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Apply for a 14-Day Operational Independence Sprint

Apply for a 14-Day Operational Independence Sprint.

A focused, fixed-scope project to turn one important recurring process that depends too heavily on you into a clear, documented system someone else can run.

Founding intake rate — £950 fixed fee

50% (£475) to secure your Sprint once scope is agreed · 50% (£475) before final handover

No payment is taken when you apply.

Current intake · 2 places remaining

This founding rate applies to the current intake. Future intakes will be priced higher.

Format 14 short questions
Time 3–5 minutes
Payment No payment now
Next step Fit & Scope Call

This short application helps me check whether a 14-Day Operational Independence Sprint is likely to be useful for your business.

Takes around 3–5 minutes. No payment is taken at application.

If it is not a fit, I will tell you plainly. Prefer email? jane@stepawaysystems.com

Before you start

What the application covers.

Fourteen short questions — about your business, the process that comes back to you most, and whether you can spend a little time helping me understand, review and test it.

About your business
01
Your name
Required · Short text
02
Email address
Required · Short text
03
Business name
Required · Short text
04
Website or social page
Optional · Short text
05
Which best describes your business?
Required · Single choice
  • Property / serviced accommodation
  • Cleaning / housekeeping
  • Wellness
  • Events / experiences
  • Other service business
  • Other
06
Tell me briefly what your business does.
Required · Short text

1–3 sentences is plenty.

07
Who currently helps you run the business?
Required · Single choice
  • Just me
  • Me + freelancers or contractors
  • Me + 1–3 team members
  • Me + 4–10 team members
  • 10+ people
The process
08
If you stepped away for a week, what important recurring part of the business would be most likely to slow down, become unclear or come back to you?
Required · Paragraph

Examples: client onboarding, scheduling, property turnovers, maintenance coordination, staff or contractor handoffs, approvals, customer communication, follow-ups, quality checks.

09
What currently makes this depend on you?
Required · Multi-select
  • I hold the knowledge
  • I make the decisions
  • I do the follow-up
  • I check the quality
  • I approve things
  • I handle exceptions
  • I'm the point of escalation
  • There's no documented process
  • The team doesn't have clear ownership
  • I'm the only one who remembers what's happened before
  • Other
10
How often does this happen?
Required · Single choice
  • Daily
  • Several times a week
  • Weekly
  • Several times a month
  • Monthly
  • Other
11
What tends to happen when it doesn't run properly?
Required · Multi-select
  • Things get missed
  • It comes back to me
  • It slows down
  • The client or customer notices
  • The team gets stuck
  • Quality slips
  • It creates extra work later
  • Other
12
If this could run reliably with less involvement from you, what would improve?
Required · Paragraph
Sprint fit
13
Are you able to give around 90 minutes across the project to help me understand, review and test the process?
Required · Single choice
  • Yes
  • I'd need to discuss this first
  • No
14
The current founding rate is £950 fixed fee, payable 50% to secure the Sprint and 50% before final handover. If your application is accepted, are you comfortable with that investment?
Required · Single choice
  • Yes
  • I'd need to discuss this first
  • No
What this tells me

Whether genuine founder dependency exists, which recurring process is the right place to start, and whether it makes sense to invite you to a short Fit & Scope Call.

Not a fit right now if

There's no recurring process to improve, you want the entire company rebuilt at once, or you're looking for a permanent VA or an outsourced operations manager rather than one system.

Your information is used only to review your application and respond. It is not shared, sold or used for unrelated marketing. Application forms are processed through a secure third-party form provider, and nothing you share here needs a password.

Privacy policy

1. Overview

This privacy policy explains how StepAway Systems ("we", "us", "our") collects and uses personal data when you visit stepawaysystems.com or engage with our services. We are committed to handling your data lawfully, fairly, and transparently in accordance with the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018.

2. Who we are

StepAway Systems is a trading name of Jane Oladeinde, operating as a sole trader in England. For all data protection enquiries, contact: jane@stepawaysystems.com.

3. What data we collect

We collect data only when you contact us or submit an application:

This site does not use advertising pixels or analytics tracking. Application forms may be processed through a secure third-party form provider such as Tally. Information submitted through the form is used only to review your application, respond to your enquiry and, if you become a client, deliver the agreed service.

4. How we use your data

We use your data only to: review your application, deliver the service you have engaged us for, and communicate with you about that service. We do not sell your data or use it for unrelated marketing.

5. Confidentiality during a Sprint

Any business information shared during a Sprint is treated as confidential and used only to deliver your Sprint. You may redact client names, employee names, financial details, passwords or other sensitive material before sharing — passwords are never requested. Where automation is built, client-owned accounts and test or dummy data are preferred wherever practical. For founding-round case studies, only anonymised patterns and outcomes are used unless you provide written permission otherwise.

6. Retention

We retain personal data only as long as needed to deliver the service and meet UK legal obligations (typically 6 years for HMRC records). After that, data is securely deleted.

7. Your rights

Under UK GDPR you have the right to access, correct, delete, restrict or object to processing of your personal data, and to data portability. Contact jane@stepawaysystems.com to exercise these rights. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ico.org.uk).

8. Updates

We may update this policy. Material changes will be reflected here with an updated date.

Last updated: 2026.
Website terms

1. About this site

This site is operated by StepAway Systems, a trading name of Jane Oladeinde, operating as a sole trader in England. Contact: jane@stepawaysystems.com.

2. Use of this site

The content on this website describes services offered by StepAway Systems. Engagement of any service is governed by a separate written services agreement signed before work begins. Nothing on this website constitutes a binding offer of service or professional advice on its own.

3. Scope of services

The Operational Independence Sprint is a fixed-scope engagement addressing one recurring operational process, delivering a diagnosis, a simplified and documented workflow, practical system improvements with simple automation where appropriate, and a short final handover. It does not constitute legal, financial, HR, regulatory or strategic advice, and is not a VA service, staffing, recruitment or unlimited consulting service. We are not your lawyers, accountants, financial advisors, HR consultants or compliance auditors. Where specialist advice is required, you should seek a suitably qualified professional. Engagement of the Sprint is governed by a separate written services agreement, which takes precedence over this website's description in the event of any conflict.

4. Intellectual property

All content, copy, design and methodology shown on this site is © StepAway Systems. Sprint templates, frameworks and methodology may not be copied, redistributed or reused commercially without written permission.

5. Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by UK law, StepAway Systems is not liable for any indirect, consequential, special or punitive losses arising from your use of this site or any services described on it. Nothing in these terms excludes liability for fraud, death or personal injury caused by negligence.

6. Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of England and Wales. Any disputes are subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.

Last updated: 2026.