Hire The Best
Fractional COO

For Your Startup

As a startup navigating a dynamic and competitive landscape, every decision counts. The success of your business and its profitability depends on effective leadership and flawless execution. That’s where a Fractional Chief Operating Officer (COO) can make a difference.

Fractional COO Benefits

Strengthen the CEO, and Founders

They'll share the load, offer a fresh perspective, provide best practices and operational cadences to accelerate your business. Focus on your core strengths, and let the fractional COO turn vulnerabilities into strengths!

Execution Alignment Driving Strategic Wins

A Fractional COO brings strategic thinking into executable objectives, KPIs, and projects... They'll work closely with the CEO and leadership team to align your company's efforts to. From developing growth strategies to optimizing operations, a Fractional COO will get and keep your company on track to win.

Unleash Productivity and Operational Efficiency

Scaling Startups face operational challenges, and an outside perspective can quickly analyze your processes, identify bottlenecks, and implement improvements that boost efficiency and productivity. They'll ensure your team is operating at its full potential, freeing up valuable time and resources to unleash productivity.

Navigating Uncertainty

In an ever-changing world a Fractional COO is well-equipped to handle ambiguity and pivot quickly when needed. They bring a wealth of experience in managing change and will help your startup navigate through uncertain times with confidence.

Access to Networks and Resources

Fractional COOs often come with extensive networks and industry connections. They can introduce your startup to potential partners, investors, and clients, helping you build valuable relationships that fuel growth.

Scaling Teams and Operations

Scaling operations technically and through team capabilities is essential for winning. Team work, organization, technology, and habit development are essential for consistently doing more of what matters, faster to outcompete.

Aligning GTM and Operations

Aligning Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, and Product Management is a constant challenge, and different organizations need to be emphasized throughout your startup's evolution. Balancing across priorities and aligning everyone around the most important outcomes is critical.

Flexibility

A Fractional COO can adapt to your startup's changing needs. Whether it's scaling up, entering new markets, redefining your market to win, or pivoting your business or pricing model, they'll be there to support you every step of the way. The flexible engagement model works well for companies to test the water first, get immediate value, and discover what their core needs are going forward.

Unlock your company's hidden potential with a Fractional COO. With strategic guidance, operational expertise and unwavering support, you’ll be poised for rapid growth and success.

About Midstage Institute

We focus our practice on midstage startup and B2B SaaS companies that need to remain agile, and where what worked at a smaller scale, just isn’t as effective anymore.

We ensure founders and leadership teams win, with our over 40 years experience in venture-backed startups. We are Silicon Valley veterans with the scars and wins to prove it. We don’t use an inflexible off-the shelf methodology, we adapt best practices to you, your market, your company, and your leadership team.

We always:

Focus on right sized best practices to get to the next level
Focus on the 20% of effort that will yield you 80% of the benefits
Teach Perfection is the enemy, better is your partner and ally
Align executional cadences to necessary strategic outcomes so you and your business thrive