targeted cost optimisation sprints

I've spent my career building businesses in distribution, software, commercial property and products — not advising from the outside, but running them with equity on the line.   

Today I co-own a multi-million-dollar business I started from nothing, called Freedom Suites — a co-working business with over 170 spaces across 12 large commercial locations across Australia.

What ties all of it together is the same skill: finding where the value is, negotiating hard and fairly to get it, and building the commercial structure that makes it stick.

Why Project 9

Every business I've built has come down to the same handful of decisions — who you buy from, what you pay, and whether you're getting a fair deal. Most CEOs and CFOs know their cost base has room in it. What they don't have is the time, or a dedicated team, to go after it properly while still running the business day to day.

That's what Project 9 does. I bring the same negotiation instinct I've used to build my own highly profitable  businesses, and apply it to yours — backed by real data, not guesswork, and focused entirely on your cost base for the length of the sprint. I also stand behind it with the same principle I'd want if I were the client: no savings, no fee.

Traditionally, as a business owner, I know how often we focus on sales to boost profit — cost optimisation isn't glamorous, and it's no less demanding. But profit lives on both sides of the ledger, revenue and cost. These days, I get just as excited finding a client a saving as making sales , and that's why I have started Project 9. Im here to help you find more profit. 

I work across Australia and throughout Asia. If you're ready to run a Project 9 Cost Optimisation Sprint in your business, and your annual turnover is over $20 million, get in touch (below) for an initial phone call.

Gavin Hinton