--- title: LeanSparks | Fractional Chief Growth Officer for B2B SaaS image: https://leansparks.com/hubfs/home.png description: Fractional Chief Growth Officer for B2B SaaS and tech under $10M ARR. People-first growth, market whitespace discovery and international market entry. --- [LeanSparks](https://leansparks.com/?hsLang=en) - [Growth Model](https://leansparks.com/growth-strategy?hsLang=en) - [Whitespace Sprint](https://leansparks.com/whitespace-sprint?hsLang=en) - [Market Entry](https://leansparks.com/market-entry?hsLang=en) - [AtmanCo](https://leansparks.com/atmanco?hsLang=en) - [Pricing](https://leansparks.com/pricing?hsLang=en) - [Case studies](https://leansparks.com/case-studies?hsLang=en) - [About](https://leansparks.com/about?hsLang=en) [Growth Snapshot](https://leansparks.com/growth-snapshot?hsLang=en) Menu - [Growth Model](https://leansparks.com/growth-strategy?hsLang=en) - [Whitespace Sprint](https://leansparks.com/whitespace-sprint?hsLang=en) - [Market Entry](https://leansparks.com/market-entry?hsLang=en) - [AtmanCo](https://leansparks.com/atmanco?hsLang=en) - [Pricing](https://leansparks.com/pricing?hsLang=en) - [Case studies](https://leansparks.com/case-studies?hsLang=en) - [About](https://leansparks.com/about?hsLang=en) - [Growth Execution Scan](https://leansparks.com/growth-execution-scan?hsLang=en) - [Fractional CGO](https://leansparks.com/fractional-cgo?hsLang=en) - [Network](https://leansparks.com/network?hsLang=en) - [Contact](https://leansparks.com/contact?hsLang=en) - [Growth Snapshot](https://leansparks.com/growth-snapshot?hsLang=en) Fractional Chief Growth Officer · B2B SaaS and tech under $10M ARR # Make the growth plan *run*. LeanSparks works inside your company as a fractional Chief Growth Officer. We start with your people, using AtmanCo data to see who can carry the plan. Then we find the markets your competitors haven't reached and open doors across North America, Europe and the Middle East. [Get your Growth Snapshot](https://leansparks.com/growth-snapshot?hsLang=en) [See pricing](https://leansparks.com/pricing?hsLang=en) - First deliverable in 5–10 business days - Priced by scope, never by the hour - Certified AtmanCo partner - Research and AI stack included - Market entry in North America, Europe and the Middle East **Growth Snapshot** Example readout People and Teams63 Market Whitespace29 Go-to-Market Engine54 Partnerships and Market Entry41 Metrics and Rhythm46 **Biggest constraint:** fighting for the same buyers as every competitor. Next move: a Whitespace Sprint. Growth and operating work with - Brainomix - RapidAI - Visionable - Sim&Cure - LeddarTech - Eddyfi Technologies - Devolutions - Optel Group - Genius Solutions - MacroFab - QualityLogic - AtmanCo The problem ## Most companies under $10M ARR don't have a demand problem. They have a people problem, a market problem, or a systems problem. The team was hired for a different stage. Everyone fights for the same buyers. Good ideas pile up faster than the company can ship them. **People** The strategy assumes a team that doesn't exist yet. The wrong person in a key seat stalls a quarter. **Market** You compete for the same crowded segment as everyone else. Nobody has looked for the buyers no one is serving. **Systems** The pipeline, the handoffs and the weekly rhythm live in people's heads. Execution slows as the team grows. The Spark Growth Model ## Five keys every growth plan depends on. Every plan runs through people, so we start with the team you have. Then we measure the other four keys, fix the weakest first, and keep the rest in rhythm. Key 1 ### People and Teams Who can carry the plan today, and where the gaps are, measured with real data. - Leadership team fit - Team alignment - Hiring and internal moves Powered by AtmanCo Key 2 ### Market Whitespace The segment your competitors haven't reached, proven before you invest. - Opportunity discovery - Demand validation - Business case Key 3 ### Go-to-Market Engine How demand turns into qualified pipeline and revenue. - ICP and positioning - Sales process and handoffs - AI workflows and automation Key 4 ### Partnerships and Market Entry Who sells with you, and how you enter new countries. - Partner and channel programs - US, Europe and Middle East entry - Local partner pilots Key 5 ### Metrics and Rhythm Whether the plan is on track this week, not next quarter. - Growth scorecard - Meeting cadence - Dashboards and SOPs 1. **01Measure** A Growth Snapshot or full scan gives a baseline across the five keys. 2. **02Build** Working sessions with your leadership team set the priorities and the plan. 3. **03Implement** Scorecards, workflows and 90-day priorities, installed with your team. 4. **04Track** Re-measure against your own baseline and adjust before small gaps grow. Powered by AtmanCo ## People science under the growth plan. LeanSparks is a certified partner of AtmanCo, the Montreal-built psychometric platform. We use it to answer the question most growth plans skip: can this team deliver it? **2,000+**client organizations **5M+**assessments completed **8**natively