Strategy · Technology · AI
We embed a multi-disciplinary pod inside ambitious Indian SMBs to build the operating system, AI capabilities, and discipline required to scale to ₹1000 Cr — and beyond.
Mihir Shah · Founder & Managing Partner
“The founder bottleneck is the only thing standing between ₹50 Cr and ₹500 Cr. We dismantle it — and rebuild the company around an operating system that scales.”Book a conversation with Mihir
The Pod Model
A multi-disciplinary pod plugs into your business — strategy, operations, AI, finance, talent — and stays until the operating system is locked in. Not a deck and a retainer. A team and a result.
Map the constraint that is keeping the founder at the centre of every decision.
Build the operating system: governance, KPI tree, decision rights, AI.
Embed alongside your team until habit and infrastructure are locked.
Capabilities
Six capability strands, each delivered weekly with your team until it holds without us.
Strategic clarity, target operating model, governance rhythm — installed weekly with your team.
Read moreAI agents and SMBian OS modules embedded in real workflows, not a slide deck.
Read moreShop floor, service operations, OEE and working-capital programs that move the numbers.
Read moreChannel design, sales-team operating cadence, distribution analytics, new-market entries.
Read moreAGKIYA ERP, multi-ERP support, and integrations that fit how your team already operates.
Read moreMonthly governance retainer after transformation — earning its place every cycle.
Read moreIndustries
Eleven sectors we know cold across India and the GCC. Hover to see the operating reality on the ground.
MSME factories scaling past founder dependence.
Tier 1/2 suppliers under OEM cost pressure.
Project-driven firms in cash and execution discipline.
Distributors squeezed between principals and retail.
Studios + contractors moving from craft to system.
Process plants navigating compliance + working capital.
Operators bridging farm to channel.
Firms standardising delivery beyond the partners.
Service businesses building the next operating layer.
Software businesses scaling beyond the founding team.
Brands moving from launch to repeatable growth engine.
Featured insight
Most founders know they are the bottleneck. Few have a structured way out. The transition from heroic decision-making to rhythm-based decision-making is the single biggest unlock.
Mihir Shah · 9 min read
Read essayFeatured engagement
Three years of flat revenue. A founder doing every commercial decision. An installed operating system later, growth came back.
Manufacturing · +35% YoY revenue, 12 months
Read engagementProof
Voices from the field
We had stagnated growth for three years. Since SMB Catalyst embedded, we are growing at 35% YoY.
Auro Engineering · Manufacturing
Methodology
Three phases. One rhythm. We stay until the operating system holds without us.
Diagnose the constraint, write the target operating model, agree on decision rights.
Stand up the KPI tree, governance rhythm, and AI agents inside live workflows.
Operate weekly with your team. Transition to monthly governance once the rhythm holds.
Next step
Walk out with the three gaps holding the business back and a working plan for the next move — yours to keep.
