Nuno Fontoura
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Your agency shouldn’t stop when you do.
I help founders of production and brand activation agencies build the operating system that runs the business without them in every decision.
Built for founders who are carrying too much.
Revenue is growing, the team is growing, and every decision still runs through you. We work a fixed cadence, and every session ends with a standard to hit before the next one.
Biz Ops Advisory
For agency founders with real traction who are pulled into every decision. A structured operating cadence, practical leadership tools and an accountability system that tracks what actually happened.
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Not sure where to start? Score your agency across the three pillars of the Vessel Operating System and see where decisions, time or money are getting stuck.
Take the free VOS assessmentThree pillars. One operating system.
The Bridge
Direction & PeopleWhere the business is steered from, and the people who carry the plan. A shaky Bridge means people work hard but pull in different directions.
The Hull
Systems & CashWhat keeps the business watertight and moving. A brilliant Bridge can still take on water here.
The Cargo Hold
Revenue & CustomersThe demand you create, the work it turns into, and the customers who come back. A full hold with a weak Hull sinks; a strong Hull with an empty hold goes nowhere.
Case study · Yunik, Viseu
30% fewer decisions on the owner’s desk in five months.
A brand activation agency with its own design studio, production workshop and installation teams, where every decision went through the owner.
- −30%decisions made by the owner
- −10%hours worked by the owner each week
- 5 monthsfrom diagnosis to results
Built for pressure, not for avoiding it.
Six years as an officer in the Portuguese Marines. Seven and a half years inside Amazon, where operational rigour is the whole culture. Now founder of NabiaEdge.
I have handled pressure in three very different environments: military, corporate and as a founder. I work from that experience, not from a manual.
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One practical idea every two weeks, for agency founders who are carrying too much. Systems you can put in place the same week, drawn from the Marines, Amazon and the businesses I advise.