Whatever you thought your job as CEO was yesterday is no longer the same job.

Whatever you thought your job as CEO was yesterday is no longer the same job.

Whatever you thought your job as CEO was yesterday is no longer the same job.

What conditions are you creating, consciously or unconsciously, for the rest of the company?

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When companies call us

When companies call us

When companies call us

  • Revenue has grown, but the organization has not matured with it.

  • The founder knows something must change but lacks a trusted, integrated partner with whom to see and address the whole picture.

  • Revenue has grown, but the organization has not matured with it.

  • The founder knows something must change but lacks a trusted, integrated partner with whom to see and address the whole picture.

  • Revenue has grown, but the organization has not matured with it.

  • The founder knows something must change but lacks a trusted, integrated partner with whom to see and address the whole picture.

A founder who leads the future of the company rather than carrying it. A leadership team operating as one. A company that grows without losing the people, purpose, or values that made it worth building.

A founder who leads the future of the company rather than carrying it. A leadership team operating as one. A company that grows without losing the people, purpose, or values that made it worth building.

A founder who leads the future of the company rather than carrying it. A leadership team operating as one. A company that grows without losing the people, purpose, or values that made it worth building.

Twenty-three Entrepreneurs and Experts in Residence have accepted a seat, ten of them available to work with companies now: founders who have built and sold companies, sitting CFOs and CMOs, heads of people and operations, investors and capital advisors, concentrated in Austin, our founding hub, with Northwest Arkansas next. The network is also how founders get connected to aligned capital. We are actively engaging early adopters, founding members, and city sponsors.

Autumn runs Growth Studio with the Faana team.

Autumn Manning

Autumn Manning

Autumn Manning

Founder · Operator · Behavioral Scientist · Investor · Board-Level Advisor

Founder · Operator · Behavioral Scientist · Investor · Board-Level Advisor

Founder · Operator · Behavioral Scientist · Investor · Board-Level Advisor

Autumn spent nine years as Director of Research and Development at SVI, an organizational development firm, building executive development programs, assessments, and performance management systems. She joined YouEarnedIt as EVP and General Manager in Northwest Arkansas, then co-founded and led it as CEO to 650+ enterprise customers and an acquisition by Vista Equity Partners in 2018. She went on to lead Cratejoy as President and COO through an operational turnaround, and served as a Partner at Motley Fool Ventures, working with founders and leadership teams across the portfolio.

Autumn spent nine years as Director of Research and Development at SVI, an organizational development firm, building executive development programs, assessments, and performance management systems. She joined YouEarnedIt as EVP and General Manager in Northwest Arkansas, then co-founded and led it as CEO to 650+ enterprise customers and an acquisition by Vista Equity Partners in 2018. She went on to lead Cratejoy as President and COO through an operational turnaround, and served as a Partner at Motley Fool Ventures, working with founders and leadership teams across the portfolio.

Autumn spent nine years as Director of Research and Development at SVI, an organizational development firm, building executive development programs, assessments, and performance management systems. She joined YouEarnedIt as EVP and General Manager in Northwest Arkansas, then co-founded and led it as CEO to 650+ enterprise customers and an acquisition by Vista Equity Partners in 2018. She went on to lead Cratejoy as President and COO through an operational turnaround, and served as a Partner at Motley Fool Ventures, working with founders and leadership teams across the portfolio.

Autumn is the Founder and CEO of Faana and Principal of Growth Studio. She serves on the boards of Scholarship America and Kouo, and has mentored founders through Techstars since 2016.

Autumn is the Founder and CEO of Faana and Principal of Growth Studio. She serves on the boards of Scholarship America and Kouo, and has mentored founders through Techstars since 2016.

Autumn is the Founder and CEO of Faana and Principal of Growth Studio. She serves on the boards of Scholarship America and Kouo, and has mentored founders through Techstars since 2016.

“I work with funds and founders, workforce partners who are ready to grow different, by design.”

“I work with funds and founders, workforce partners who are ready to grow different, by design.”

“I work with funds and founders, workforce partners who are ready to grow different, by design.”

An organization’s growth can only rise as high as the consciousness of its leaders.

An organization’s growth can only rise as high as the consciousness of its leaders.

An organization’s growth can only rise as high as the consciousness of its leaders.

Where are you right now?

Where are you right now?

Where are you right now?

It might be leadership problems. It might be culture problems. You might go, “I don’t even know what my growth strategy is anymore.” We’ll talk to you.

It might be leadership problems. It might be culture problems. You might go, “I don’t even know what my growth strategy is anymore.” We’ll talk to you.

It might be leadership problems. It might be culture problems. You might go, “I don’t even know what my growth strategy is anymore.” We’ll talk to you.

Book a session with Autumn →

Book a session with Autumn →

Book a session with Autumn →

A growth operating session. A peek at your risk and how to strengthen.

A growth operating session. A peek at your risk and how to strengthen.

A growth operating session. A peek at your risk and how to strengthen.

Tell us where you are

Tell us where you are

Tell us where you are

Someone from Faana calls you back within four hours during business hours.

Someone from Faana calls you back within four hours during business hours.

Someone from Faana calls you back within four hours during business hours.