STRATEGIC BUSINESS OPERATIONS & SUPPORT

Creating space for founders to lead.

You built the business. Now it needs you everywhere at once. AKEA steps in across your brand and operations so you get your thinking time back, and your business gets a founder who can actually lead it.

Take the free Space Map Book a discovery call
Ashleigh Kay, founder of AKEA, laughing in a cream armchair
Your Space Map See where your time is really going.

Sound familiar?

You started a business to do the work you love. Somewhere along the way, you became the bottleneck.

01

Every decision runs through you

Inbox, invoices, socials, client questions. Nothing moves unless you move it, so the big picture keeps waiting.

02

Your systems live in your head

No documented processes, no clear procedures, no way to hand anything over. Every job gets done a little differently, and only you know how it should go.

03

There is no room left to think

You are busy all day and still end the week feeling behind. Growth needs space, and right now there is none.

How we work together

We hold the business.
You lead it.

Executive assistance and founder support, as an ongoing monthly partnership. Every tier is built around one outcome: more space for you to lead.

Founder Support Partnerships

Monthly subscription

Get the load off

Foundation

For the founder drowning in the day-to-day.

From $790 / month

What we hold
  • Inbox and calendar
  • General admin
  • Your systems
EA hours
Up to 10 hours a month
Check-ins
Monthly 30-minute planning session
Response
Within 2 business days
Support
Async, business hours Mon to Fri
Tools
Drive, inbox and calendar
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Most chosen

Build the engine

Growth

For the founder scaling fast who needs a partner thinking ahead.

From $1,580 / month

What we hold
  • Everything in Foundation
  • Team and supplier coordination
  • Client admin and project tracking
  • SOPs and light strategy
EA hours
Up to 20 hours a month
Check-ins
Fortnightly 30-minute meeting
Response
Within 1 business day
Support
Async, business hours Mon to Fri
Tools
Plus SOPs and light automations
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Your right hand

Momentum

For the established founder who wants AKEA embedded in the business.

From $3,450 / month

What we hold
  • Everything in Growth
  • Full operational back-of-house
  • Proactive management
  • Strategic partnership
EA hours
Up to 40 hours a month
Check-ins
Daily huddle plus a monthly 30-minute check-in
Response
Within 4 business hours
Support
Priority async, business hours Mon to Fri
Tools
Plus CRM and automations 
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Free audit

Not sure where to start? Map your space first.

The Space Map is a short audit that looks at four areas of your week, inbox and admin, systems and processes, time and calendar, and headspace, then shows you where your biggest gap is and which support would free up the most room.

Takes about 2 minutes and results straight to your inbox.

Your Space Map Example result
Inbox and adminRoom to grow
Systems and processesBiggest gap
Time and calendarNeeds support
HeadspaceSteady
Recommended for you Growth Partnership

How it works

Calm, clear, and on your terms.

  1. 1

    Map your space

    Take the free Space Map so we can see where your time and energy are going.

  2. 2

    Talk it through

    A short discovery call about your business, your goals and what is getting in the way.

  3. 3

    Get your plan

    A clear recommendation built for where you are now, not a one-size package.

  4. 4

    Step back and lead

    We settle in, take the load, and you get back to the work only you can do.

Ashleigh Kay smiling at her laptop in her home office

Meet the founder

Hi, I am Ash. I know what it is like to be the one holding everything.

I have owned and worked inside small businesses, building the systems and procedures that let them run without the owner in every room.
AKEA brings that same thinking to your brand and operations, so you can step out of the weeds and back into leading.

Based on the NSW Central Coast, working with founders across Australia.

Ashleigh Kay

OUR SISTER AGENCY

The Brand Rehab monogram THE BRAND REHAB

When your brand no longer feels like you.

Sometimes the gap is not your operations. It is that your logo, website and socials still look like the business you were, not the one you have become. That is where The Brand Rehab comes in.

Co-founded by Ash and creative director Hannah-Rae Caulfield, The Brand Rehab diagnoses what is not working, builds a treatment plan, and rebuilds your brand properly, from strategy and design to social media.

Visit The Brand Rehab Book a Brand Diagnosis
The treatment
  1. 01Diagnosis
  2. 02Root cause
  3. 03Treatment plan
  4. 04Recovery
  5. 05Prognosis
  6. 06Book a check up

Start with a $199 Brand Diagnosis. It is credited to your Brand Rehab if you go ahead.

Free 15-minute discovery call

Ready to make some space?

Pick a time that suits you. Fifteen minutes, no pressure, just a clear conversation about where you are and whether AKEA is the right fit.

  • 01Where your time is going right now
  • 02What you would hand over first
  • 03Which partnership would fit, if any

Not ready to talk yet? Take the free Space Map first.

Choose a time 15 min · Video call
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You will get a calendar invite and a reminder before we chat.