Ready to get out of the day-to-day operations of your business?
You've got magical shit to do...
Lives to change...
Legacies to leave...
And a rich fulfilled life to live...
You can't do that when you're stuck putting out fires, working all the damn time, and feeling exhausted from having way too much dependent on YOU!
Hey Visionary...
What if every decision didn't require your input?
What if projects got done (well!) without you having to tell everyone what to do or constantly check in on progress?
What if you weren't the only one fully committed to generating profit and lasting results instead of just simply checking things off a list and signing out for the day?
How would it feel if you could focus exclusively on your genius work and confidently leave the implementation of your big bold vision to your team?
You can when you join our Scaling Accelerator!
S2S is the absolute best solution to eliminate unnecessary complexity and scale your business in a simple and sustainable way where everything isn't dependent on YOU!
We offer 3 tiers of support to fit your needs including:
Tier 3: Done-for-You Scaling Implementation
Tier 2: Dual CEO + Ops Lead Mentorship, including Certification for Your Right-Hand Person so they can Scale Your Business for You
Tier 1: Self-Implement with Our Advisory and Support inside Ops Academy
You can say goodbye to having all the decision-making, problem-solving, cat-herding, fire-fighting, and leadership of all-the-people and all-the-things continuously falling back onto your plate...
You just have to transform your right-hand person into a SOL™.
Let us take care of that for you inside Simplify to Scale!
I'M SO READY, TURN MY RIGHT-HAND INTO A ROCKSTARSOLs are the missing link between your vision and results.
And no, they are not an OBM, PM, DOO, Chief of Staff, Integrator, COO or CMO.
(Whew, so many titles!)
Each of these roles are great but they leave a gap which has to be filled by you.
A SOL is exactly what is needed so you can leave behind working 24x7, and focus on scaling through the messy middle of multi-6 to multi-7 figures and beyond.
And, here's the thing: great SOLs are made not hired.
You probably already have someone within your team capable of becoming your SOL (Strategy & Operations Leader™).
They just need training and mentorship in order to thrive and take their role and your business to the next level.
OBMs, DOOs, Operations Leads, Project Managers - whatever you call the role - are typically great at implementation, systemization, and managing all the moving pieces of your business.
But it is a rare and hard to find operations person who can think like a Founder and strategically implement on your vision as if it was their own.
However, when you have this person it makes all the difference...
Simplify to Scale is a 6-month scaling mentorship, training, and advisory program for Visionary CEOs & their (soon to be) SOLs.
We do the work of teaching your right-hand person how to scale your business for you leveraging our proprietary Lean Business Scaling System.
We'll elevate your Lead from Operations to Strategy and Operations, enabling them to strategize, co-create, lead implementation, and deliver results.
Simplify to Scale is designed specifically for online coaching, consulting, and service-based businesses.
Our unique and proven model leverages lean & agile principles for amplified results and strategic operational excellence.
Simple and sustainable scaling requires the 9 engines of the Lean Business Scaling System to be in sync.
The good news is that you don't need to focus on all of them at once...
You only need to close the gaps in ONE major area at a time to see significant results: growth, optimization, or sustainability.
Most Scaling Businesses Find Themselves in One of Three Places...
That's why we kick things off with an assessment to help your SOL™ understand where your business should be focused next to create the most leverage.
We re-assess every 90 days so you have visibility into how things are improving.
“Crista and her team provide a learning environment that truly sets you up to succeed. Having calls to expand on a specific topic, with resources and templates provided for each, lead to systematic, real-time progress within our business.
The hiring section saved us countless hours of work and re-work.
I also liked how you knew enough about each person's business to inject comments specific to them and their business during the trainings. It made it more tangible and created a more personalized experience for each of us.
I can't recommend this program enough! Thank you!”
Hi, I'm Crista Grasso.
I have spent the past 2 decades helping businesses scale in simple and sustainable ways and adopt lean and agile ways of working - from the largest Fortune 50 companies in the world, to coaches, consultants, and online experts like you.
Known as the "Business Optimizer", I have the ability to quickly cut through the noise and focus on optimizing the core things that will make the biggest impact to grow and scale a business.
A unique blend of 50% right-brain and 50% left-brain which allows me to see simple solutions and structures in creative ways that align with what a Visionary CEO of a small business needs.
I don't believe you need rigid or complex solutions to achieve results. You want to scale in simple, adaptable, and sustainable ways, which is both my superpower and my passion.
