12-Week Business Control Program · Early-Stage Founders

Your Business Needs a System, Not More Hustle.

The Catalyst is the 12-week operating system for founders at ₹15L–₹50L ARR. Three months. Build your revenue engine. Stop guessing on pricing. Fill your pipeline with a documented system, not founder hustle.

12

Weeks of structured operating system build

6

Core business pillars installed in sequence

12

Documented deliverables you leave with

The Transformation

Before. After. No filler in between.

The change this program produces is not motivational — it is structural. Here is the precise before and after.

This is you right now
  • You don't know your true CAC, LTV, or contribution margin — you're running on gut

  • Pricing was set by what felt right, not by what the value architecture supports

  • You have no repeatable acquisition system — leads come from random effort and referrals

  • Customers leave and you don't know why until it's too late to fix

  • Everything depends on you — no one can execute without your involvement

  • You've thought about hiring a salesperson but don't know what to tell them to do

This is you after the program
  • You have a working unit economics model with real numbers — not estimates

  • Your pricing is restructured and tested against the anchoring-bias test

  • You have a 90-day GTM playbook with named channels, CAC targets, and weekly actions

  • You have a retention system: onboarding sequence, churn triggers, LTV expansion logic

  • You have 3 core SOPs your team can execute without asking you a single question

  • You have the language and metrics to brief a salesperson, investor, or operator

Starter

Popular

$1,999/Month

One request at a time. Pause or cancel anytime

What’s included:

  • One request at a time

  • Turnaround time per request

  • Weekly sync call

  • 1:1 async communication

  • Daily project updates

  • Team Integration

Premium
$3699/month

One request at a time. Pause or cancel anytime

What’s included:

  • One request at a time

  • Turnaround time per request

  • Design complexity

  • Illustration library access

  • Project management

  • Dedicated account manager

The Structure

12 weeks. 9 modules. One revenue engine built on your actual numbers.

Each month targets a specific pillar cluster. The output of Month 1 feeds directly into Month 2. Nothing is theoretical — every week closes with a working document.

Week 1-4

PRICE — Pricing Architecture

Unit economics baseline built. 3-tier pricing architecture designed and stress-tested.

Pricing model validated — minimum 60% Gross Margin

Weeks 5–8

ACQUIRE — Go-To-Market Engine

One channel. One offer. A weekly pipeline scorecard tracking CAC in real time.

10+ qualified leads per week — documented CAC

Weeks 9–12

RETAIN — Funnel Leak Elimination

30-day onboarding sequence installed. Churn root causes categorised and addressed.

LTV:CAC ratio trending toward 3:1

Pillars Activated

The 3 Pillars This Program Installs

The Catalyst installs 3 pillars as working deliverables — Price, Acquire, and Retain. These are the three pillars that determine whether an early-stage business can generate consistent, profitable revenue. Each produces a document you use in your business the following week.

2. Price

Pricing architecture rebuild — anchoring-bias test, tier restructure, contribution margin model

3. Acquire

90-day GTM playbook — channel selection, CAC targets, lead volume hypothesis

4. Retain

Retention playbook — onboarding sequence, churn triggers, LTV expansion logic

What You Leave With

12 Documented Deliverables

Every session produces a working output — not notes, not a mindset shift. By Week 12 you have a complete operating file you can hand to a team member, an investor, or a mentor.

1

Unit Economics Model — CAC, LTV, payback period, gross margin

2

Pricing Architecture Document — tier restructure with implementation timeline

3

Contribution Margin Spreadsheet — per-unit truth, not aggregate guesses

4

Business Diagnostic Report — written synthesis with single biggest financial lever

5

Channel Selection Document — primary + secondary with CAC targets

6

90-Day GTM Playbook — week-by-week operational execution plan

7

Retention Playbook — onboarding sequence, churn triggers, LTV expansion logic

8

3 Core SOPs — delegatable, tested, executable without you present

9

OKR Dashboard — north star metric, 3 KRs, weekly tracking cadence

10

Operating Rhythm Template — daily, weekly, monthly cadence installed

11

Graduation Demo — recorded 10-minute business presentation

12

Alumni Board Review — written Foundry eligibility assessment

Is This For You

Founder Fit — Be Honest

This is for you if
  • You're a founder at ₹15L–₹50L ARR who is still doing everything yourself

  • You've been growing but don't know your unit economics, CAC, or contribution margin

