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Your revenue has grown. Your operations did not.

I help founder-led service businesses fix the operational bottlenecks that cap their growth.

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Fractional COO for Founder-Led Service Businesses at $500K–$15M

Founder dependency, accountability gaps, and broken processes are limiting your growth. I help founder-led service businesses fix the operating system so the business can scale without everything depending on the owner.

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Founded in 2022

LinkedIn Top Voice

20 Years in Operations

If Your Business Runs on You, Read This

You crossed $500K. Maybe you are well past $15M.


Revenue grew, but the business got heavier. Every decision still runs through you. Your team waits for answers. Handoffs break. Clients get served, but delivery feels harder than it should.


The issue is not your effort. The issue is the system underneath your business. It was built for a smaller company, and it is holding your growth back.


That is what I fix.

What Curtis Fixes

Three focused ways to uncover the operational drain, rebuild what is broken, and give you support that stays in your corner.

Start With Three Simple Steps

This will immediately provide clarity and help your organization to stabilize, optimize and scale

If Your Business Runs on You, Read This

You hit a million in revenue. Good. But now every decision still runs through you. Projects slow down, your team waits for answers, and your day gets filled with problems that should not need your attention. 


The issue is not your effort. The issue is the system underneath your business. It was built for a smaller company, and now it is holding your growth back. 


That is what I fix.

The Walls Holding Your Business Back

Real operational challenges that keep founders stuck — and the systems needed to break through them.

Who You’re Working With

I’m Curtis Luke. I’ve spent 20 years in operations and business development, from a Wall Street startup to running my own ventures. I hold a doctorate in business administration and a master’s in public administration. LinkedIn named me a Top Voice in Entrepreneurship and Business Development.


I work with a small number of service business owners at a time. That keeps the work hands-on.

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Professional Accomplishments

• Pioneered and scaled a mortgage agency at the Urban League of Southern Connecticut to roughly $350 million in closed loan volume. 


• Served for four years (1997 to 2001) as the embedded audit consultant on a Wall Street retail lender’s multimillion-dollar portfolio sale, working daily diligently with the SVP and VP of Operations to identify and resolve documentation gaps before transferring thousands of files to a secondary market investor.  


• Advised startups, small businesses, and organizations across the U.S. and internationally for more than two decades, guiding leaders from business formation and market entry through execution, scale, and investor funding readiness. 


• Founded and has operated an advisory practice since 2001, serving clients across nonprofit, faith-based, healthcare, government, and small business sectors.

• Published author of five books on business execution, leadership performance, and financial empowerment. 


• Recognized as a LinkedIn Top Voice in Entrepreneurship and Business Development. 


• Recognized as a Transformational Leader by the Global Directory of Who’s Who in 2012. 


• Senior Strategic Advisor to a documentary initiative operating under fiscal sponsorship, advising on structure, intellectual property, and strategic positioning. 


• 17 years of senior leadership with a national housing and community lending organization.

Fractional COO Serving Smyrna, Atlanta & Businesses Nationwide

Niche-Marc Consulting, LLC is based in the Smyrna and Atlanta area and works with founder-led service businesses locally and across the United States. Curtis Luke, DBA, MPA helps owners identify operational leaks, reduce founder dependency, improve accountability, and build the systems needed to scale without everything running through the owner.

DBA + MPA

Five Published Books

Smyrna, GA

Find What’s Draining Your Business

Find out where your business still depends on you. Take the free Wall Breaker Assessment. See your highest-priority leak. Decide from there.

The Wall Breaker Assessment is an 18-question operational diagnostic built for founder-led service businesses at $500K–$15M. It identifies exactly where founder dependency, accountability gaps, and broken processes are limiting your growth. You finish knowing your highest-priority fix and where to start.

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