You need another you
for the business side.
But you don’t need a full-time one.
You shouldn't be the only person who knows how everything works. Nerd Hat Solutions brings experienced operational leadership to growing businesses, right-sized, right now.
Built for Founder-CEOs of
Growing service businesses
You've built a team, a client base, and a reputation. Now you're the operating system for the whole company. Every decision routes through you. Every process lives in your head. I work with founders at this stage: too big to run on instinct, too small to justify a full-time COO.
When No one is leading your
operations, everyone feels it.
Team misalignment. Decisions that stall. Work that falls through the cracks. These are operations problems, and they're solvable.
You can solve them without hiring a full-time COO. You need the right operations leadership at the right scale for where you are right now.
→ A team that executes without you in every conversation
→ Systems that work while you focus on growth
→ An ops leader who scales with you as you need them
→ Clarity on what's working, and what isn't
operations support built around your needs
Not all operations issues are the same size. Neither is every solution. Choose the engagement that fits where you are right now.
Scale and streamline your growing business with an experienced operations leader embedded in your team, at a part-time commitment sized to your needs. Six months in, clients tell me they finally feel like a CEO instead of a firefighter.
Turn your team's potential into consistent, confident action. Work with a thought partner who knows how to translate insight into systems that stick. Leaders who work with me stop being the answer to every question and start building teams that move without them.
Tackle a specific challenge, build a real solution, and walk away with a plan you can execute immediately. Teams that come in misaligned leave with shared language, clear priorities, and momentum.
Meet The Operations Nerd
Samantha Dillenback has spent her career inside growing organizations at the moment things get complicated, including eight years scaling a coaching company from pre-revenue startup to thriving business, where she served as full-time COO.
She scaled that company and now does the same job for founder-CEOs who need executive ops leadership before they can justify an executive salary.
BACKGROUND
COO roles across multiple organizations and sectors
SPECIALTY
Leadership development and people-first systems that scale.
“Sam is the perfect blend of creative visionary and driven integrator. My time in her cohort was pivotal in helping me accelerate my team.”
Not Ready Yet?
Start Small.
Your Tactical Support Library gives you self-guided tools to find relief right now, no commitment required.
Easy-to-use templates
Step-by-step instructions
Real examples
Ready to Stop Being the Bottleneck?
Let's figure out what kind of support fits your business. A conversation is all it takes.