Turn Your Company Into a Fast, Focused, and Resilient Machine
We help companies fix slow, misguided & expensive operations, letting you move faster, execute with focus, and lead confidently.
Expert-vetted processes from teams like:
Most companies don't fail because of the product.They fail because operations are slow, expensive & misguided.
Priorities get blurred
You're juggling product, hiring, and fundraising, and somehow everything feels important. It's hard to tell what actually moves the needle.
Momentum stalls
The early excitement fades. Meetings keep piling up, deadlines start slipping, and suddenly you are trapped in your own processes.
Busy, but no progress
Your team keeps moving, but there's no clear sense of where it's headed. Without guidance, people are busy, not actually productive.
You've tried process tweaks, team restructures, and strategic pivots, but nothing sticks.
What if there's a way you could confidently run your company like clockwork?
The old operations manual
THE SOLUTION
Our team gets inside your daily operations to bring clarity, remove bottlenecks, and push your team to execute faster.
Make better decisions
We help you cut through the noise so you can focus on what actually drives progress. You'll know exactly what deserves your attention — and what doesn't.
Minimize operational risk
Instead of reacting to fires, you'll start spotting problems early and fixing them before they grow. Fewer surprises, smoother operations, and a lot less stress.
Execute with confidence
With clear priorities and a stronger rhythm, your team starts moving as one. You'll make decisions faster, deliver on time, and finally feel in control again.
Trusted by startups and companies like yours
With our dedication, expertise, and personalized approach, we have earned their trust and delivered exceptional results time and again.
StepUp Ventures offered practical advice on our new IoT hardware for water consumption tracking. They reviewed technology options to support quick deployment and specified the roles we should hire. This input clarified our next steps and helped us proceed without major setbacks.
StepUp Ventures supported our vagus nerve stimulator project over an extended period. They refined our product design for clarity and usability, resolved ongoing contractor delays, and tightened project timelines. Their guidance on operational decisions improved our workflow and kept development on track. They consistently provided clear recommendations, helping us navigate challenges and maintain steady progress toward our goals.
How we turn chaos into clockwork
Spot the bottlenecks.
We step inside your daily operations and uncover where things are slowing you down.
Bring clarity.
We remove the noise, align your team, and make sure priorities are sharp.
Push execution.
We clear the path so your team moves faster, makes better decisions, and delivers with confidence.
Our team
Frequently Asked Questions
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We provide intense, hands-on acceleration for startups that need to ship a real product, fast, without burning their cash on the wrong bets.
Think of us as bringing in a temporary co-founder with deep experience who will:
- Ruthlessly simplify your product to the minimum that actually works and sells (form-factor, features, UX, cost)
- Kill bad ideas early and force the hard trade-offs most teams avoid
- Fix or fire your contractors, unblock manufacturing, and get real units into real users’ hands
- Provide external accountability and deadline pressure when internal urgency is fading
- Optionally prep you for fundraising and create real traction that moves the needle with investors
Engagements are high-touch at the beginning (often multiple times per week) and taper as you gain momentum. We work on a simple retainer that prioritizes founders' control — no equity, no fluff, no 200-page decks.
Founders work with us when they realize that another three months of “refining the vision” will kill the company, and they need someone to get in the trenches with them.
If that sounds like you, let’s talk.
We focus on operationally intense startups where execution risk is high, usually because you have to ship atoms, clear regulators, or wrestle with complex supply chains.
That means we live in:
- Medtech, Health-tech, Biotech
- Consumer Hardware
- Climate & Energy
- Agtech
- Deep Tech of any kind
We’ll also take regulated or operationally complex software companies (e.g., clinical-trial platforms, FDA-submission software, physical-fulfillment SaaS) when the bottleneck is execution and certification, not just writing code.
We’re not a fit for AI, fintech, cybersecurity, mobile apps, or anything where the main risk is software velocity.
If building and shipping the actual thing is the hard part, we’re built for you.
We don’t deliver reports or roadmaps from the sidelines. We embed into your day-to-day operations and stay there until the product is built, shipped, and actually gaining momentum.
In practice that means:
- Brutal, Elon-style simplification — we stop you from building the version nobody asked for: extra parts, over-engineered features, and complexity that burns cash while delivering zero additional value to users
- Zero distance — we’re in your Slack, contractor meetings, manufacturing reviews, and cash-flow sheet so problems surface weeks earlier than they otherwise would
- External spine — when internal urgency fades and deadlines start slipping, we become the voice that refuses to let “good enough next quarter” kill the company
- No-fluff, no equity grab — straightforward monthly retainer, full founder control, no board seats, no dilution
If you need someone in the trenches with you, not on the outside looking in, we’re ready.
Engagements run 6–18 months, depending on how deep the hole is. Anything shorter than 6 months rarely moves the needle on the kind of structural execution problems that kill companies.
We stay in until the core issues are genuinely fixed: contractors are under control, the product is simplified and actually shipping, cash burn is sane, and you’re hitting repeatable revenue (or have real investor traction).
We start heavy (multiple touchpoints per week) and deliberately taper as you gain speed and confidence. Once our engagement is over, we offer a light retainer afterward just to make sure old habits don’t creep back in.
Grab a 30-minute no-BS call with us directly. You bring your biggest execution nightmare, we’ll tell you within minutes whether we can actually move the needle for you.
Zero decks, zero sales pitch, zero commitment. If it’s a fit, we’ll sketch a scope on the spot. If it’s not, we’ll point you to someone who can help.
Turn confusion into clarity, and
bottlenecks into opportunities.
Book a call with us to gain clarity about your next steps and learn more about our process.
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