The Empty Seat
◆ For New Zealand small business owners

Every business deserves a boardroom.
Most just don't have one.

Hybrid Advisory gives owner-operators what big companies take for granted — two experienced operators in your corner every month, plus a private Business Hub that knows your numbers cold between meetings.

No pitch. No lock-in to start. Just Mark & Paul, looking honestly at your business.

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01 The problem

Sound familiar?

No time to think strategically

Too busy running the business to work on the business.

Cash flow anxiety

Seasonal swings make planning feel impossible.

No sounding board

Big businesses have boards. Small businesses decide alone.

Advice when you need it

A crisis at 9pm shouldn't wait until Tuesday.

If any of that landed, you're exactly who we built this for.

02 Your advisors

Two full-time operators who've sat where you're sitting — plus a system that never forgets a thing.

Neither of us is boxed into "the strategy one" or "the numbers one." Paul and Mark have each run entire businesses solo — every hat, every decision. Between them: retail, hospitality, health, mining, finance and operations.

Paul Archer
Owner-operator

Paul Archer

25+ years, hospitality, health, mining & retail

Built and sold two businesses of his own. Strategy, operations, people, contracts, the numbers — he's run all of it, more than once.

Mark Taylor
Owner-operator

Mark Taylor

20+ years, retail & qualified accountant

Ran the shop floor and closed the books, often the same day. Just as comfortable in a strategy conversation as he is in the numbers.

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Always-on support

Your Business Hub

Built around your business, updated monthly

Loaded with your numbers, goals and history. It doesn't replace Paul and Mark — it makes every conversation with them sharper.

03 Try us first

Your free
Business Health Check.

Before you commit to anything, we sit down, look at your numbers and your situation, and come back with two or three concrete ideas — free, no obligation.

No lock-in to start. If it's not for you after that, no hard feelings.
1

We talk

A relaxed conversation about where your business is, and where it's stuck.

2

We look

Paul and Mark review what you share — cash flow, margins, the shape of the business.

3

We come back with ideas

Two or three specific, useful suggestions. Free, whether or not you go further with us.

4

You decide

Want to go further? We talk tiers and set up your Business Hub. Not ready? That's fine too.

04 How it works

A simple system that gets smarter every month.

1

Deep-dive onboarding

We learn your finances, goals, challenges, team and suppliers.

2

Your Hub is built

Your knowledge is loaded into a private Business Hub, ready from day one.

3

Monthly board meetings

Your Hub prepares the report. We review, challenge, and decide together.

4

Always-on support

Between sessions, your Hub is there — strategy, cash flow, any hour.

05 The investment

Straightforward pricing, real value.

One-time
$640+GST · from
  • Deep-dive discovery sessions
  • Your personalised Business Hub, built
  • Baseline KPIs and goals set
Per month
$1,050+GST · from
  • Monthly board meeting, Paul & Mark
  • Performance report, prepared ahead
  • 24/7 Business Hub access

Priced by business size and complexity — worked out together in your free Health Check, never before. Prefer a single project with no ongoing commitment? We do that too.

See full pricing →
06 Get in touch

You've built something real.
Let's put a board around it.

No obligation. Just a conversation with two people who genuinely want to see your business succeed.

Book your free Business Health Check