The Corporate Exit System

You can spend another year thinking about it, or have a plan by month end.

Nine build kits from thirty years inside the corporate role, and two seven figure businesses built outside it. Start with the Freedom Number to get some idea of your possible exit date.

Using the System, build your plan within 30 days.

One time. Instant access. Yours forever.
30 yrs Group CISO across four global firms
7 figures bootstrapped while still employed
2025 the year leaving became the rational choice
Just finished the Exit Readiness Assessment? This is the build layer for your tier. Not done it yet

Knowing what to do was never your problem

You do not need convincing. You have run the numbers in your head on a Sunday night more than once. What you do not have is a system, so the build keeps losing to the job.

I did not solve this by quitting and working it out afterwards. I built the Cyber Leadership Institute to seven figures while still in a Group CISO seat, then left in 2025 when leaving had become the rational choice rather than the brave one.

I built until leaving was the obvious thing to do. Then I left.

These nine kits are that path, packaged. The actual templates, calculators and playbooks I used, in the order I would run them.

One thing that is not in any other bundle

Health is the foundation. Every framework here assumes you have the energy to execute after a full day in a demanding role.

I have watched capable executives build nothing for two years, not because the plan was wrong, but because they were running on five hours sleep and no movement. Fix that first. Nothing else compounds without it.

What you get, and the order to run it

Nine build kits. What they add up to is your first real asset, something that still pays you when you are not in the room.

Do not start at the top and work down. Start at 01. Give it thirty minutes and you will have a Freedom Number and a rough date. After that it is picking which asset to build first, then building it.
01

Five-Year Retirement Planner

Your Freedom Number, your runway and a dated exit. Start here tonight. It turns a vague feeling into an actual number.

30 mins
02

The Corporate Exit Playbook

The full blueprint, start to finish. Read it once, then use it as the map for everything below.

An evening
03

55 Cheatcodes for Portfolio Careers

Shortcuts for building income streams alongside the day job, without torching every evening you have.

A Sunday
04

7 Figure Online Business Playbook

The step by step build from expertise you already have. This is the one I ran myself.

The main build
05

Website Live in a Weekend

AI coached templates, hosting guides and brand assets. A professional site in days, not months.

A weekend
06

LinkedIn Personal Branding

The authority that brings clients, speaking and advisory work to you, before you need the income.

Ongoing
07

YouTube Authority Playbook

Build an audience on the second largest search engine in the world, using expertise you are already paid for.

Ongoing
08

The AI Output Multiplier

Write, plan and build faster than anyone else in your market. This is what makes the rest doable around a full time job.

Use throughout
09

Property Investing Calculator

Model property alongside your other assets. Returns, cashflow and equity growth, side by side.

As needed

Why the timing is not neutral

I have not put a fake countdown on this page. There are two real ones already running.

The window is narrower than it feels

I got out in my early fifties. Early enough to build something and still have the energy to enjoy it, and I only just made it. The executives who left it until their late fifties did not find the market kinder. Seniority stops reading as experience and starts reading as expensive.

Wait a year and it costs you two. The year you did not build, and a year of runway at the other end.

AI is repricing expertise while you decide

Some of what made you valuable is being commoditised. At the same time, one person with AI can now build in a weekend what used to take a team a quarter.

Whether that helps you or hurts you comes down to whether you are building with it or watching it happen. I have never seen leverage like this available to someone our age. You do not need to be good at it yet, you just need to start.

Nobody sends you a warning that the window is closing.
$49.50
One time. Instant access. No subscription, ever.

Why this is only $49.50.

I am not making a living from a $49.50 download. This is how I find out who is serious. The people who actually run these kits are the ones I want in the Masterclass room, and I would rather they arrive having done the work.

The price is low on purpose. The real cost is the thirty minutes you spend on kit 01.

The Dated Exit Guarantee

Run kit 01 and the exit sequence inside 30 days. If you do not finish with a Freedom Number, a dated exit and a costed plan to hit it, email me and I will refund every cent. You keep all nine kits.

I have tied it to something you can actually measure rather than whether you enjoyed reading it. Which does mean you have to open the files.

The $49.50 is step one. This is step two.

The nine kits give you the plan and the tools. Most people run it on their own and get there in their own time. That works. Some would rather not take that long.

The Corporate Exit Masterclass

  • One full day, live, with me and up to 29 other senior executives
  • Thirty seats. Twice a year. Application only
  • You leave with your exit strategy built, not sketched
  • Ongoing access to the alumni network afterwards

Not everyone gets in, and that is on purpose. Sixty seats a year is the real ceiling on what I can do, which is why the way in costs $49.50 rather than nothing.

$1,495
standard entry
$747
if you own the System

Your place at $747 does not expire. Buy the System, do the work, then apply when you are ready.

See the Masterclass

Executives who stopped waiting

"Darren provided me with actionable tools and strategies to lead with unshakable confidence and strike out on my own to build my own business."

Elcin Biren
Founder, Swiss Cyber Smart

"I've now started two of my own businesses alongside my successful career. Darren inspired me to take the leap and now with his ongoing mentorship everything is possible."

Francesco Chiarini
Founder, Cyber Resilience Academy

"A thought-provoking and growth-inspiring development masterclass in how to stand out from the crowd. I landed my first CISO role."

Saira Hassan
Venture CISO, Standard Chartered Bank

These are from executives I have coached and taught, not from buyers of the System specifically. The System is the same material, packaged so you can run it without me.

Who this is for

Buy it if

  • You are 40 to 55, senior, and paid well enough that quitting tomorrow would be reckless
  • You want a proven path rather than a startup gamble
  • You will build for 12 to 24 months while still employed and funded

Do not buy it if

  • You want passive income without building anything first
  • You are looking for motivation rather than a system
  • You want it done for you. These are tools, not a service

Straight answers

How is this different from the free playbook?
The playbook is the blueprint, and it is included here. The other eight kits are the execution layer: the calculators, templates and playbooks that turn a blueprint into something you actually build. The blueprint tells you what. These tell you how.
How long until I see anything?
Kit 01 gives you your Freedom Number in about 30 minutes. That is tonight. A working site takes a weekend. Real income from a portfolio asset is a 12 to 24 month build, and anyone telling you otherwise is selling you something.
Do I need to quit to use this?
No, and please do not. The whole system is built to run while you are still employed and drawing a salary. That salary is your funding. You leave when leaving becomes the rational choice.
Is this cyber specific?
No. My background is cybersecurity leadership, but nothing in the nine kits is sector specific. It works for any senior professional with expertise other people would pay for.
What format is it in?
Downloadable documents, templates and spreadsheet calculators, delivered by email straight after payment. No login, no platform, no subscription.
Does the $747 Masterclass place expire?
No. Once you own the System you are in at $747 whenever you apply. Seats are capped at 30 twice a year, so the constraint is the room, not a countdown.

Your salary stops when you do. Assets do not.

Start with the number. Thirty minutes and you will have a date to work back from, instead of a guess.

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