Ops Insights
AI as Your Assistant: How Project Managers Can Reclaim 10+ Hours a Week
As a Project Manager, your value lies in guiding strategy, removing roadblocks, and building strong client and team relationships. But too often, your days are swallowed up by repetitive admin work: status updates, scheduling, task assignment, or chasing follow-ups....
What Founders Get Wrong About Project Management (and Why It’s Costing You More Than a Full-Time Salary)
Running a growing business is like steering a ship through constantly shifting waters. Every decision matters, especially how you manage projects. Yet many founders underestimate (or misunderstand) the role of project management. The result? Missed deadlines,...
The PM You Need at $100K Revenue Isn’t the PM You Need at $1M
At $100K in revenue, your business is scrappy. You’re doing a lot with a little. You probably hired your first Project Manager (PM) to take tasks off your plate, clean up timelines, and keep the team moving forward. And they did just that. They were your checklist...
How I Create Order from Startup Chaos in Just 90 Days
A startup company can be very exciting, fast-paced, and often... a mess. You see the founder wearing too many hats, team members juggle roles without clear boundaries, and systems, if they exist, are patched together. It’s not unusual for a promising company to stall,...
I’ve Fixed a Lot of Failing Projects. Here’s What They All Had in Common.
Projects don’t usually fail because people are lazy or incapable. In my experience as a Director of Operations and Project Manager, the real culprits behind project failure are hidden in plain sight; silent killers embedded in the way teams work, communicate, and make...
A Good PM vs. a Great PM: What Separates the Box-Checkers from the Business Drivers
In fast-moving businesses, a Project Manager (PM) can either be your secret weapon or your biggest bottleneck. The difference? Some PMs check boxes. Others drive results. If you've ever wondered why some projects stall despite having all the "right" resources, or why...
Designer by Day, PM by Panic: Why Hybrid Roles Often Fail Your Projects
It sounds genius in a startup meeting:“Let’s have the designer manage the project too. They already know the deliverables.” Scrappy. Efficient. Budget-friendly. But fast forward two weeks, and your ‘design sprint’ is stuck in a group chat, timelines are toast, and...
What to Focus on First When Everything Feels Like a Priority
A Director of Operations’ Guide to Calm the Chaos and Take Back Control If you're building something from the ground up, whether a scrappy startup or a fast-growing agency, you’ve likely faced this moment: every task feels urgent, and every decision feels like a...
Founder Syndrome: Why Letting Go Is the Hardest and Smartest Thing You’ll Do
You built it from the ground up. You wore every hat, pulled late nights, answered every email, pitched every investor, and probably even vacuumed the office floor. It’s your baby—your vision, your legacy. So it’s no surprise that letting go feels a bit like handing...
What to Fix First: A Prioritization Framework for Streamlining Operations
Startups and growing businesses often find themselves caught in a whirlwind of good problems: rapid growth, new clients, expanding teams, and endless to-dos. But with that momentum comes operational chaos. Without structure, even the most promising company can stall....
You Can’t Scale Alone: Why Founders Need an Operations Partner Early
If you’re a startup founder, chances are you’re wearing every hat: product developer, marketing strategist, customer support, finance lead, project manager, and maybe even part-time therapist for your team. At the very beginning, this hustle mentality can work....