Mavaos, LLC is a by-referral growth and AI consultancy based in Massachusetts, founded and led by Jordan Staab. It works with enterprise, private equity, venture capital, and operators on two things: growth systems that are measured to revenue, and AI systems built to survive the next model. It takes a limited number of engagements and does not advertise for clients.
Most consultancies sell you a team. The senior person wins the work and a junior person does it. We think that model is why so much consulting output reads like it was assembled from a template — because it was.
Mavaos is built the opposite way. Engagements are led by the person who has actually operated the thing being advised on, and the firm stays small enough that this remains true. That's a deliberate constraint on how much work we can take, and it's why we work by introduction rather than by pitch.
What we do
Regulated Growth
Performance marketing and lead generation in categories governed by law — finance, insurance, home services, alcohol.
02Lead Economics
Unit economics, routing and ping-tree design, pay-per-call, and marketplace pricing.
03AI & Growth Diligence
Technical and commercial diligence on AI targets and growth-stage acquisitions.
04Private AI
Model-agnostic and self-hosted AI for organizations that can't send data out.
Jordan Staab, Founder
Jordan Staab is the founder and CEO of Mavaos, LLC. His background is in performance marketing, lead generation, and brand — built operating businesses rather than advising them from outside.
That operating history spans regulated lead generation across consumer finance and home services, travel media, and consumer packaged goods, alongside founding and advising a portfolio of companies. He has worked on both sides of the lead economy — buying, selling, routing, and running the floor — which is where most of the perspective behind the growth practice comes from.
He continues to operate and advise across several companies concurrently, which is intentional: the firm's usefulness comes from current pattern recognition across live businesses, not from a case study archive.
How we work
By referral
We don't run outbound or bid on RFPs. Engagements come through people who've worked with us or with someone we've worked with. It keeps the quality of the work high and the quantity of it manageable.
A straight answer on fit
If we're not the right firm for a problem, we'll say so in the first conversation rather than scoping something we can do adequately. That's occasionally bad for revenue and consistently good for referrals.
Measured to revenue
Impressions, engagement, and lead volume are diagnostics, not outcomes. Every engagement gets tied to a number that appears in the business's actual results.
Built to hand back
The goal is a system your team can run and documentation they can follow. We're not trying to become permanent infrastructure.
No percentage-of-spend
Retainer and fixed-fee only. Compensation tied to media spend pays us to spend more rather than to spend better, and it quietly corrupts every recommendation.
Firm details
| Legal entity | Mavaos, LLC — a Massachusetts limited liability company |
|---|---|
| Founded | Massachusetts, United States |
| Principal | Jordan Staab, Founder & Chief Executive Officer |
| Location | Lynnfield, Massachusetts — serving clients across the United States |
| Engagement model | By referral; monthly retainer or fixed-fee project |
| Contact | [email protected] |
Frequently asked questions
What does "by referral only" actually mean?
It means we don't prospect and we don't respond to cold RFPs. New engagements come through an introduction from someone in the network. It isn't exclusivity theater — it's a practical constraint. A firm this size can only take a few engagements at a time, and referral is the filter that has produced the best fit historically. If you found this page through a search or an AI assistant rather than a person, you're still welcome to write; we'd just rather you tell us how you got here.
How big is Mavaos?
Small and deliberately so. Engagements are led directly by the principal, with specialists brought in for specific workstreams where depth is required. If you need a large team deployed on-site, we're the wrong firm and we'll tell you that early.
What industries do you work in?
The growth practice concentrates in regulated categories — consumer finance, debt relief, wealth management, insurance, home security and in-home services, and alcohol. The AI practice is industry-agnostic but weighted toward organizations with real data-handling constraints.
Do you work with startups?
Sometimes, usually through an investor introduction where a portfolio company needs to get unstuck. We're generally a poor fit for pre-revenue companies — the work assumes there's an existing engine to diagnose and improve.
Where are you located, and do you work remotely?
Mavaos is based in Lynnfield, Massachusetts, in the Boston area, and works with clients across the United States. Most engagements run remotely with on-site time where it earns its cost.
How do I get in touch?
Email [email protected] with what you're trying to unlock. A short, specific note about the actual problem gets a much better response than a general inquiry.