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The PT Accelerator

The PT Accelerator is a group of people, resources and groups designed to help you grow your practice. We have experts in Compliance, HR, Accounting, Digital Marketing & the guys who literally wrote the book on Business Strategy.
WHAT IS
The PT Accelerator?
This is your opportunity to join other practice owners to plan, strategize and implement your business growth strategy. Join industry experts to craft your personalized strategies & tactics.
PRACTICAL GROWTH TOOLS
Free practical & proven tools that the best businesses use daily. Most cost nothing to implement but all of them make a significant difference to the Business Owner's bottom line and free time.
COMMUNITY OF BUSINESS OWNERS
With a team of 5 experts and twenty other business owners working to help you grow your business, your team is bigger and more experienced than it's ever been.
REAL WORLD EXPERTISE
We have five experts (and many others we regularly call on) to answer questions and guide you in Compliance, Digital Marketing, Accounting, Business Strategy, and Human Resources.
We’re Business Owners – like you.
We’re Experts in our fields, with unmatched track records. And we’ve finally made getting help with your Business Growth Affordable.
WHAT WE DO
A world of resources and support to help you grow your business.

THE PT ACCELERATOR™ GROUP
FOR FAST GROWTH BUSINESSES
The Accelerator is a small group of like-minded practice owners determined to grow their businesses. Fast.
We pick business owners that complement each other and take them through the steps for business growth. We take them through proven strategies to grow their business and then help them implement them.
This group has been labeled a ‘Game Changer in Business Growth’ by commentators as it has made world class business coaching available for Small Enterprises.
MEET THE TEAM
They're on our team, now they're on yours

STURDY MCKEE
Business Coach | Author | Strategist | Start Up Advisor
Sturdy is a Physical Therapist and entrepreneur, having founded companies like PTMatch, Sturdy Coaching, and San Francisco Sport and Spine Physical Therapy – growing that to 6 locations, 40+ employees, and a $4M ARR.
Sturdy spent over 20 years in PT Private Practice and has devoted the last 9 years to helping PT Private Practice Owners and other founders, all over North America, build the businesses they want.
Together with Matt, he has contributed his extensive knowledge and insights into the books, “The Best Small Business in the World” and “The Best Physio Business in the World” which serve as a manual to help businesses grow. He has also written “Nobody’s a Mind-Reader: the power of clarity for business leaders and entrepreneurs”.
Based in San Francisco, Sturdy specializes in working with small business and practice owners (with 2-200 employees) who are dedicated to achieving their goals, growing their businesses, and making the world a better place. Sturdy loves helping Practice Owners build businesses they are proud and happy to be a part of.

MATT FITZSIMMONS
BUSINESS COACH | AUTHOR | STRATEGIST
Matt is a seasoned and accomplished Business Coach, Author, and Strategist known for his exceptional track record of helping some of NZ’s most successful businesses achieve sustained success.
With over a decade of experience working with corporate clients, his passion for small businesses and their owners shone through and led him to focus exclusively on them. With 23 years and more than 14,000 hours of experience in coaching and strategic advising, he has worked with business owners and executive teams in eight countries and across multiple industries, from turnovers in the hundreds of thousands to the multiple billions.
He has distilled his extensive knowledge and insights into his third book, “The Best Small Business in the World”, which serves as a comprehensive guide to the tools and strategies that have consistently helped businesses grow.
Based in the Waikato, New Zealand, Matt specializes in working with small business owners (5-80 employees) who are dedicated to expanding their businesses and achieving their goals. He offers his services on a no-risk basis, with no contracts or fixed timeframes of engagement, and has achieved an enviable track record with businesses in numerous industries.


Our Compliance Genius
Daniel Hirsch
Daniel is a PT who has been helping practice owners with compliance for over a decade.
His team’s mission is simple: Change how you view compliance. We help you protect your business from liabilities and exposure and have a wealth of therapy specific knowledge and know how to communicate complex issues into meaningful practice solutions.


Our Digital Marketing Jedi
Michael Elliott
Michael is the Founder at RocketDog Communications, and oversees every client project from inception to completion. Michael has worked with Luminant Worldwide, Saltmine, Microsoft, Mattel, Lucas Arts, BP, Girl Scouts of the USA, and GE Healthcare.
He’s an Expert in taking your brand from Good to Amazing and at showing you the easy way to do it.
Free Resources

1-Page Growth Plan
The start of any business growth is a solid – well thought out – plan. Use this format to plot your growth.

Marketing MIXING Desk
The super simple way of creating a months worth of content in less than 10 minutes.
[Our clients all LOVE this tool!]

The 4 Pieces of Paper
Having trouble getting the team to focus on the important things? Use this tool to get everyone on the same page.

The Five Circles
The simple way to understand how the business is performing. Five numbers that will tell owners almost everything they need to know. What are your Five Numbers?
WHAT OUR CUSTOMERS SAY
Dont take our word for it – here are the clients we see every week….
