Built differently. Because you are.
Fractional COO services for first-gen and immigrant-founded businesses.
Your business is growing. Your operations aren't keeping up.
You didn't get here by following someone else's playbook. You built something from scratch, often without a roadmap, often while carrying more than most people will ever understand.
Now your business is growing but the operations aren't keeping up.
Here's what's actually happening…
→ Even though you have a team, it feels like everyone is scrambling.
→ Decisions have to go through you every time and it’s exhausting
→ You have your hands in all the pots – you’re doing everything and it’s burning you out.
→ You want to grow your business but you cannot fathom how because there’s no time in your schedule
I'm Lesley Braga — Fractional COO and daughter of immigrants.
I fix operations, drive profit, and build the systems to scale for first-gen and immigrant-founded businesses, particularly in Professional and Financial Services, where I've spent most of my career. I know what it means to figure things out without a blueprint. That same resourcefulness that got you here? I bring it to your operations - grounded, strategic, and built for real life.
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We start with a deep dive into your operations — finding the profit leaks, the bottlenecks, and the gaps holding your growth back.
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I get to work fixing what's broken, building the systems, processes, and accountability structures your business needs to scale.
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With clean operations as the foundation, we turn our attention to growth building the strategy and systems to take you to the next level.
How we work together to improve operations
Reduced onboarding time by 88%
A regional bank reduced onboarding time by 88% by improving their back end systems— freeing up client-facing teams to focus on revenue-generating work and increasing capacity without adding a single hire.
This is what happens when operations finally run the way they should.
You're ready for fractional COO support if you’re...
a first-gen and immigrant founders running growth-stage businesses — typically 10 to 50 employees
Past the startup phase but not yet big enough for a full-time COO
Growing fast but feeling the operational strain
Tired of being having to answer the same questions over and over again
Ready to build something that runs without you having to be involved in every detail
Done proving yourself and ready to scale
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Ready to stop surviving your growth and start leading it?
You've already done the hard part — you built something real. Now let's build the operations to match.