Corporate → Entrepreneur

Your Strategic Path from Corporate to CEO — In Weeks, Not Years.

Turn your hard-won expertise into a revenue-generating business with a proven framework, fast validation, and strategic support every step of the way.

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For Corporate Professionals Ready for Their Next Chapter

You’ve built a successful career — but you’re increasingly trapped. Maybe you were passed over for a promotion, forced back to the office, caught in layoffs, or simply burned out and craving something more meaningful.

You’re not looking for a side hustle. You’re looking for a real business that can replace your income, give you control, and let you do work that matters.

You’re experienced.
10+ years in tech, finance, legal, HR, or operations. You have deep expertise and a track record of results.
You’re ready for options.
You want a backup plan that can become your off-ramp from corporate — not just “extra money.”
You value strategy.
You want a smart, structured approach to entrepreneurship. Not hustle hacks, bro marketing, or manifest woo-woo.
You’re action-ready.
You’re willing to take focused action over the next 6–12 weeks to create real optionality in your career.

Expertise-Based Entrepreneurship Is the Safest Power Move

If you’ve spent 10+ years in corporate, you’re already sitting on monetizable expertise. You don’t need another degree, a fancy website, or a huge audience to start. You need a smart way to turn what you already know into a business that fits your life.

Monetize what you already know.
We start with your skills, experience, and results — not forcing you into a ‘trendy’ business model.
Validate before you leap.
Talk to real people, test real demand, and refine your offer before you leave your job. Make it a power pivot.
Design around your life.
Your business is built around your impact goals, your boundaries, and your revenue targets.
Create real optionality.
Build a business that can replace (or exceed) your income — so you’re never stuck or blindsided again. Leave on your own terms.

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What Makes The Growth Octopus Different

01
Client-First Business Design
We design your business around your Monetizable Skills: starting with who you want to help, the problems you solve, and the results you deliver.
02
Fast Path to Revenue
You begin validating your offer ideas in Week 1 and start taking action to enroll paying clients during the Launch Accelerator.
03
Flexible, Right-Fit Models
Advisory, consulting, fractional, coaching, courses — we don’t force you into a box. We design the model that fits you best.
04
Strategic Advisory — Not Mindset Coaching or Hustle Bro
Built from big business strategy + operations, democratized for solopreneurs. No fluff. No bro marketing. No “just hustle harder.”
05
The Octopus Method
A holistic framework with 3 Hearts (Impact, Self, Revenue) and 8 Strategic Arms guiding every step of your business design.
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Built by a 25-Year Strategy & Ops Executive
Cathy has built, fixed, and scaled businesses across the Fortune 500 — and turned her own expertise into multiple ventures.
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The Monetizable Skills Finder (Free)

Not sure what your business should be yet? Perfect. This 15 minute tool helps you identify your top monetizable skills, who needs them, what urgent problems you can solve, and the fastest pathway to turn your expertise into revenue.

It’s the first step to designing an expertise-based business that can eventually replace your corporate income.

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Signature Program

Corporate to CEO: 6-Week Launch Accelerator

A strategic, action-based accelerator to help you go from “idea” to “revenue” — with validation, structure, and support every step of the way.

Week 1–2: Validate the Opportunity
Clarify who you’re best equipped to serve, what urgent problems you solve, and what your fastest early-revenue opportunity is — validated through real conversations.
Week 3–4: Design & Package Your Offer
Use our custom-built tools to shape your first high-value offer, align pricing to the results you deliver, and package it so clients understand the value immediately.
Week 5–6: Enroll Your First Clients
Learn an authentic, relationship-based approach to enroll founding members into a live beta — bringing in revenue while you co-create and refine your offer.
Your Roadmap Beyond the Program
Leave with a validated offer, early clients (or a clear path to them), and your next 90-day plan to grow toward your first $100K in revenue.
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For Already-Launched Founders

Your Next Stage of Growth

If you’re already generating revenue and want structure, momentum, or a smarter way to scale, we can support you beyond your first launch.

FOCUS
90-Day Strategy & Execution Sprint
Set clear quarterly goals, build your 90-day plan, and get high-touch advisory, accountability, and metrics reviews to keep you on track.
SCALE
Breakthrough Advisory & AI-First Team Design
Redesign your revenue engine, remove operational bottlenecks, and build an AI-first support system so you can grow without burning out.
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Cathy Brough, Founder of The Growth Octopus
Meet Our Founder

Cathy Brough

After 25 years leading Strategy & Operations across the Fortune 500 and startups — and three entrepreneurial ventures of her own — Cathy created The Growth Octopus to help high-achieving corporate professionals design businesses that give them freedom, fulfillment, and financial stability.

She’s known for saying, “We can monetize anything — let’s make it something good.” The Launch Accelerator is where she helps you do exactly that.

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Ready for Your Strategic Power Pivot?

Whether you’re just exploring your options or already know it’s time to build your exit plan, your next step is simple: start with your monetizable skills, then map the fastest path to early revenue.

Choose your next best step:

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