  • Your pricing was set by gut feel, not architecture

  • You don't have a documented GTM playbook — just tactics you're trying

  • You're ready for a structured 12-week commitment with accountability

This is not for you if
  • You're above ₹50L ARR and need organisational leverage — you need The Foundry

  • You're not yet clear on your business direction — start with The Ascension

  • You want a course you can watch passively at your own pace

  • You're not willing to share your real numbers with a peer cohort

Starter

Popular

$1,999/Month

One request at a time. Pause or cancel anytime

What’s included:

  • One request at a time

  • Turnaround time per request

  • Weekly sync call

  • 1:1 async communication

  • Daily project updates

  • Team Integration

Premium
$3699/month

One request at a time. Pause or cancel anytime

What’s included:

  • One request at a time

  • Turnaround time per request

  • Design complexity

  • Illustration library access

  • Project management

  • Dedicated account manager

OUTCOMES

What you will be able to do after 12 weeks.

Read your business at the unit level — CAC, LTV, payback period, and gross margin calculated from real numbers

Price from architecture not gut feel — using the anchoring-bias and value-to-price tests

Run a repeatable acquisition system with one primary channel, a CAC target, and a weekly action cadence

Diagnose customer churn before it accumulates — with a documented trigger list and re-engagement sequence

Hand off recurring work using SOPs your team can execute without you present

Track one north star metric and run a weekly OKR review without the founder being the bottleneck

Present your business results to a peer cohort and external board under structured challenge

Qualify for The Foundry with documented unit economics, pricing, and operating systems already in place

What You Get

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Live Weekly Sessions

Interactive cohort-based learning with direct access to Vishal.

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Complete Study Materials

Study guides, workbooks, templates, and implementation checklists.

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Lifetime Access

All course materials, recordings, and templates remain yours forever.

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Community Access

Join a cohort of ambitious founders committed to operational precision.

Program Pricing

Full 12-week cohort · One-time · EMI available on application

₹49,999

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12 weeks of live cohort sessions

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Access to private founder community

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Weekly hot-seat sessions

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Who This Program Is For

Pre-Revenue Founders

You have a product or service but no consistent revenue engine. You are doing everything yourself, pricing by gut feel, and acquiring customers through referrals and random effort.

₹15L–₹50L ARR Operators

You have traction but no documented system behind it. CAC is unknown, pricing was set by intuition, and retention is managed reactively. Revenue is inconsistent and hard to predict.

Founders Who Need Architecture

You are working hard but not building a machine. The Catalyst replaces effort-led growth with a documented pricing architecture, a repeatable GTM engine, and a retention system that runs without you.

The Catalyst is a 12-week Business Control Program designed to install the three pillars that every ₹1CR business requires — a validated pricing architecture, a predictable acquisition engine, and a retention system that keeps customers long enough to generate real profit.

Graduation Criteria

Three binary tests to qualify for The Foundry

These are not goals. They are pass/fail metrics. The Catalyst proves the founder has installed the Architect operating system and built a functional unit economics engine.

TSM vs Traditional Coaching

The Scaling Mastermind is not a coaching programme. It is an operating system.

The difference between The Scaling Mastermind and traditional business coaches is not delivery style — it is what you leave with. Every session in this programme produces a working document or a running system in your business. Not notes. Not reflections. Not action items you may or may not execute.

TSM - Mentorship
Traditional Business Coaches
Approach
✅ Unit economics built from your actual numbers — CAC, LTV, and margin calculated first
❌ Generic sales frameworks applied without knowing your unit economics
Framework
✅ Grand Slam Offer, 3-Tier Pricing, and Margin Stress Test — named tools, specific outcomes
❌ Principles and concepts without a named implementation tool
Accountability
✅ Weekly Pipeline Scorecard — leads, conversion rate, and CAC tracked in real time
❌ Motivation and encouragement between monthly group calls
Output
✅ Validated pricing model, documented CAC, and LTV:CAC dashboard — built in your business
❌ Action items from sessions that rarely get implemented
Graduation
✅ 60% Gross Margin, documented CAC, LTV:CAC trending 3:1 — binary pass/fail
❌ Completion after attending X sessions with no outcome requirement
Cohort
✅ Founders at ₹15L–₹50L ARR — everyone in the room has the same constraint
❌ Mixed revenue stages where advice rarely applies to your situation

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Everything You Need to Know

What revenue stage is The Catalyst designed for?
Is there an application process? What are the selection criteria?
How much time does The Catalyst require each week?
Do I need to share my actual business numbers with the group?
What qualifies me to move from The Catalyst to The Foundry?
What industries or business models does The Catalyst work for?