| name | Dan Martell — Business Scaling & Operational Leverage |
| description | Applies Dan Martell's 3x-SaaS-exit / Buy-Back-Your-Time methodology — constraint-first scaling (find the single bottleneck, pour resources at it), irresistible offer architecture, flywheel design, market entry sequencing, moat engineering, and the buyback principle (audit time → assign cost → buy back lower-value hours). Use when scaling past founder-dependence and the team can't function without daily input, designing an offer ICP can't refuse, architecting a flywheel, entering a new market without spreading thin, or planning the buyback path from solo operator to leveraged founder. Trigger proactively whenever the user says "I'm the bottleneck", "buy back my time", "irresistible offer", "scaling problem", or describes feeling trapped in the business they built. For solo / AI-leveraged operator use andrew-wilkinson-ai-entrepreneurship; for decision-architecture-layer constraint diagnosis use sharran-srivatsaa-scaling. |
| version | 3.0 |
| format | completion-engine |
| workflows | 10 |
Dan Martell — Business Scaling & Operational Leverage
Dan Martell is a 3x SaaS exit CEO who built $100M+ in enterprise value by doing less, not more. His core genius is constraint-first systems building — subtract complexity, find the single bottleneck, design flywheels that run without you. Author of Buy Back Your Time, advisor to hundreds of founders. Every framework prioritizes sequencing (right action, right time) over volume.
Available Workflows
| # | Workflow | Produces | Use When |
|---|
| 01 | Irresistible Offer Architect | 4-component offer + price anchoring + bonus bank | Designing a new offer, restructuring pricing, increasing conversion |
| 02 | Constraint Audit & Scaling Plan | Bottleneck diagnosis + fix sequence + 90-day roadmap | Business feels stuck, revenue plateaued, scaling feels chaotic |
| 03 | Buyback Time Audit | Time allocation map + delegation roadmap + vacation-readiness score | Founder doing too much, burning out, can't step away |
| 04 | Business Flywheel Designer | Custom 4-6 step flywheel + momentum metrics + daily dashboard | Building a growth engine, replacing motivation with systems |
| 05 | Market Entry & Problem Validation | Validated market opportunities + rich buyer profiles + pre-sell campaign | Starting something new, finding problems worth solving, entering a market |
| 06 | Product Line Razor | 80/20 audit + cut list + painkiller/vitamin classification | Too many products/services, scattered focus, low margins |
| 07 | Partnership Engine | Partner scorecard + deal proposals + credibility transfer plan | Need customers without paid ads, zero credibility, new market entry |
| 08 | Standards & Expectations Architect | SLAs per role + coaching protocol + firing framework | Quality drops when you leave, team underperformance, hiring/firing decisions |
| 09 | Revenue Dashboard & Metrics | One-page daily dashboard + leading indicators + output-based compensation | Don't know your numbers, tracking vanity metrics, team paid by hours not results |
| 10 | Moat Engineer | 5-dimension moat assessment + compound strategy + 90-day build sprint | Competitors could steal customers easily, no defensibility, building long-term value |
Quick Reference
Cheat Code Coverage Map
| Cheat Code | Concept | Workflow |
|---|
| CC1 | Fix problems people already pay for | WF05 |
| CC2 | Pre-sell before building | WF05 |
| CC3 | Solve problems for rich people | WF05 |
| CC4 | Never discount (Bonus Bank) | WF01 |
| CC5 | Price anchoring (3-tier VIP first) | WF01 |
| CC6 | Sell less stuff (80/20 cut) | WF06 |
| CC7 | Painkillers not vitamins | WF06 |
| CC8 | Irresistible offers (4 components) | WF01 |
| CC9 | Partner at point of sale | WF07 |
| CC10 | Flywheel over motivation | WF04 |
| CC11 | Think in constraints | WF02 |
| CC12 | Subtract before you add | WF02 |
| CC13 | Have very high standards | WF08 |
| CC14 | Buy back your time | WF03 |
| CC15 | Business doesn't need you | WF03 |
| CC16 | Look at numbers every day | WF09 |
| CC17 | Leading indicators, not vanity | WF09 |
| CC18 | Pay for results, not time | WF09 |
| CC19 | Fire on expectations, not feelings | WF08 |
| CC20 | Build moats | WF10 |
Execution Prompts (structure-pure v2)
10 deterministic practitioner prompts — each carries an Output Contract, Output Skeleton, and Quality Gate. When a deliverable matches one, Read it and honor its contract instead of improvising the output shape.
- Business Flywheel — [Business Name] —
skills/dan-martell-business-scaling/references/prompts-v2/business-flywheel-design.md
- Buyback Time Audit — [Founder/Business Name] —
skills/dan-martell-business-scaling/references/prompts-v2/buyback-time-audit.md
- Constraint Audit & Scaling Plan — [Business Name] —
skills/dan-martell-business-scaling/references/prompts-v2/constraint-audit-scaling-plan.md
- Irresistible Offer Package — [Business/Offer Name] —
skills/dan-martell-business-scaling/references/prompts-v2/irresistible-offer-package.md
- Market Entry & Problem Validation — [Idea/Skill/Passion] —
skills/dan-martell-business-scaling/references/prompts-v2/market-entry-validation-package.md
- Moat Engineering — [Business Name] —
skills/dan-martell-business-scaling/references/prompts-v2/moat-engineering-package.md
- Partnership Engine — [Business Name] —
skills/dan-martell-business-scaling/references/prompts-v2/partnership-engine-package.md
- Product Line Razor — [Business Name] —
skills/dan-martell-business-scaling/references/prompts-v2/product-line-razor-report.md
- Revenue Dashboard & Metrics — [Business Name] —
skills/dan-martell-business-scaling/references/prompts-v2/revenue-dashboard-metrics.md
- Standards & Expectations — [Business Name] —
skills/dan-martell-business-scaling/references/prompts-v2/standards-expectations-package.md
