Consulting and Advisory

    Consulting and Advisory

    Channel strategy, program design, go-to-market review, operator perspective, and MSP operations.

    One defined problem, one scope, one deliverable. No junior consultants learning on your business.

    Founder-delivered advisory engagements for operators and channel teams — Rocket Fuel Factory.

    Delivered by three operators with 30+ combined years building and running MSPs. Meet the team →

    What we take on

    Operator advisory

    Direct work with an MSP founder or leadership team on a defined problem: pricing, service delivery, margin, staffing, or the operating rhythm of the business.

    Channel advisory

    Work with vendor channel teams on how their partner program actually lands with operators. Honest operator perspective, delivered by people who run MSPs.

    Board and leadership sessions

    Facilitated sessions for leadership teams that need a neutral practitioner in the room to force clarity and a decision.

    Rates

    Published plainly so you can decide before you talk to us.

    One founder

    $400

    per hour

    Direct time with one of the three co-founders.

    All three founders

    $1,000

    per hour

    The full founder bench in the room on the same problem.

    Minimum retainer

    $2,500

    to engage

    Every engagement starts at a $2,500 minimum retainer.

    Limited capacity, and work we will not take

    Engagement capacity is limited: the founders still run their own businesses, so only a handful of engagements run at a time. We also decline work that conflicts with our sponsor-neutrality stance. Advice is never shaped by who sponsors us, and a sponsor relationship never buys a recommendation.

    How we work

    • Selective. We take a small number of engagements so the founders can deliver them personally.
    • Scoped. Every engagement has a defined problem, a defined end, and a deliverable.
    • Independent. No pay-to-play referrals and no vendor kickbacks shaping the advice.

    Built by operators who have run the businesses you serve

    RFF was founded by three operators who built and scaled service businesses in the same channel you work in.

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    Henry Timm

    Co-Founder, Rocket Fuel Factory

    Has founded and run his own MSP since 2010. Builds operational systems, vCISO programs, and AI automation for service businesses.

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    Dawn Sizer

    Co-Founder, Rocket Fuel Factory

    Long-time MSP operator and channel veteran. Signs all RFF contracts and leads program operations.

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    Dave Sizer

    Co-Founder, Rocket Fuel Factory

    MSP operator and program architect. Designs the workshop curriculum and operator playbooks.

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    Based in Mechanicsburg, PA. Three operators, three equal partners, one program.

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