Sales Architecture for founder-led companies

Your business has an operating system. Your sales team doesn't.

I build the sales system that lets your sales engine run without you. Process, roles, scorecards, visibility, and rhythm, built to last past any one rep.

Josh Holmes · Sales Architect · Former CRO who scaled a company to $20M+ ARR

The problem

Most sales problems are system problems, not people problems.

If any of these sound familiar, the issue isn't effort. It's architecture.

Stop fixing the people. Start fixing the system.

  • You're still the best salesperson. Every big deal routes through you. You can't step back without revenue stepping back too.
  • One superstar carries the number. If they leave, the pipeline leaves with them.
  • You've hired reps who didn't work out. Twice, maybe three times. Each miss cost six months and real money.
  • Nobody can tell you what's actually in the pipeline. The CRM says one thing. Your gut says another.
  • Every rep sells differently. There's no shared process, so there's nothing to coach to.
What a sales system is

This is Sales Architecture. Not sales training.

Training changes behavior for a few weeks. Architecture changes how the business runs. I give your sales function the same structure, rhythm, and accountability a well-run company already expects everywhere else, and I implement it piece by piece until it holds weight without you.

  • A documented sales process your reps follow and your managers coach to.
  • Defined roles and ownership for every stage, from first touch to renewal.
  • Scorecards for every seat, with numbers that mean something.
  • Pipeline visibility you trust, built on CRM data that's actually clean.
  • A meeting rhythm (weekly, monthly, quarterly) that keeps the system running.
  • A hiring profile for the next rep, based on what actually wins your deals.

Learn more about sales system implementation

How we start

Three steps from first call to a working system.

  1. System Fit Call (free, 30 minutes)We talk about where sales stands today and what your sales system needs.
  2. Sales System Reality Check ($3,500, about one week)I score your sales system and give you a straight verdict: what works, what's broken, and what fixing it takes. Learn more
  3. ImplementationWe build the system together, piece by piece, until your sales engine runs on it. Get in touch to learn more.
Who it's for

Built for founders at the handoff point.

Founder-led companies doing $1M–$25M that are still selling through the founder, or are about to hire (or just hired) their first sales team. Strongest fit: SaaS, IT services, and security and tech-enabled services.

Not a fit: companies looking for a script, a one-day workshop, or someone to just go hire reps.

Startup to $20M+ ARRas CRO of Harris Technology Services
Security, SaaS, and IT servicesthe markets I've sold and led in
Trained architectfive years of architecture school before sales
Josh Holmes
Who builds it

Trained to design buildings. Now I design sales systems.

I studied architecture for five years before I ever carried a quota. I build sales systems the way I was trained to design buildings: foundation first, load paths clear, nothing decorative that doesn't hold weight. As CRO, I scaled a company from startup to $20M+ ARR across security technology, SaaS, and IT services. Today I design and implement sales systems for founder-led companies through The CRO Toolkit.

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Other ways to work together

Need more than a system?

Fractional CRO

A sales system plus ongoing executive leadership. One seat at a time.

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Sales Hiring

Once the system exists, I recruit the reps to run it.

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Find out where your sales system is broken.

30 minutes. No pitch deck. You'll leave knowing what to fix first.

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