Kathleen Wood Partners

10/22/2025

Holiday Gift Card Gold!

$180K in six hours. $200K in a day. $360K in four days.

All from one system: the KWP Six-Figure Gift Card Program.

Want to learn how? The full system is in this week’s newsletter.
Read more here - https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/plan-win-q4-part-3-kwp-six-figure-gift-program-just-keeps-wood-5zc4c/

10/21/2025

Most Founders are working in their business — few are building a business that works for them.

Here’s the truth: if you don’t know your value, you can’t grow your value. And that’s exactly what separates the good from the great — from those who run restaurants to those who own enterprises.

In this powerful episode of Founderology, Wayne Vacek, Managing Director of Founders Advisors, breaks down the mindset and metrics behind investor-grade growth. He reveals:
-The one metric every Founder must track to drive real value
-The three critical areas that directly influence valuation
-The blind spots silently destroying worth

You’ll walk away knowing exactly where your business stands today — and what it takes to elevate it to investment-grade strength.

Listen now - https://youtu.be/R_OHDIO9JpA
Read the blog here - https://www.fastcasual.com/podcasts/built-to-be-investor-grade-do-you-know-the-value-of-your-restaurant/

10/20/2025

Happy Monday!

10/17/2025

If you’re a Founder building, scaling, and leading in today’s fast-changing world — you know success doesn’t happen in isolation. The most powerful advantage you can give yourself is connection. That’s exactly why we built The Founders’ Collaborative — and yes, it’s completely FREE!

Why You Need to Join the Founders’ Collaborative:
Build a Network That Actually Works and Delivers - Don’t just collect contacts — connect with Founders who get it.
These are the people walking the same road you are: the visionaries, the builders, the doers. Your next collaboration, partnership, or idea could start here.

Learn from the Best, Every Month - Access live Founder Sessions led by proven leaders who’ve built, scaled, and sustained real success. You’ll walk away with growth-ready insights — not theory, but strategies that work in the trenches.

Exchange Growth-Ready Ideas and Insights - Collaborate with like-minded Founders in real time. Share what’s working, what’s not, and what’s next. It’s the kind of collaboration that turns ideas into ex*****on.

Tap Into a Culture of Experience and Support - This is a trusted space built for Founders, by Founders.
No judgment. No competition. Just respect, learning, and collaboration that fuels everyone forward.

Invest Time, Not Money - It’s completely FREE — because we believe your biggest investment should be your commitment to grow.

Our Next Founders Collaborative - Oct. 28th - 3:00 pm EST -
There is nothing to lose and EVERYTHING to gain!

Sign up Today - https://kwp.learnworlds.com/founders-collab-form

10/15/2025

This is it, Founders — your Q4 playbook just dropped.

Plan to Win Q4: Execute Your Game Plan to Finish Strong – Part 2

Q4 isn’t for planning — it’s for performing. This is where Founders turn strategy into sales and the holidays into pure profit. From gift cards to catering to cross-channel promotions, this edition shows you exactly how to make the holidays your cash cow.

Your best quarter of the year starts with this read.

Open it now and make the holidays your biggest win yet.

Read the newsletter here - https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/plan-win-q4-execute-your-game-finish-strong-part-2-make-kathleen-wood-4proc

10/10/2025

Every great business starts with one spark — but it’s what you do with that spark that defines your legacy.

In this episode of Founderology: Built to Breakthrough, you’ll meet Donna and Daniel Golik, the unstoppable mother-and-son duo behind Chill-N Nitrogen Ice Cream — a brand that turned six months of garage experiments (and 3,345,789 brain freezes) into a nationwide sensation.

They didn’t just make ice cream. They redefined it.
They built systems that scale, culture that lasts, and a brand that’s both craveable and unstoppable.

The secret to staying grounded while your growth accelerates
This episode is for every Founder who’s hungry to innovate, scale, and lead with conviction.

Tune in now to “Fueling Delicious Growth – Chill-N Nitrogen Ice Cream”
and learn how to turn your own breakthrough moments into lasting success.

Listen to the Episode - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doxmP-5RVZU

Read the Story here - https://www.fastcasual.com/podcasts/fueling-delicious-growth-chill-n-nitrogen-ice-cream/

10/10/2025

Danielle Mahon, Founder of Topsail Steamer, is one of only 100 out of 40,000 entrepreneurs to actually make it onto the show. But what happened after the cameras stopped rolling is where the real business breakthroughs began.

