Scale Your Business with Confidence
Strategic business consulting for founders and leadership teams who are ready to move from survival mode to sustainable, scalable growth.
About Marcus
Over the past 20 years, I have helped businesses of all sizes, from bootstrapped startups to mid-market companies with $50M+ in revenue, find clarity in chaos and build the systems needed for predictable growth. Before founding Chen Advisory Group, I spent a decade in operations leadership at Fortune 100 companies. I bring that same rigor and strategic thinking to every engagement, making sure that growth never comes at the cost of sustainability.
Credentials
Specialties
Consulting Services
Strategy Development
A rigorous strategic planning process that clarifies your competitive positioning, identifies growth levers, and produces a 12-month roadmap your whole team can rally behind.
Operations Optimization
A deep operational audit followed by hands-on implementation support to streamline workflows, reduce costs, and increase throughput without burning out your team.
Growth Acceleration
End-to-end support for scaling, from market analysis and go-to-market strategy to sales process design and partnership development. Built for companies ready to double down.
What Business Owners Say
“Marcus helped us see the forest for the trees. We were so deep in day-to-day firefighting that we had lost sight of strategy. Within one quarter, we had a clear roadmap and revenue was up 22%.”
Engagement Models
Flexible engagement structures designed to match the pace and scope of your business needs.
Advisory
$3,000
/month
- 2 strategy sessions per month
- Email and Slack support
- Monthly progress report
- Access to resource library
Growth Partner
$7,500
/month
- Weekly strategy sessions
- Unlimited communication access
- Team workshop facilitation
- Quarterly business review
- KPI dashboard setup
- Vendor and partner introductions
Fractional COO
$15,000
/month
- Embedded 2-3 days per week
- Full operational oversight
- Leadership team coaching
- Board and investor support
- Process and systems design
- Hiring and org structure guidance
- Custom reporting and analytics
Frequently Asked Questions
I work primarily with B2B companies between $1M and $50M in annual revenue, though I have supported everything from pre-revenue startups to enterprises. The common thread is ambitious founders or leaders who want a strategic partner, not just advice.
Most clients begin seeing measurable improvements within 60 to 90 days. Some quick wins, like operational bottleneck fixes, happen in the first few weeks. Larger strategic shifts typically take a full quarter to materialize.
We start with a comprehensive discovery phase, including stakeholder interviews, financial review, and a competitive landscape analysis. From there, I deliver a findings report and a strategic recommendation deck, which we then turn into an execution plan together.
Absolutely. I integrate directly with your team and prefer to build internal capability rather than create dependency. My goal is always to leave your team stronger and more self-sufficient than when we started.
I do not hand you a slide deck and walk away. Every engagement includes hands-on implementation support. I sit in the meetings, help build the systems, and stay accountable to the outcomes alongside you.
Let's Talk Strategy
Interested in working together? Tell me a bit about your business and what you are looking to achieve.