longtrain Productions, a creative audio studio serving Bank of America, Bojangles, and iHeartMedia. Emmy, Telly, and Addy awards.
- Advisory board, Dilly — an AI-native employment platform. Advisor to the University of Tampa's Lowth Entrepreneurship Center.
- Certificate in Private Company Governance, Private Directors Association.
In their words
We had the customer service down — now we're backing it up with the processes and goals in place behind the scenes. He is changing the way KHC does it and it is all for the better.
Chris Mayberry · CEO, KHC Environmental
Andrew has been really instrumental in helping me scale my Second Shot adoption photo program. It was during a brainstorming session together where Andrew's advice led to me scaling to other cities. That proved to be very good advice, and now we're in multiple cities.
Adam Goldberg · Founder, Stronger Shot
I highly recommend Andy to other entrepreneurs who may be too close to their problems to get some outsider feedback and direction. He has helped me see issues from a different point of view, which spark new ideas leading to actionable improvements in my business.
Zach Jennings · Serial entrepreneur, creator of AXIS
Inquisitive, creative, and well-rounded in business — a great combination for me to get help talking through problems, opportunities, or general updates on my business.
Ashley Haywood · Entrepreneur and business owner
- Pet productsOngoing advisory through a period of fast growth.
- AI startupAdvisor.
- Automotive productsCurrent engagement.
- Kitchen technologyPre-launch branding for an investor-backed product.
- Erosion control & site workOperating engagement across three markets.
Let's start with a free call.
Thirty minutes. You'll leave with a clearer read on what actually needs to happen next, whether or not we work together.
Not ready to book? Email andrew@ninefivepartners.com.