In her session, “Beyond the Tank: What Appearing on Shark Tank Taught Me About Business, Branding & Bold Moves,” Danielle reveals what the Sharks don’t tell you — the mindset, strategy, and brand moves that separate the dreamers from the doers.

You’ll learn how to:
- Turn pressure into power.
- Transform challenges into unstoppable growth.
- Build a bold brand that dominates your market.

This is your shot to learn from a founder who turned national TV exposure into a thriving, purpose-driven empire — and she’s bringing that fire to you at the Founders Growth Summit.

Seats are filling fast — founders who wait, lose.

Register now!

Because this is where the bold go beyond the tank.

https://founderologysummit.com/

10/09/2025

Extended Early Bird + Billion Dollar Brand Keynote Revealed!
You asked, we listened. The Early Bird Special has been extended — which means you still have the chance to lock in $500 OFF your seat at the Founderology Growth Summit, Feb. 2–4, 2026 in Austin, TX. And here’s why this is the moment to act:

Keynote Spotlight: How to Build a Billion Dollar Brand
From a parking lot pop-up to a billion-dollar phenomenon — the founders of Dave’s Hot Chicken will take the stage and reveal the unfiltered truth about scaling a restaurant brand at lightning speed.

- COO & President Jim Bitticks with Co-Founders Arman Oganesyan and David Kopushyan will walk you through the exact strategies, scrappiness, and relentless ex*****on that transformed a cult idea into a global franchise backed by elite investors and celebrities.
- Learn how bold vision, viral marketing, and a culture-obsessed mindset became the rocket fuel behind their meteoric rise.
- Get actionable insights you can bring back to your own brand immediately.

This is the kind of inside access that can save you years of trial and error.

Why Register Now
- Seats are capped at 100. Intimate. Intentional. Unforgettable.
- Save $500 today. The Early Bird offer won’t last — and neither will the seats.
-Surround yourself with visionaries. This isn’t just an event, it’s your boardroom of allies, advisors, and future collaborators.

Don’t wait. This extension is your second chance — but once the doors close, they’re closed.

This is your moment to get in the room, level up your brand, and write your own billion-dollar story.

Let’s go all in.
Don't Delay Get Your Early Bird Special Today!
https://founderologysummit.com/

10/08/2025

If you’re not already planning to win Q4, you’re planning to lose it.

This week’s newsletter — “Plan to Win Q4: Finish 2025 Strong and Start 2026 Even Stronger – Part 1” — is your playbook to dominate the final stretch of the year.

It’s strategy meets ex*****on.

Grant Cardone would call it massive action.
Tony Robbins would call it state and strategy.
I called it leadership in motion.

If you’re serious about leading your brand — not following the market — this is where you start.

Read now. Lead now. Win now.

Lead the Quarter. Build the Win Q4 isn’t just the end of a year — it’s the ultimate opportunity to lead your brand to a strong finish and a stronger start.

10/01/2025

Founders—are you hitting the wall?

Control. Trust. Belief. Receiving.

These 4 blocks stop too many businesses from breaking through.

The good news? Every block can fall.

This week’s blog shows you practical ways to knock them down so you can grow faster, lead stronger, and expand your impact.

Don’t grind in the gray. Step up, break the blocks, and accelerate forward.

Read the full Blog here: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-knock-down-blocks-power-up-your-pivot-points-kathleen-wood-cghoc

09/29/2025

If you want to build a business that leaves a legacy, you can’t do it alone. The Founders’ Collaborative is where visionaries come together to accelerate results, dominate challenges, and multiply success through unstoppable connection, collaboration, and shared expertise.

This is not theory. This is action.
This is not cost. This is investment of YOU—your time, your insights, your experience.

Your network is your net worth. Period.

The Founders’ Collaborative begins Tomorrow at 3pm EST!

Don’t wait for momentum—create it.
Don’t just chase growth—multiply it.
Don’t just build a business—build a legacy.
Seats are open. The only question is—are you in?

Sign up today. Join us. Build with us. Lead with us.
https://kwoodpartners.com/founders-collaborative/