Elliot Chaves.

Fractional COO

I build companies that run themselves.

Helping owner-led businesses build their operating systems so the company runs stronger without them.

– Who I help.

Good businesses can get stuck. I get them unstuck.

Creative, service, and trade owners who are past the scramble, caught in patterns.

Chaotic

Everyday is firefighting.

Everyday is firefighting.

Plateaued

Working harder but the numbers don't follow.

Owner-dependent

Nothing moves unless you're in the room.

Adaptation

The market shifted and you haven't caught up.

Any of these sound like you?

– Why me?

4x founder

Raised $750k in capital

5x ROI exit

Accelerator graduate

Award-winning designer

Not framework from a pitch deck. Pattern recognition from living it.

Operator, not advisor.

Founded, scaled and exited my own companies – including a 5x ROI exit. Advice that survives a real Tuesday.

Designer's eye.

A multiple international award-winning designer, whose creative lens builds your operating systems.

Teach you to fish.

I don't just fix problems and leave. I teach you to thrive long after I'm gone.

– How I work.

I use a holistic approach and people-first mindset, bringing sustainable practices and lean methodologies to create healthy and purpose driven cultures that drive momentum and margins.

A straight line from stuck to self-running.

I diagnose what's broken, design what's needed, and help you build a business that's ready to grow on purpose.

1.

Diagnose

Assess everything that drives how your business runs.

Everyday is firefighting.

2.

Clarify

Assign ownership and accountability; sets the environment that makes simplifying possible.

3.

Simplify

The entire business operations and everything within it, using lean methodologies.

4.

Implement

Work with entire team on the changes, teaching the why and how.

5.

Stabilize

The bulk of the teaching; transfer the thinking so your team keeps improving long after I'm gone.

– Engagements.

Start with one. Build from there.

Every engagement starts with a free consult. Each stage stands on its own.

Operations Diagnostics

A full x-ray of how your business runs.

  • Operations & workflows

  • Team structure & ownership

  • Communication & handoffs

  • Culture & environment

  • Owner dependencies

  • Systems & tools

YOU WALK AWAY WITH

  • A clear picture of exactly what's broken

  • Why it's costing you money

  • A prioritized roadmap to fix it

$4,500

Stage 2

Build Your Business OS

The operating foundation your business is missing.

  • Redesigned workflows, frameworks and processes

  • Defined roles and ownership

  • Documented SOPs and handoffs

  • Communication rhythms and decision frameworks

  • Simple systems and tools that fit how you work

YOU WALK AWAY WITH

  • The systems, workflows, and structure to fix what's broken

  • Clear ownership of who does what and how

  • A business that runs on process, not memory

$19,500

Stage 3

Run Your Business OS

Expanding your OS so it runs without you.

  • Build the expanded OS blueprints & operating structure

  • Document the core systems, workflows, and decision-making

  • Train the team to read and run the new operating blueprints

  • Set the priorities and roadmap for reaching full independence

  • Define what success looks like so you know when you're there

YOU WALK AWAY WITH

  • The expanded blueprints and operating structure to run without owner dependency

  • Knowledge transfer so the business owns it permanently

  • A team that knows how to use what has been built

  • Everything you need to reach full independence on your own terms

$38,000

Premier Offer

The Operating Partner

Your fractional COO, in the seat until the changes stick.

  • I step into the operator seat & move owner to CEO in practice

  • Hands-on execution & real-time problem solving

  • Your full tool stack built, integrated, and adopted

  • A financial operating layer with a real review rhythm

  • Priority access to me throughout, with strategic resets built in

YOU WALK AWAY WITH

  • The full operating structure adopted, working, and holding on its own

  • An owner who moves out of the engine room and feels the owner role for the first time

  • A team strengthened from the inside, reaching independence faster

  • A culture that runs on its own standards, not your oversight

  • Optional add-on: new operator and key hires recruited, onboarded, and embedded — scoped separately

$150,000

– About.

Hi, I'm Elliot Chaves.

From New York runways to Silicon Valley startups

— I've lived what you're going through.

My diverse experience has molded me into a systems thinker with a founder's mindset, an operator's discipline, and a designer's eye for finding simpler, better ways to build things that last.

A few companies, far more failures and everything it taught me.

My entrepreneurial journey.

A non-profit that never launched
A passion project I founded and my first real lesson in what it takes to build something from nothing.

An apparel company — 5x ROI exit
Co-founded and scaled it by simplifying, systemizing and automating. Exited with a 5x return to stakeholders after four years.

Award-winning product design consultancy
Founded and led a team to multiple, international award-winning designs over three years. Then got the itch to start my next project.

A sustainable sportswear tech startup
1 of 20 out of 1,500 to graduate a Silicon Valley accelerator. Built a distributed team of 30, drove product to MVP and learned firsthand how market shifts and funding realities can end even the best ventures.

Through all my wins and losses, I have lived what you're going through. And that's what I bring to your business now.

Real experience with real solutions and a genuine desire to help business owners get where you're going faster, easier and on your own terms.

The first step is free

30 minutes. No pitch. One real fix.

© 2026 Elliot Chaves