Fractional Chief of Staff for regulated businesses

Launch right. Stay compliant.
Run a tight leadership team.
And protect your reputation.

One accountable partner to launch your business, keep it compliant, and run a strong team. We help new and growing businesses get licensed and compliant while maintaining efficient operations; especially in home-based services, government contracting, tech, finance, clean energy, and other regulated industries.

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Our Approach

Fractional Chief of Staff.

Core offer

A monthly retainer where one senior operator runs your leadership cadence, owns cross-functional follow-through, and keeps the compliance work from slipping, so founders can lead.

  • Business Launch & Setup

    Licensing roadmap, compliance foundations, operating systems, first hires, and a leadership rhythm from day one.

    - Licenses and Filing Order
    - Policies and Records
    - Tools and Workflows
    - Team Setup

  • Compliance Operations

    The day-to-day machinery that keeps you audit-ready. Operations support, with a referral attorney for legal advice.

    - Filing and Renewal Calendar
    - Training & Records Systems
    - Ethics Hotline and Policies
    - Contract and Vendor Files

  • Executive Office & Admin Team Design

    Build or rebuild the support function around your leaders, with AI-assisted briefing and scheduling workflows.

    - Hiring and Onboarding
    - Training and Toolkits
    - Briefing and Calendar Systems
    - Board and Investor Materials

  • Operations

    Clear processes and owned projects, so the business runs without founder heroics.

    - Process Design and Documentation
    - Vendor Management and Cost Control
    - Special Projects
    - Systems Setup

  • Public Affairs & Communications

    Clear, consistent relations and communication with regulators, stakeholders, and the public, so your reputation does not depend on founder improvisation.

    - Stakeholder Communications
    - Policy Monitoring
    - Executive/Board Messaging
    - Media Positioning
    - Incident/Crisis Management

Why Firstary

We help regulated businesses launch, stay compliant, and run a tight leadership team.

Beyond advice, our partnership changes how leadership teams operate. By pairing compliance operations with the discipline of a chief of staff, we replace scattered licensing, tracking, and follow-through with one clear operating rhythm, closing the gap between a founder’s vision and the work it takes to run a licensed business.

Experience behind the work

Built inside regulated, fast-growing companies.

$600M

Valuation reached by a scaling regulated company we supported through Series C-E.

Expertise

Only subject-matter experts
can teach you

80%

Improvement in small to mid-size business practices

“Their strategic framework aligned our disparate processes and produced measurable gains within one quarter.”

-Energy Brokerage Client

Ready to launch or to get your operations under control?

Start with a 30-minute discovery call.

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