Build.
Scale.
Exit™
Most founders spend years growing revenue. Very few intentionally build enterprise value.
LYFT helps founders strengthen profit, reduce founder dependency and build businesses that are easier to scale and command higher valuations.
Build a better business.
Build a more valuable asset.
We help Founders at the point where growth starts to cost something.
From $1m to $100m in revenue. Growth solved yesterday's problems. Now it's creating new ones. Based in Brisbane, advising founders across the Gold Coast and Australia-wide.
- $1m – $5m
Emerging
Revenue is real but fragile. Everything still runs through the founder.
- $5m – $10m
Growing
Growth is exposing the gaps in structure, margin and leadership.
- $10m – $100m
Established
Profitable and stable. Now the question is enterprise value, not just revenue.
- Exit horizon
Enterprise transition
Preparing for investment, acquisition, succession, second-generation handover or exit.
Three phases.
Every great business follows the same journey. Enterprise value isn't built by accident. There is a proven path.
Build.
Make it real, not just busy.
Structure, numbers and rhythm underneath the revenue you already created.
Scale.
Grow profit. Not complexity.
Develop leadership, delegation and systems so the business stops running through you and grows faster.
Exit.
Increase the value of your business, your asset.
Create options and freedom. Whether you sell or not.
Choose the level of support that's right for you.
Every founder is at a different stage. Whether you need ongoing strategic guidance, the perspective of other experienced founders, or help solving a critical challenge, there's a way to work with LYFT that fits where your business is today.
- 1:1 Tactical Advisory
Tactical Advisory
Work directly with Vanessa Garrard to increase the value of your business.
Strategic one-to-one advisory focused on profitability, leadership, acquisitions, capital raising, founder succession and exit readiness—helping you build a business that creates more options, freedom and long-term value.
Learn more - Peer-to-peer advisory board
LYFTforum
Stop building alone.
Join a confidential advisory board of ambitious founders who challenge your thinking, share experience and hold you accountable.
Learn more - EDGEhour & RAPIDplan
Strategy Intensives
Focused strategy when you need it most.
Whether it's a major decision, planning your next 90 days, preparing for acquisition or aligning your leadership team, our intensive strategy sessions help you leave with a clear plan—not more questions.
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Know your score before the market sets it.
A diagnostic across profit, revenue quality, founder dependency, governance and exit readiness. Green, amber, red — no jargon, no 40-page report.
- Benchmarked against businesses your size
- A personalised report with the three things to fix first
- Optional strategy session to work through the result
Enterprise score
56/100
- Profitability78
- Founder dependency34
- Governance56
- Revenue quality71
- Exit readiness42
Illustrative result. Your report benchmarks against businesses of your size and sector.
Take our complimentary Business Value Assessment™.
Identify the biggest opportunities to increase the value of your business in just five minutes.
Built. Scaled. Acquired. Exited.
Vanessa Garrard has spent more than 25 years building companies from startup to global markets, completing 20 exits, 11 acquisitions and raising more than $400 million in capital.
Today she helps founders build businesses with greater profit, stronger leadership and significantly higher enterprise value.
Read Vanessa's story