AI Consulting for Founders
Running a US marketing agency
from a village in Spain.
The AI handles most of the work.
I help other founders build the same kind of operational leverage.
No pitch. Just 20 minutes to see if there's something worth building.
Sound Familiar?
You know AI should be helping. The problem is it isn't yet.
You've bought the AI tools. Nothing's actually running.
ChatGPT, Make.com, Zapier — the subscriptions exist. The workflows don't. Someone needs to sit down and build the actual system.
Your team is doing manually what AI should be doing
Follow-ups, data entry, reporting, proposal drafts. Hours every week that should be automated but aren't, because nobody's had time to design the fix.
You know where the problem is. You just haven't got to it.
Most founders I talk to know exactly what's broken. The gap isn't insight — it's bandwidth. I close that gap.
The last consultant gave you a deck, not a system
You've had the strategy conversation. You don't need more frameworks. You need something built and running in your actual tools.
What I Build
Systems that run. Not demos.
Everything I build in client businesses, I've already built and run inside my own. I'm not teaching you about these tools — I manage them live, every day, from a village in Spain.
Outreach & Follow-Up Systems
AI-powered cold outreach, automated follow-up sequences, and lead qualification — calibrated to your ICP, running without your team manually touching them.
Internal AI Assistants
Proposal drafting, meeting prep, email triage, onboarding comms. The repetitive ops work your team does every day, handled by AI with a human oversight layer.
CRM & Workflow Automation
Make.com, Airtable, Close CRM — connected properly. Leads routed automatically, data entered once, reporting generated without anyone pulling it.
Case Studies
What I've Built
Case studies coming soon — most of my current client work is under NDA. Happy to walk through examples live on a call.
Book a call to see what I've built →The Process
Simple as 1, 2, 3
AI Readiness Audit — €750
Intake call, 3-4 days of async work, delivery call. You get a 10-15 page report: the 3 highest-leverage AI opportunities in your business, specific tool recommendations, and a prioritised 30-day roadmap. No commitment after.
Core Retainer — from €2,500/mo
If the audit says there's something worth building, we build it. 3-month minimum. I build and run 1-2 AI systems inside your business, with a monthly strategy call and async support. Month 2 has a refund clause if nothing is live and measurable.
You Own It
By month 3, the systems are documented, proven, and yours. Playbook, walkthroughs, everything. You run it with your team. I'm available to add more if you want, but you're not dependent on me to keep it working.
Pricing
Clear. Fixed. No surprises.
Start with the Audit. If we're a fit, it turns into a retainer. If not, you have a roadmap you can execute yourself.
AI Readiness Audit
The right starting point if you haven't committed yet
- 60-min intake call
- 10-15 page written report
- 3 highest-leverage AI opportunities, specific to your business
- Prioritised 30-day implementation roadmap
- 45-min delivery + Q&A call
- No retainer commitment required
Core AI Retainer
1-2 AI systems built + run. 3-month minimum.
- 1 core AI system built and running
- Monthly 60-min strategy call
- Async Slack/WhatsApp support
- Tom monitors and adjusts weekly
- Month 2 refund clause (if nothing measurable by Day 45)
- Full documentation + handover at month 3
Fractional Chief AI Officer
Full ops re-architecture. 3-month minimum.
- 2-3 AI systems built across your ops
- Weekly strategy calls
- Tom takes ownership of results
- Full workflow audit across all functions
- Team training + documented handover
- Built to run without Tom by month 3
Retainers are 3-month minimum. You own everything built. No lock-in beyond that.
About
Hey, I'm Tom
I spent six years flipping houses and running subdivisions in New Zealand. It worked until it didn't — moved to Europe for my wife, the timezone made the business unworkable, COVID froze the market, and I walked away with a tax debt I still can't pay and three unsold sections an investor is still waiting on.
Twelve months later I launched Lead Rocket Fuel — a US marketing agency for mortgage loan officers. No savings, no runway, just a problem I knew I could solve. Three years in, LRF runs with a human team of 4 and AI handling most of the operational work: outreach, follow-up, campaign monitoring, reporting. 60+ email accounts across 20+ domains. Thousands of conversations a month. All managed from a few dashboards and a Telegram bot — not from an office.
This month I moved my wife and two small kids to a village in northern Spain — Tierra Guna, Asturias — to build a slower life. I'm also now taking on a small number of consulting clients: founders who want to build the same kind of AI-powered operational leverage in their own business. If you're running a services or agency business and wondering how someone runs this lean — send me a message. No pitch deck. Just a conversation.
FAQ
Common Questions
Let's Talk
Book a free 20-minute discovery call
I'll ask five or six questions about how your ops work today. By the end of the call, you'll know whether there's something worth building — and if so, what.
I work with 3-4 consulting clients per quarter. This keeps quality high and attention per client real.
Prefer email? tom@leadrocketfuel.com