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MMaren Cole Begin with an assessment
Maren Cole in a quiet contemporary boardroom

Fractional COO for founder-led companies

Make the company
less dependent on you.

I work inside the leadership team to turn founder-held knowledge into decisions, measures, and an operating rhythm others can carry.

London · Two fractional seats

The operating threshold

Growth changes the founder’s job.

At the beginning, proximity solves almost everything. You hear every customer problem, settle every tradeoff, and know who can unblock the work. Then the company grows and the same proximity becomes a constraint.

The answer is not another layer of reporting. It is a small number of decisions, measures, and meetings designed as one operating system.

How I work inside the company ↗
A carefully arranged desk with operating notes and a fountain pen
Working notes · operating assessment

What I install

“A company should know what matters this week without waiting for the founder to explain it.”
Decision rightsLeadership cadenceOperating scorecardClean handover

Engagements

A precise beginning.
A finite role.

01

Two weeks

Operating assessment

A written diagnosis of the constraint, the leadership rhythm, and the smallest sequence of operating changes that will matter.

$9,500
02

Monthly

Fractional COO

One embedded operating seat. I run the cadence, coach the leaders, and build toward a company that no longer needs the role.

$7,000/mo
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The first conversation

Bring the constraint.
We will start there.

Tell me what keeps returning to your desk and what the company needs to carry without you.

maren@example.com ↗