That's why I've created the only mentorship experience of its kind, with support in two tracks:
1. The Strategy & Operations Track: Mentorship and support for your right-hand person (or people)
2. The Visionary Track: Private 1:1 strategic advisory for you
HERE'S WHAT'S INCLUDED
STRATEGY & OPS TRACK
VISIONARY TRACK
Have a Triad Team with Leads for Both Marketing and Ops?
Add a 2nd Team Member for +$500/mo.
In addition to full access to everything in the Strategy & Ops track, your Marketing Lead gets a Private Monthly Accountability & Strategy Call with Annie P. Ruggles, a marketing and sales expert and Lean Out Method's CMO
Which Tier Is Right for You and Your Team?
We offer 3 tiers of support depending on your unique needs and the level of involvement YOU want to have along with your right hand person.
Explore the 3 options below, then...
S2S Ops Academy: Training + Mentorship for Your Ops Leader
In Tier 1, you can send your right-hand person through Ops Academy where they will learn and implement the backend operations of your business, with our support. Ops Academy includes 12 robust modules to increase operational efficiency, expand and uplevel your team, and consistently achieve your goals.
Investment: $5000
EXPLORE OPS ACADEMYSimplify to Scale: Dual Track with Private Advisory for You and Your Ops Leader, plus SOL Certification
In Tier 2 (this page!), you will work privately with Crista on scaling and leadership strategy while your right-hand person works privately with Lean Out Method's COO, Jordan Eades for mentorship, implementation support, and certification as your Strategy and Operations Leader (SOL).
Investment: $5000 one-time payment + $2500 / mo x 6 months
SCHEDULE A CALL TO GET STARTEDS2S Done For You Scaling Implementation: Everything in Simplify to Scale PLUS We Implement For You
In Tier 3, we go beyond mentoring your right-hand person and working with you on taking your business to the next level, we also take care of the implementation for you, facilitating strategic planning, implementing your systems and company playbook, and training your full team for scaling success.
Investment: $10000 one-time payment + $5000 / mo x 6 - 12 months
EXPLORE DONE FOR YOU IMPLEMENTATIONWHAT MAKES S2S DIFFERENT
Simplify to Scale is exclusively for internal employees and dedicated contractors of YOUR business... it is not for those looking to start their own business or sell their services to new clients.
Other programs teach people how to build their own business as a fractional or freelance operations manager, director, or leader - um, no thanks!
We teach your SOL how to support your business success, not their own.
But that's not the only thing that makes us different...
Instead of just focusing on 'what to do' and 'how to do it' as an operations leader...
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We teach your SOL how to lead and think like a Founder, see how everything interconnects to drive results, and develop simple and strategic solutions
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We teach them how to take inspired ownership and actually BE your trusted right-hand person and co-creator instead of just the person you delegate to to make sure shit gets done... and there is a BIG difference between the 2
Instead of heavy, complex, and outdated approaches to scaling and operations...
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We equip your SOL with a proven ecosystem for scaling success that blends the front end and back end of the business for a holistic and highly effective solution
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We leverage lean and agile principles to keep things simple and adaptive
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Our entire framework is designed specifically for online coaching, consulting, service-based, and expert-based businesses scaling through the messy middle of multi-6 to multi-7+ figures
Finally, as a team of successful serial entrepreneurs ourselves who are experts in business growth, business agility, and operational efficiency...
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We've created and teach your SOL the only scaling system of its kind to fit a dynamic small business where things are ever changing and new ideas and opportunities are ever flowing
We get you, we are you, we know what your business needs and what your SOL needs to be successful in their role.
Meet Your Team of Mentors

Crista Grasso, CSOO
Crista is the Founder and CEO of Lean Out Method known for blending strategy and operations (CSOO). She is a business scaling strategist, and lean and agile expert with more than 2 decades of experience working with small businesses and large Fortune 50 multi-billion dollar companies. She is the creator of the Lean Business Scaling System™ which she designed specifically for small businesses who want to scale to multiple 7 and 8 figures in simple and sustainable ways.

Annie P. Ruggles, CMO
Annie is a marketing and sales coach who has guided hundreds of businesses towards high-converting marketing strategies and non-sleazy sales techniques that feel in alignment for their brand and lead to deeper connections, lasting impressions and more lucrative results. Her expertise is in non-sleazy sales, marketing strategy and optimization, podcasting for growth, and LinkedIn.
What Results You Can Experience with Simplify to Scale
The goal is for your SOL™ to consistently generate results like these for you...
