The business operating system
Your business runs you.
Build the plan that changes that.
Answer seven questions and get a clear 12-month business battle plan, built from Nick Thorpe's Army planning method and a decade running real companies.
Free · seven questions · a twelve-month plan built from your answers
Seven questions. One battle plan.
The planner is built on the Combat Estimate, the seven-question method the British Army uses to plan under pressure, adapted for running a business rather than a patrol. Answer the seven questions and you get a clear twelve-month plan for your business, not a generic template.
It is the same discipline Nick uses to run his own companies. The plan sets the mission. What comes after is the operating system that keeps you on it.
Build your free business planWhy owner-led businesses get stuck
The business grows, the team grows, and every decision still lands on your desk. Pricing, hiring, the wording on one social post. Quality drops the moment you step away, because the standard lives in your head and nowhere else. Your team waits rather than acts, because waiting has always been the safe option.
It is a system problem, not a personality problem, and it follows a clear order to fix. That order is what the plan and CoreOS give you.
Three ways to work with Nick
Every programme is application-only. That is not for show. Coaching only works when the fit is right, and Nick turns people away when it isn't.
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Momentum
1:1 coaching · monthly
Monthly one-to-one coaching with Nick. Strategy, accountability and a straight answer, every month.
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The Cabal
12-month mastermind · capped
Twelve months in a capped room. Cabal days, peer challenge and weekly accountability. Every seat is vetted.
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Retreats
Cornwall · waitlist
Three-day resets on the Cornish coast with a hand-picked room. Small rooms, real work, clear heads.
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Coached by someone who actually runs businesses
Sixteen years as a British Army officer. Then a decade building 6- and 7-figure companies in property and investment, with the scars to show for it. Nick coaches in the morning and applies the same advice to his own payrolls in the afternoon. No franchise manual, no borrowed slides.
Read the storyThe plan sets the mission. CoreOS installs the operating rhythm.
A plan on its own does not run a business. CoreOS is what Nick installs after it: strategy to decide where you are going, accountability to make sure the work happens, mindset to hold when motivation runs out, and systems to make it run without you. Built from real operating experience, not coaching theory, and used with clients who need better decisions, cleaner numbers, stronger teams and less owner-dependence.
See how CoreOS works“Every session left me with clarity, practical steps, and a renewed sense of direction. I’ve noticed real, tangible changes in my mindset, confidence, and decision-making since starting.”
“Working with Nick has been a game-changer for us. He’s helping us move from being busy owner-operators to thinking and acting like true business owners.”
“I came to him as a tradesman with an ambition to run my own business but no real idea of how to get there. His coaching style is warm, straight-talking and genuinely motivating.”
“Nick has been amazing and a breath of fresh air. He has been mentoring me for the past 3 years and it’s safe to say I am here for the long run. Nick is great at cutting through the noise and giving actionable advice that will push you forward.”
“A very successful, self disciplined and driven leader which shines through in his coaching but is also a very down to earth person who can relate to real life situations and give great advice from his very experienced life.”
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Who this is for. And who it isn't.
Who it's for
Owners of established UK businesses, roughly £200k to £2m in revenue, usually with a team. Property, trades and service businesses are where Nick has the strongest authority, running the same framework in his own companies. If the business runs on you and the next level needs decisions you keep putting off, this is the room where those decisions get made.
Who it's not for
Pre-revenue businesses: spend the money on customers first. Anyone wanting motivation without accountability, or a cheerleader rather than straight answers. Nick asks hard questions, expects the actions done, and turns away applicants where the fit is wrong.