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You can't run your company, learn AI, and still make it home for dinner.

Fractional COO and AI Consultant for Service Businesses 

We use AI and simple SOPs to give you back 10+ hours a week, you can use for your family or growing the business.

Only 5 client companies at a time.
3‑minute application.

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Trying to Grow A Business Is Exhausting

You say things like:​​

I know I need to use AI but I don't know where to start.

There's too much to manage.

I've bought the playbook. I wasn't doing it.

You know the frameworks. Traction. E-Myth. Clockwork. You know what you're supposed to do to scale.

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But the daily tasks eat your whole day before you even get to any of it.​​

You're not lazy. You're overloaded.

You know you need AI. You don't have time to learn it.

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AI does the daily task. You get the time back to actually work on your business.

You don't need another framework. You need one AI skill that actually fixes something this week.

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You don't need more discipline.
You need a system that doesn't wait on it.

Do You Need a Fractional COO or Help Fixing One Problem?

Not every business needs a fractional COO.
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Sometimes you need someone to help lead your team, set priorities, and make sure the business is moving in the right direction.
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Other times, you just have one problem that needs fixing.
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Here's how to tell the difference.​

You May Need a Fractional COO If:​​

  • Your leadership team needs help taking ownership and making decisions.

  • You have business goals, but struggle to turn them into action.

  • You're spending too much time managing people instead of leading the business.

  • You need ongoing support to develop your leaders and keep priorities moving forward.

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You May Need a Focused Project If:
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  • Your team wants to use AI but doesn't know where to start.

  • There's a specific task or process slowing everyone down.

  • Your executive team needs practical AI training.

  • You know what needs fixing but need help putting the solution into practice.

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Not Sure Which One You Need?
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That's okay.
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I offer ongoing fractional COO support and fixed-project packages.
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We start with a one-on-one conversation about your business, what's working, and where you're stuck.
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Then we decide which approach makes the most sense.
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You don't need to hire a fractional COO to solve a problem that only needs a simple fix.
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Let's Talk About Your Business

How I help: Fractional COO and AI Consultation for Service Businesses

So I don't hand you a framework.
I teach you one AI skill that fixes it.

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We build together:

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  • Simple systems your team can follow

  • AI skills you learn to handle drafts, follow-ups, and repeat work

AI Operations Build (3 hours)

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In an Operations Build, we pick one painful problem in your business and I sit with you (and your team) for 3 hours to teach a single AI skill that actually fixes it.

You don’t leave with theory. You leave with an AI “employee” your team can run every day.

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One hands‑on working session.
Just you and me. Laptops open.

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In those 3 hours we:

  • Map one ugly, recurring task that eats your time

  • Set up a simple workspace for your business (all in one place)

  • Plug in AI so it actually knows your business

  • Use AI to help write the real steps, emails, and SOPs your team will follow

  • Fix that one ugly task before we hang up

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No notes to “do later.”

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You leave knowing how to run your first AI employee yourself.

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What this looks like when it’s working

You run your company.
Your team runs the skill.

  • You’re not the entire company anymore.

  • You’re done before you get home, so your family actually sees you.

  • The “list so long I can’t even remember it” lives in one simple system.

  • Your team knows who owns what and where things go.

  • You know exactly which AI skill to use for the boring, repeat work — and how to run it."

Your Plan to Get 10+ Hours a Week Back

No courses. No homework. I teach you one AI skill, live, that fixes something this week.

1. Apply

Tell me what's actually costing you time, money, or sleep. Takes 2–3 minutes. I review it myself.

2. Build Together

One short pre-work form, then we sit down, in your office or online, and build the system live in your business.

3. Run Without You

Your team owns it. Decisions stop routing through you. You get your mornings back.

I only work with 5 companies at a time. That way I stay deep in your business and we actually get tasks done — not just "advise."

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Apply for one of 5 client spots

Short application (2–3 minutes).
I’ll ask about:

• Your revenue and team size

• The one problem stealing your time or sleep

• What you’ve already tried to fix it

• What “worth it” would look like in 6 weeks

I read every application myself.
If I can’t help, I’ll tell you fast.
If I can, we’ll book a AI Operations Day and start fixing the problem you wrote down.

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You built a job that owns you.
Not a business. 

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Why I Built The Profit Manual: From Owner in the Weeds to Fractional COO.

Buck Paolino CEO The Profit Manual

I built and sold a seven-figure service business.

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For years it felt like drinking from a fire hose. Traction. E-Myth. Clockwork. Business Made Simple. I read them all.

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The more I tried to do, the less actually got done. My team got more frustrated, not less.

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So I stopped adding. I stepped back and figured out what actually fit my business — not what fit the book.

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That's when it hit me: I'm not a visionary. I'm an integrator.

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I don't dream up the big idea. I take the idea and build the thing — systems, workflows, the unglamorous work of making sure it runs without you standing over it.

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So I built simple systems. Who does what. Where things go. How work gets done when I'm not in the room.

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My wife dropped to 20 hours a week. I dropped to 30. We sold the business.

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The buyer sent 240+ individual tasks for due diligence.

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We finished in 48 hours — because everything lived in the system, not in my head.

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Now I help other owners build that same structure.

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I sit down with you and teach you the AI skills that take work off your plate — together, in the room.

Apply once. We build the rest.

You can keep living in the weeds.


Or you can spend a few weeks fixing the thing that’s stealing your time, your sleep, and your family.

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You’ve already done harder things than this.


This is just a form and a call.

The business stops owning you. You start owning it.

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You take a Tuesday off and nothing breaks.

Apply 

Short form so I understand your world.​

Build Together 

We sit down and build simple systems and AI.​

​​Run Free

You lead; systems and AI handle the work.

2–3 minutes. One page. No tricks.


I read every application myself. If I can’t help, I’ll tell you fast.

If I can, we’ll book a Operations Build and start fixing the problem you wrote down.

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Make Good Choices.

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