Boutique Growth Operator

Helping Founders Escape the Scaling Ceiling

Foundation before tactics. Systems that run without you. €30K–€500K MRR. Boutique, senior, no junior.

Federico Nigro, boutique growth operator working with founders with traction

The Growth Operator Founders Choose Over Agencies

Boutique senior partnership for founders with traction. €30K–€500K MRR or €100K–€1M ARR. 4–6 founders per year. No junior, no agency overhead.

Real Numbers, Real Clients

Results you can expect

€200K → €450K

Ofanto Italy. 12 months. Zero ads.

+37% MoM

Ippocra / dPulses. One positioning pivot.

+€850K

Anonymized B2B. Email + lifecycle. No ads.

€9.30

Cost per booking. ESA BIC first cohort.

The Ladder

Four tiers. One operator.

From a 5-min audit to long-term partnership. Pick the right entry point for where you are.

AuditFree

5-min audit funnel

Auto-qualifies fit in 5 minutes. If we're a fit, you book a discovery call. If we're not, you get the Founder Playbook and you move on with something useful.

Sprint€5–10K flat

Foundation Sprint

6–10 weeks. Productized full-funnel install: positioning, tracking, funnel, paid ads launch, lifecycle base, analytics dashboard. Fixed scope, fixed price.

Retainer€2.5–5K / month

Growth Operator Retainer

Long-term partnership. Strategy, ads optimization, lifecycle, retention, lead gen. I'm the strategic head. Senior pros execute the tactical under my direction.

Engines€5–10K + €1–2K / month

Deployable Growth Engines

Productized systems: Lead Gen, Lifecycle, Ads Optimization, Content. Built once, deployed per client. Add-on to retainer or standalone.

Why Founders Choose Federico

Six things I do differently

01

Boutique senior. Never junior.

Agencies pitch you the founder and deliver a junior account. You get me, from pitch to delivery. No intermediaries.

02

Foundation before tactics.

95% of growth folks jump to ads, SEO, posts. They skip positioning, tracking, lifecycle. Ads on a broken funnel is burn rate.

03

Goals, not hours.

Retainer fixed, scope on outcome. Whether your week is 10 strategy hours or 40, the price is the same. Incentive aligned with your result.

04

Long-term partnership.

3 months minimum, default 6–12. I learn your business, your team, your market. Strategic decisions only matter inside that depth.

05

Operator background.

Ex marketing director, ex media buyer scaling €30–50K/mo in ads, ex content creator for Nike, Oppo, JD Sports, MyProtein. Engineering by training.

06

Personal voice. Contrarian POV.

Recognizable voice, Italian rhythm, first-person, contrarian on 6 fixed points. No corporate, no MBA, no LinkedIn platitudes.

The Process

Foundation → Scale → Long-term

Three months of foundation. Six months for compounding results. Twelve+ months for category-defining work.

Months 1–3

Foundation

Positioning + ICP verification. Tracking + analytics setup. Customer voice mining. Lifecycle base install. We don't launch ads until this is dialed in.

Months 4–6

Scale

Paid ads launch (foundation is solid now). Lead gen system (B2B) or acquisition expansion (Ecom). Lifecycle deep work. Monthly experiment cycles.

Months 7+

Long-term

System optimization + iteration. Team training + handoff prep. Case study material. Referral activation. Clean exit when your team can run it.

Common Objections

What founders ask me

Ready to Scale

Build a system that runs without you.

Four to six founders per year. Boutique partnership. If you have traction (€30K+ MRR or €100K+ ARR) and you're tired of trick-of-the-month, take the 5-minute audit.

If we're a fit, we talk. If we're not, you get the Founder Playbook and you move on with something useful.

Take the 5-min Audit
Get Started

Or, drop me a note.

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Boutique growth operator for founders with traction.

Mission

Help founders escape the scaling ceiling by building growth systems that run without them. Foundation before tactics. Boutique, senior, no junior.

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