Operator-led growth advisory

CJM Growth Partners works alongside founders and leadership teams to build stronger revenue engines, brands and operating models.

From go-to-market and sales to brand development, franchising and operations, we bring hands-on operating experience to businesses navigating growth, transition and expansion.

Operator track record behind CJM

CJM is built by operators who have led revenue organizations, scaled brands, developed franchise systems, launched new markets and worked inside businesses through periods of significant growth.

$50M+

Revenue

Led across sales and growth organizations

19x

Revenue growth

Scaling an emerging consumer business

20+

Franchise units

Developed and sold

These results reflect the operating experience our principals bring into CJM engagements, not a portfolio of claimed consulting outcomes.

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Built from operating experience

Our perspective comes from building inside the businesses we advise.

CJM principals have led sales organizations through public-company growth, built and scaled consumer brands, developed franchise systems, created new revenue channels and worked directly with founders and executive teams through periods of rapid expansion.

We bring that operating experience into every engagement.

Who we work with

Experience across four core categories.

Aesthetics & Wellness

Medspa, aesthetics, wellness and multi-location service businesses

SaaS & Technology

Startups and growing technology businesses

Consumer Brands

CPG, e-commerce, DTC and emerging consumer companies

Hospitality & Franchising

Restaurants, franchise concepts and multi-unit operators

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Core practices

Three disciplines. One operator-led approach.

Growth rarely lives inside one department. CJM works across revenue, brand and operations to solve the challenges that appear when businesses scale.

Revenue & GTM

Build the systems that turn opportunity into predictable growth.

  • Go-to-market strategy
  • Sales process and infrastructure
  • Sales leadership and enablement
  • Pipeline development
  • CRM and revenue operations
  • Partnership and channel strategy

Brand & Demand

Build demand before the sales conversation starts.

  • Brand positioning
  • Messaging strategy
  • Content strategy
  • Demand generation
  • Customer acquisition
  • Social strategy

Franchise & Operations

Build the infrastructure required to scale beyond a single location.

  • Franchise strategy
  • Franchise development
  • Franchise sales infrastructure
  • Operating systems
  • Training and enablement
  • Multi-unit growth
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Selected advisory work

Where CJM has advised.

Aesthetics & Wellness

Franchise development, sales process design, sales training, client acquisition, conversion strategy and growth infrastructure for medspa and aesthetics businesses.

Consumer Brands

Brand positioning, content strategy, commercialization, customer acquisition and growth support for emerging consumer and CPG brands.

SaaS & Technology

Go-to-market strategy, sales infrastructure, partnerships, channel development and revenue advisory for startups and growing technology businesses.

Hospitality & Franchising

Franchise development, operating infrastructure, training systems, multi-location strategy and growth planning for restaurant and hospitality concepts.

How we engage

Engagements vary in scope and duration.

Advisory

Ongoing strategic support for founders and leadership teams navigating growth, transition or expansion.

Project

Defined engagements built around a specific revenue, brand, franchise or operational initiative.

Fractional

Embedded senior-level leadership for businesses that need experienced operating support without immediately adding a permanent executive.

Engagements are led directly by CJM principals rather than handed off to junior consultants.

Why CJM

Advice is easy. Ownership is different.

Traditional consulting

  • Recommendations
  • Strategy decks
  • Junior-team execution
  • Advice from outside the function
  • Open-ended scope

CJM Growth Partners

  • Implementation
  • Operating systems
  • Direct principal involvement
  • Experience owning the function
  • Defined outcomes and accountability

The operators behind CJM

Engagements are led directly by experienced operators.

Our principals bring complementary backgrounds spanning revenue leadership, partnerships, brand growth, franchising, consumer products and multi-unit operations.

Cassandra Freeman

Principal

Primary expertise

Revenue & GTMSales LeadershipPartnerships & ChannelsAesthetics & Wellness GrowthBrand & DemandContent & Customer Acquisition
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JK McKeon

Principal

Primary expertise

FranchisingMulti-Unit OperationsConsumer & CPG GrowthBrand DevelopmentCommercializationGrowth Strategy
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Let’s build what’s next.

CJM Growth Partners works with founders and leadership teams nationwide.

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