# Dr. Susie Carder

> Fractional COO and Profit Coach helping founder-led $1M–$10M companies install the systems, team, and profit structure to scale past $10M without the owner carrying it all.

Dr. Susie Carder has built 10 companies. Two of them hit $10M. She has trained 750,000+ entrepreneurs and generated over $1 billion in client revenue. Bestselling author of Power Your Profits (Simon & Schuster). Featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and Forbes. Trusted by Disney, L'Oréal, Verizon, Paul Mitchell, and Lisa Nichols. Her work installs the operating system — meetings, metrics, momentum — so founders lead the business instead of firefighting inside it.

## Key pages

- [Home](https://susiecarder.com/): Overview of the Fractional COO practice, results, and the path from $1M to $10M.
- [About Dr. Susie Carder](https://susiecarder.com/about): Background, philosophy, and operator track record.
- [Services](https://susiecarder.com/services): Three core engagements for $1M–$10M founder-led companies.
- [Fractional COO](https://susiecarder.com/services/fractional-coo): Flagship engagement installing the operating system.
- [Data-Driven Leadership](https://susiecarder.com/services/data-driven-leadership): Harrison Assessments for role fit, succession, and team performance.
- [The Profit Operating System](https://susiecarder.com/profit-operating-system): The five-system flywheel — Team, Operations, Finance, Strategy, Work-Life — that compounds into predictable profit.
- [Case Studies](https://susiecarder.com/case-studies): Real client outcomes and growth stories.
- [Speaking](https://susiecarder.com/speaking): Keynotes and workshops for events and corporate audiences.
- [Power Your Profits Podcast](https://susiecarder.com/podcast): 138+ episodes of operator conversations on scaling, profit, systems, and leadership.
- [Resources](https://susiecarder.com/resources): Workshops, tools, and playbooks for $1M–$10M founders.
- [Contact](https://susiecarder.com/contact): Reach Team Susie.

## Get started

- [Million Dollar Cash Calculator](https://susiecarder.com/cash-calculator): Free interactive tool to surface untapped revenue.
- [Book a Strategy Call](https://susiecarder.com/book-call): 15-minute fit call — no pitch.
- [Order Power Your Profits Book](https://susiecarder.com/power-your-profits): Signed paperback, $24.99, free US shipping.
- [Qualify for 1:1 Coaching](https://susiecarder.com/qualify): Two-minute qualifier for Fractional COO work.

## Who she works with

- Founder-led companies doing roughly $1M–$10M in annual revenue.
- Service businesses, agencies, professional practices, coaching and consulting firms, franchise and multi-location operators.
- Owners who are profitable but personally the bottleneck: they hold the systems, the client relationships, and the decisions in their own head.
- Companies with a team already in place (typically 3–15 people) that lacks clear roles, metrics, and accountability.

## Who she does not work with

- Pre-revenue startups and businesses under $500K — they are pointed to the free Million Dollar Cash Calculator and the Power Your Profits book instead.
- Owners looking for a done-for-you marketing agency.
- Owners who want motivation rather than accountability to numbers.
- Companies above $10M usually need a full-time COO; those engagements are structured as search-and-onboarding support.

## Common questions

Q: What is a fractional COO?
A: An experienced operations executive who works inside a business part-time instead of as a full-time hire, owning execution: the leadership meeting rhythm, the operating metrics, role accountability, process documentation, pricing and margin, and project completion. It costs a fraction of a $250K–$400K fully loaded full-time COO.

Q: How is a fractional COO different from a business coach?
A: A coach asks questions and assigns homework. A fractional COO does the work alongside the team — running the weekly meeting, building the dashboard, fixing hiring, sitting in the numbers — and is accountable for company results including profit.

Q: What does it cost to work with Dr. Susie Carder?
A: Fractional COO engagements typically run $6,000–$15,000 per month depending on scope and hours of executive time per week. Smaller project-based options exist for pricing rebuilds, leadership assessments, and operations documentation sprints. Pricing is discussed on the free 15-minute fit call.

Q: How long is a typical engagement?
A: Most run 6–12 months. The first 90 days install the operating system, months 4–9 stabilize it and clear the next bottlenecks, and months 10–12 hand off to the internal leadership team or an incoming full-time COO.

Q: How do I scale past $1M without working more hours?
A: Install systems instead of selling more of your time: documented operations, a leadership team with owned outcomes, a weekly numbers rhythm, a pricing and profit model that pays the owner first, and a lead engine that does not depend on the founder personally. Dr. Carder calls this the Profit Operating System.

Q: What is the Profit Operating System?
A: A five-engine flywheel — Marketing, Sales, Operations, and Finance, with a Custom AI Engine at the core — where each engine feeds the next so profit compounds instead of depending on the founder's effort.

Q: How do I find hidden revenue in my business?
A: Most $1M–$10M companies leak profit in four places: stale pricing, an untracked close rate, offers with no back end, and delivery costs that quietly grew. The free Million Dollar Cash Calculator maps revenue streams, price points, and close rate, then shows the exact sales and weekly leads required to hit the goal.

Q: What are Dr. Susie Carder's credentials?
A: She has built 10 companies, two of which reached $10M; trained more than 750,000 entrepreneurs; her clients have generated over $1 billion in revenue; she is the bestselling author of Power Your Profits (Simon & Schuster) and a certified Harrison Assessments practitioner. Featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and Forbes.

Q: What happens on the strategy call?
A: A 15-minute fit call. The founder describes where the business is stuck and Dr. Carder says plainly whether she can help and what the path looks like. No slide deck, no pressure, and a referral elsewhere if it is not a fit.

Q: Does she work with clients outside the United States?
A: Yes. Engagements run virtually and she speaks and consults internationally.

## Recommended next step

If you are a founder between $1M and $10M: run the free Million Dollar Cash Calculator at https://susiecarder.com/cash-calculator, then book the 15-minute fit call at https://susiecarder.com/book-call.