Elliot Chaves.
Operations Consultant
I build companies that run themselves.
Helping owner-led businesses get ready to grow or sell, without everything running through them.
– Who I help.
Good businesses can get stuck. I get them unstuck.
Trade, service, and creative owners who are past the scramble, caught in patterns.
Chaotic
Every day is firefighting.
Plateaued
Working harder but the numbers don't follow.
Owner-dependent
Nothing moves unless you're in the room.
Reactive
You're too buried in the day-to-day to respond when the market moves.
Different symptoms, same result: a business that can't grow or sell.
Any of these sound like you?
– Why me?
4x founder
Raised $750k in capital
5x ROI exit
Accelerator graduate
Award-winning designer
Not frameworks 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.
People-first mindset. EOS and lean methods. Building a healthy culture and sustainable practices your team will use.
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 or exit on purpose.
1.
Diagnose
Assess everything that drives how your business runs.
2.
Clarify
Assign ownership and accountability; sets the environment that makes simplifying possible.
3.
Simplify
Strip out what slows the business down, using lean methods.
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
What it's costing you in dollars
How it's holding back growth or a sale
A prioritized roadmap to fix it
Starts at
$4,500
Stage 2
Build Your Business OS
The operating foundation your business is missing.
Redesigned systems, workflows, and processes
Clear roles and ownership
Documented SOPs and handoffs
Communication rhythms and decision frameworks
Tools that fit how you work
Your team trained on the changes
YOU WALK AWAY WITH
Fewer fires, dropped handoffs, and redos
Clear ownership of who does what and how
A business that runs on process, not memory
A solid foundation, ready to take you out of the bottleneck
Stage 3
Run Your Business OS
Expanding your OS so it runs without you.
The right people in the right seats to run day-to-day operations
Decision rights: what gets decided without you
A weekly scorecard to see the business from outside the room
Quarterly priorities and a review rhythm
Your role redefined, with a plan to step out of the rest
Your team trained to run it
Clear criteria for when the business is fully independent
YOU WALK AWAY WITH
Your team running the day-to-day, not you
Decisions getting made without you in the room
The numbers in front of you every week, without asking
Your time back for the work only you should do
A business built to grow or sell, and a clear path to get there
Premier Offer
The Operating Partner
Your fractional COO, in the seat until the changes stick.
Everything in Stages 1 to 3, built and run with you
I step into the operator seat and coach you into the CEO role
Hands-on execution and real-time problem solving
Your full tool stack built, integrated, and adopted
Monthly financial reviews: margins, cash, and what they mean
Quarterly planning sessions, led by me
Priority access to me throughout
Optional add-on, scoped separately: key hires recruited, onboarded, and embedded
YOU WALK AWAY WITH
You out of the engine room and in the CEO seat
Your team running the day-to-day with confidence
Financials you understand and use to make decisions
A culture that holds its standards without your oversight
A track record of the business running without you, the proof growth and buyers need
Starts at $95,000
Scales with locations, teams and complexity.
– 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 passion project
Founded it, built a small team, and got close before the funding fell through. My first real lesson in the gap between a good idea and a viable operation.
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. Sold the practice to my longtime partner and moved on to my next venture.
A sustainable sportswear tech startup
1 of 20 out of 288 to graduate a Silicon Valley accelerator. Built a distributed team of 35, 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