YOUR BUSINESS DOESN’T NEED YOU
It needs better systems
A serial entrepreneur and systems thinker for leadership, business and life.
My journey has taken me from building businesses, to burnout, to breakthrough. Now, I work with founders to build systems around their work so they can get back to thinking clearly, leading intentionally, and building a life that works.
PODCAST
In Systems We Trust
Marquis interviews founders to lift the mask and tell the truth about what building a business actually costs. In Systems We Trust is an honest take on burnout, breakdown, and what it takes to come back.
BOOK
System Error
This isn’t a business book. It’s an honest account of what it looks like when the most broken system is the one you built around yourself .
Written for founders who recognize the gap between their public success and their private experience. This is a my account of the years of grinding, the moments of traction, and the growing realization that success was arriving on schedule while everything else was quietly coming undone.
“Uncomfortable in the best way. It names the gap between how things look and how they actually feel—and sheds light on the true version of you.“
— Founder, Venture-Backed Startup
“This is the book founders don’t admit they need. It cuts through the performance and says the quiet part out loud.”
— CEO, Creative Agency
Business Design, Executive Leadership
Transform from surviving to scaling. Learn a new framework for maximizing value you create in your business to build a life of freedom.
NEXT START DATE
May 2026
LENGTH
1 Year, Part-Time
FORMAT
In-Person and Online
SPEAKING
Speaking Engagements
Marquis Murray speaks to founders and leaders building a life of freedom — and the business that powers it.
He speaks on systems design, business architecture, and founder burnout, challenging leaders to rethink the value they create inside their companies.
Marquis’s Ventures
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FOUNDER
Cirface is a workflow design and productivity firm co-founded and led by Marquis Murray. As a Platinum Asana Solutions & Service Partner in North America, Cirface helps teams get more value and less chaos out of Asana - turning it from a tool into a strategic system that actually works.
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FOUNDER, ACQUIRED 2022
Canada's first Asana Service and Solutions Partner. Ditto helped companies like Cadillac Fairview and Barstool Sports cut through operational chaos, save knowledge workers hours each week, and build workflows that actually scaled. It was the proof of concept that became Cirface. -
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FOUNDER
A digital marketing agency working with brands like Walmart, Home Depot, and Leon's. Media Crate ran high-performing campaigns and gave Marquis his first real look at the operational chaos hiding inside growing businesses — the problem that would define everything he built next.
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