validated languages **15+**years of validation For teams, fast ### AtmanStyles A short assessment for team building and quick reads on how people work together. For every employee ### AtmanPro The full profile for current employees and candidates, used for development, internal moves and hiring. For leaders ### AtmanPremium Depth for executives and senior leaders, built into our Growth Execution Scan. Rated 5.0/5 in 25 verified Capterra reviews · GDPR and PIPEDA compliant · No third-party data sharing [Explore AtmanCo](https://leansparks.com/atmanco?hsLang=en) Ways to start ## Priced by scope. Never by the hour. Hourly billing rewards activity. You're paying for better decisions, cleaner execution and systems that stick, so every engagement has a defined scope and a fixed price. Start here 10-minute questionnaire ### Growth Snapshot Free A short questionnaire on the five keys. You get a scored readout and the one constraint to fix first. [Get your Snapshot →](https://leansparks.com/growth-snapshot?hsLang=en) Fixed scope · per market ### Whitespace Sprint fromUSD 12,000 We find a segment your competitors haven't reached, prove the demand, and hand you the business case to go after it. [See the Whitespace Sprint →](https://leansparks.com/whitespace-sprint?hsLang=en) Leadership team ### Growth Execution Scan fromUSD 2,500 Your leadership team scored on the five keys, a 2-hour briefing and a follow-up check-in. From USD 3,500 with AtmanPremium for every leader. [See the scan →](https://leansparks.com/growth-execution-scan?hsLang=en) 4 weeks · fixed fee ### Spark Sprint fromUSD 7,500 Diagnosis, priorities and an operating roadmap, with the first deliverable inside 10 business days. [See the Spark Sprint →](https://leansparks.com/pricing#spark-sprint) Monthly ### Growth Retainer fromUSD 10,000/mo Your fractional Chief Growth Officer, with scoped deliverables every month across all five keys. [See the retainer →](https://leansparks.com/fractional-cgo?hsLang=en) 6–12 months ### Scale Partnership Custom scope Embedded growth leadership plus network consultants and AtmanCo rollout for companies in a major transition. [See the partnership →](https://leansparks.com/fractional-cgo#scale) **Every engagement includes the LeanSparks research, AI and automation stack, with no extra software fees.** Workshop Days on ICP, pricing, workflows or AI readiness start at USD 2,500. AtmanCo licences are billed at AtmanCo pricing. A 90-day implementation plan is included when you subscribe through LeanSparks. Case studies ## Growth work across clinical AI, industrial tech and SaaS. [Read all case studies](https://leansparks.com/case-studies?hsLang=en) GTM strategy ### Clinical AI and healthtech go-to-market Commercial framing and execution for complex products with long, multi-stakeholder buying cycles. Brainomix · RapidAI · Visionable · Sim&Cure Workflow redesign ### Sales operations for technical B2B buyers A structured path from interest to qualified pipeline, with fewer handoff failures. LeddarTech · Eddyfi Technologies · Devolutions · Optel Group · AtmanCo GTM operations ### Revenue systems and data you can trust Cleaner pipeline data, reporting and follow-up so leadership can decide from facts. Genius Solutions · MacroFab · QualityLogic Founder track record ### Built and sold, twice Founder experience shapes how problems get framed and how fast decisions get made. ebCard, founded and sold · Medinno Lab, founded and sold ![Elias Rizk, founder of LeanSparks](https://leansparks.com/hs-fs/hubfs/elias-rizk.webp?width=480&height=480&name=elias-rizk.webp) Who you work with ## Elias Rizk, founder. > "I help companies get clearer on what matters, operate with less friction, and build the team that carries the plan." I've been on the founder side twice, building and selling ebCard and Medinno Lab. Today I work as a fractional Chief Growth Officer, inside the business, alongside founders and leadership teams. - **Two exits**Founded and sold ebCard and Medinno Lab - **AtmanCo**Board member and Chief Growth Officer - **Network**Clients and partners across North America, Europe and the Middle East - **Education**McGill University [More about Elias](https://leansparks.com/about?hsLang=en)[Connect on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/eliasrizk) Disclosure: Elias sits on AtmanCo's board and serves as its Chief Growth Officer. LeanSparks is an independent company and a certified AtmanCo partner. The LeanSparks network ## HR consultants, coaches and growth specialists: deliver with us. We win the client and design the engagement. Network members deliver with the Spark Growth Model and AtmanCo, with contracts, invoicing and materials handled for you. ### Referral Partner Introduce a client. We sell and deliver. Earn a referral fee on first-year value ### Associate Deliver LeanSparks engagements under the LeanSparks brand. Earn a day rate or revenue share ### Practice Partner Sell and deliver your own clients with our method, licences and back office. Earn the largest share, plus renewals [Apply to join the