POPCORNS · OPERATING MATURITY · EVIDENCE BASED

Your company
has a level.

From 1 to 7. It decides how much of your growth actually lands as output, and how much burns off as escalations, rework and coordination. Most founder-led companies have never measured it.

1
2
?
4
5
6
7
Most companies
cannot answer this

"Growth is still held together by senior people stitching gaps by hand."

Company A · 98 people · after a funding round

"The company is scaling pressure on the founder faster than it is scaling its own capacity."

Company B · 31 people · fast e-commerce growth

"Critical knowledge is concentrated in a very small number of people."

Company C · 23 people · cleantech, before the next round
The twist

The goal is not level 7. The goal is the level your stage requires. A 25-person company at level 2 is healthy. A 90-person company at level 2, ramping to 300, is a risk with a date on it.


SAMPLE READOUTS · NAMES ANONYMIZED

See three real readouts

This is what most people come here for. Three anonymized scans, each one a full readout you can open: the level from 1 to 7, the ten-domain heatmap, and the findings.

Findings, levels and method are real. Each card opens the full readout in a new tab.


What a readout looks like

Ten domains, one level each

Achieved today Expected for the stage
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Strategy & goals
Org structure & roles
Decision rights
Management rhythm
Performance loop
Processes & handovers
Knowledge & documentation
People & hiring
Finance & controls
Data & reporting

Some domains land above the stage expectation, some right on it, some below. This is one page of the full readout.


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MEASUREMENT AS THE TICKET AND THE PROOF

We are not a diagnostics firm. We take ownership of the problem and we fix it: we build the operating model, run it with your people, and stay until it works. The measurement is the ticket and the proof. The job is raising the level.

01 Measure02 Build03 Run04 Hand over
Step 1

The Maturity Scan

Duration
6 to 7 weeks
Evidence
Documents, interviews, on-site observation
You receive
Your level (1 to 7), the domain heatmap, an executive report, a prioritized order of moves
Certificate
Verifiable at verify.popcorns.ch
Reference fee
EUR 9,800 to 14,500 (70-employee reference, scales with size and depth)
Step 2

Install and run

Roles and decision rights, management rhythm, the performance loop, training. Month by month, inside real work, until it is yours.

Consultants hand you recommendations and leave. We stay until the system runs.

The scan stands on its own. You decide about step 2 only after you see your measurement.

Which level are you?

project@popcorns.ch · popcorns.ch/level
Sample readout IDs: PC-OM-2026-201 · PC-MS-2026-208 · PC-MS-2026-214