Steady State is a fractional operations partner for early-stage founders — taking ownership of the operational load that quietly eats your week, so you can stay on product, revenue, and raising.
Most founders hit a stretch where they've outgrown doing everything themselves — but don't yet need, or want, a full-time EA or chief of staff. So the work just lands on the person who can least afford the hours. That in-between is exactly where Steady State comes in.
Scoped to what you actually need — from light awareness to full end-to-end ownership.
Triage, scheduling, and gatekeeping so your time goes where it matters.
Updates, data-room upkeep, and scheduling around your raise.
Pipeline logistics, interview scheduling, and smooth new-hire setup.
Booking, itineraries, and the on-trip support that keeps you moving.
Team dinners and offsites, planned and run without the legwork landing on you.
Vendors, tooling, and the one-off builds that never quite have an owner.
We talk through where your time actually leaks. No pitch — if support isn't the answer yet, we'll say so.
A fractional plan is built around the tasks and depth you need — and nothing you don't.
Steady State takes ownership and quietly keeps it running. You get the hours back for the work only you can do.
I spent eight years as the founding operations and admin hire at a leading investment firm — the first person building the operational and administrative backbone, and helping scale the team from a handful of people to more than seventy.
Along the way I worked alongside our investment team and got a close look at how fast-growing companies get bottlenecked. The same pattern kept showing up: founders were spending real time on work that absolutely needed to get done, but didn't need to be done by them.
Steady State is how I bring that same operational calm to founders earlier — before it warrants a full-time hire, and exactly when it's needed most.
Three minutes, no email required. See whether support makes sense at your stage, whether fractional or full-time fits, and the honest math on each.
Three quick reads on whether this is even worth your time.
Pick what you'd offload, then set how much you'd want owned — from light awareness to full ownership. The line at the bottom moves as you go.
Grab 15 minutes. Even if we never work together, I'm glad to be a sounding board — I'll tell you honestly what I'd prioritise first, no expectations.
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