network](https://leansparks.com/network/join?hsLang=en) [How the network works](https://leansparks.com/network?hsLang=en) Common questions ## What leaders ask before we start. ### What does a fractional Chief Growth Officer do? A fractional Chief Growth Officer owns the growth agenda part-time: who you sell to, how the go-to-market engine runs, which partners sell with you, how progress is measured each week, and whether the team can deliver the plan. At LeanSparks that work is embedded with your leadership team, not handed over as a deck. ### Who is LeanSparks built for? B2B SaaS and tech companies under $10M ARR. Some are growing fast and need structure before complexity compounds. Others have been in market for years and need to break through a ceiling. ### How is LeanSparks different from other fractional CGOs? Three things. We start with people data, so the plan fits the team you actually have. We look for market whitespace competitors haven't reached. And we open markets outside Canada through a network across North America, Europe and the Middle East. ### How do you price your work? By scope, never by the hour. The Growth Snapshot is free. Workshop Days start at USD 2,500, the Growth Execution Scan at USD 2,500, Spark Sprints at USD 7,500, Whitespace Sprints at USD 12,000 and the Growth Retainer starts at USD 10,000 per month. ### What is AtmanCo and why do you use it? AtmanCo is a Montreal-based psychometric assessment platform used by more than 2,000 organizations. As a certified partner, we use it to check whether the leadership team and the people in key roles fit the growth plan. ### How fast do we see value? In most engagements the first meaningful deliverable arrives within 5 to 10 business days: a team diagnostic, a positioning reset, a growth scorecard or an operating roadmap. ### What is a Whitespace Sprint? A fixed-scope engagement that finds a market segment your competitors haven't reached, proves there is demand, and delivers the business case to enter it. ### Do we pay extra for tools or software? No. Research, analysis, AI agents and automation tools from the LeanSparks stack are included in every engagement at no extra cost. ### What happens to the tools you build when the engagement ends? You choose. We transfer what we built, such as dashboards, AI agents and workflows, to your own systems, or you keep running them on the LeanSparks stack under a licence. ### Can you help us enter a new country? Yes. We build partner-led entry plans for the US, Europe and the Middle East, usually starting with a local channel partner pilot before a full launch. Growth Snapshot ## Find the one constraint holding growth back. A 10-minute questionnaire across the five keys. You see your scored readout as soon as you finish. - Your score on each of the five keys - The constraint to fix first - The engagement that fits, if any Full name Work email Company Annual revenue Under $1M ARR$1M–$3M ARR$3M–$10M ARROver $10M ARR I'm interested in Growth SnapshotGrowth Execution ScanWhitespace SprintSpark SprintMarket entryGrowth RetainerWorkshop DayAtmanCoJoining the networkSomething else Biggest growth challenge right now Send and start my Snapshot Your details go to LeanSparks only. See the [privacy policy](https://leansparks.com/privacy?hsLang=en). Thanks. Your message is in, and Elias will get back to you. Something went wrong and your details were not sent. Please try again, or connect with me on LinkedIn. [LeanSparks](https://leansparks.com/?hsLang=en) Fractional Chief Growth Officer for B2B SaaS and tech companies under $10M ARR. Quebec, Canada. ## Growth - [Spark Growth Model](https://leansparks.com/growth-strategy?hsLang=en) - [Growth Execution Scan](https://leansparks.com/growth-execution-scan?hsLang=en) - [Whitespace Sprint](https://leansparks.com/whitespace-sprint?hsLang=en) - [Market entry](https://leansparks.com/market-entry?hsLang=en) - [Fractional CGO](https://leansparks.com/fractional-cgo?hsLang=en) - [Pricing](https://leansparks.com/pricing?hsLang=en) ## AtmanCo - [Overview](https://leansparks.com/atmanco?hsLang=en) - [Implementation](https://leansparks.com/atmanco/implementation?hsLang=en) - [Health Check](https://leansparks.com/atmanco/health-check?hsLang=en) - [Certification](https://leansparks.com/atmanco/certification?hsLang=en) ## Solutions - [Leadership teams](https://leansparks.com/solutions/leadership-teams?hsLang=en) - [Team workshops](https://leansparks.com/solutions/team-workshops?hsLang=en) - [Right people, right seats](https://leansparks.com/solutions/right-people-right-seats?hsLang=en) - [Growth Snapshot](https://leansparks.com/growth-snapshot?hsLang=en) ## Company - [About](https://leansparks.com/about?hsLang=en) - [Case studies](https://leansparks.com/case-studies?hsLang=en) - [Network](https://leansparks.com/network?hsLang=en) - [Join the network](https://leansparks.com/network/join?hsLang=en) - [Contact](https://leansparks.com/contact?hsLang=en) - [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/eliasrizk) © 2026 LeanSparks. 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