Fractional executive support for Oklahoma founders who have found product-market fit and need the operational and financial infrastructure to scale it without breaking everything.
Getting to $1M in revenue is hard. Getting past it is a different kind of hard. Most Oklahoma startups hit a wall between $1M and $5M where the founder is still doing everything, the team has no real structure, and the business is growing faster than its systems can handle. This is where companies stall. A startup advisor helps you build the infrastructure before the growth outpaces your capacity to manage it.
Building the financial systems, reporting, and cash flow visibility a scaling company needs to make decisions with confidence rather than gut feel.
Processes, accountability frameworks, and team structure that let the business scale without the founder in every decision.
Getting your financials, story, and operations investor-ready before the raise. Speaking the language your investors expect to hear.
Understanding your real customer acquisition cost, your margins by product or segment, and which parts of the business to double down on.
Figuring out which roles to hire first, how to structure compensation, and how to onboard people so they actually contribute fast.
A practical operational and financial path from where you are to where you are going, with the milestones that actually matter.
You have customers, you have revenue, and you have proven the concept. Now the question is whether you can build a business around it without it falling apart.
Revenue is up but the chaos is getting worse. You are hiring, but people are not productive. Processes do not exist. The founder is still the answer to everything.
Investors will ask hard questions about your financials, your unit economics, and your plan. You need someone who has been on both sides of that conversation.
Moving from a handful of generalists who do everything to a team with clear roles and accountability is one of the hardest transitions in a startup's life.
i2E, Techstars, 36 Degrees North, OCAST. These are real resources for Oklahoma founders. An advisor who knows how to work alongside them adds real value.
When the founder is carrying the entire operational and financial load of a growing company, it is not a question of if something breaks, it is when. The work is building the systems before that happens.
Generally companies that have gotten past initial product-market fit and are somewhere between $500K and $10M in revenue. Earlier than that, the needs are usually different. The sweet spot is a company that is clearly working but growing faster than its infrastructure.
Accelerators provide cohort programs, mentorship, and often early funding. A fractional advisor is embedded in your company on an ongoing basis, working directly on operational and financial problems. The two complement each other.
Fundraising preparation, yes. That means getting your financials clean, your story clear, and your operations presentable. Scissortail does not act as a placement agent or broker for capital raises.
Oklahoma has a real and improving startup infrastructure. i2E provides early-stage funding and support. 36 Degrees North in Tulsa is a strong coworking and community hub. OCAST funds technology commercialization. Techstars has operated in OKC. These are real resources.
A free 30-minute call. Tell me where your company is and what is frustrating you. We figure out from there whether there is a fit and what working together would look like.
No pitch. No deck. A straight conversation about your startup and whether Scissortail is the right fit to help you get to the next level.
Operational leadership for founders who are still running everything and need to build the systems to stop.
Financial leadership for growing companies that need more than a bookkeeper and less than a full-time CFO.
Strategic advisory for Oklahoma businesses in the $1M to $20M range at every stage of growth.
Startup advisory specifically for Oklahoma City founders.
Business advisory for Oklahoma tech founders navigating funding, scaling, and the state ecosystem.
Operational and financial strategy to grow faster, more profitably, and without the chaos.
Financial leadership for Norman-area founders near the OU ecosystem.