"I own a design business and we were stuck. We knew that there was a lot of growth ahead of us but we were having trouble getting there. One of the things I liked the most about Crista’s program is that in order to scale I knew I needed something, but I didn’t know what it was. I knew I needed to know how to scale, and some of that were things that she knew about that I had no clue about.
If you want to save time, grow your team, build systems that work, and continue to work at a bigger level, that’s what you are going to get from her program and I can not recommend it enough. Crista’s program is phenomenal and amazing for that.
It has already saved us more than 10 hours a week, which is huge. That’s a day's worth of work so that I can focus on the things that I need to as the CEO of my company."
What does your SOL™ learn?
How to leverage the proprietary Lean Business Scaling System to implement and uplevel the 9 Engines for simple sustainable scaling, and how to be successful as a Strategy & Ops Leader within your business.
THE 9 ENGINES
1. FULFILLMENT ENGINE: Rich Fulfilled Life
2. ACHIEVEMENT ENGINE: Lean Strategic Planning
3. SUSTAINABILITY ENGINE: Lean Dream Team
4. VISIBILITY ENGINE: Leveraged Marketing
5. CONVERSION ENGINE: Elevated Offer Suite
6. DELIVERY ENGINE: Luxe Client Experience
7. SIMPLICITY ENGINE: Lean Business Systems
8. PRODUCTIVITY ENGINE: Multiplied Time
9. IMPROVEMENT ENGINE: Amplified Results
STRATEGY & OPS LEADERSHIP
HOW TO BE SUCCESSFUL AS A SOL
HOW TO SUPPORT THE CEO'S SUCCESS
HOW TO BRIDGE VISION AND EXECUTION
HOW TO THINK LIKE A FOUNDER & STRATEGIST
HOW TO DRIVE PROFITABLE BUSINESS GROWTH
HOW TO BE A SYSTEMS THINKER
HOW TO RUN A LEAN EFF-ING BUSINESS
HOW TO HIRE & LEAD A HIGH PERFORMING TEAM
HOW THE CEO / SOL DYNAMIC WORKS BEST
Give your right-hand Ops person the training and support they need to lead implementation, while you focus on visionary leadership.
“We were ready to take our business to the next level and what we needed was a way to scale our business in a systematic way.
Crista’s program enabled us to create a vision for a future and build prioritized action plans to achieve that vision.
What set the Lean Out Method apart from any other program was how we could directly apply the tools, techniques, and strategies in a no nonsense manner to focus on the systems that needed to be there for long-term sustained growth.
If you want to grow your business in a sustained systematic way, and not burn yourself out, we highly recommend Crista and Lean Out Method. We grew our revenue over 60% as a direct result.”
ONE MORE THING!
WE DON'T DO COOKIE CUTTER
WE BELIEVE YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE TO EITHER
We help you systematize what is already working in your business so you can get repeat results. Where your results don't match your expectations, we have systems, templates, and tools to pull from and adapt for your needs.
We provide proven and flexible frameworks with approaches that are adaptable so they work for your business and with what you already do well.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Simplify to Scale For and Not For?
What's the Time Commitment Each Week?
What Is Your Refund Policy?
What If I Don't Have a SOL and Want to Implement It Myself?
What If I Have Other Questions?
Wondering what's inside each engine?
HERE'S EVERYTHING THAT'S INCLUDED:
9 Interconnected Engines from Marketing to Ops
FULFILLMENT ENGINE: Rich Fulfilled Life
ACHIEVEMENT ENGINE: Lean Strategic Planning
SUSTAINABILITY ENGINE: Lean Dream Team
SIMPLICITY ENGINE: Lean Business Systems
VISIBILITY ENGINE: Leveraged Marketing
CONVERSION ENGINE: Elevated Offer Suite
DELIVERY ENGINE: Luxe Client Experience
IMPROVEMENT ENGINE: Amplified Results
PRODUCTIVITY ENGINE: Multiplied Time
+ IMPLEMENTATION TOOLKITS FOR EVERY ENGINE
One more thing, Visionary...
Whether you're so frustrated that you painstakingly read every word of this page, or so damn busy you had to scroll to the bottom - here's what you need to know.
You simply cannot change the world, live your life, and scale to new heights and revenue brackets without adequate support. If you have implementers where strategists need to be, or strategists where stuff just needs to get done, it's going to stack up on you.
Leveraging (or as we say "Loveraging") a devoted team-member into a committed partner takes work, training, and trust. And creating top-notch SOLs, is our "Zone of Genius". We welcome you, your goals, and your challenges. Together, we'll get you unstuck, fully-supported, and ready to thrive.
Ready to scale?
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