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You raised the money.

I build the machine that runs it.

Fractional business operations for newly funded founders. I turn the post-raise scramble into an operating system you can run and measure.

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A wooden desk with a black closed laptop, a stack of white notebooks, a white notepad with a pen, a small vase with a purple flower, a white desk lamp, and a white mug in the background.

The post-raise scramble

You closed the round. Headcount is climbing, cash is going out faster than you can track, and every real decision still routes through you. You do not need a strategy deck. You need to see the business clearly and make the next call fast.

What you get

  • Operating model and cash forecast

    A single source of truth for hiring, spend, and runway.

  • KPI and pipeline dashboards

    See the business in real time, not at month-end.

  • Plans, owners, and a weekly cadence

    Strategy turned into shipped work, with SOPs so it runs without you in the room.

  • Runway and cost control

    Reallocate cash and restructure vendors to extend your runway.

  • Hiring and headcount planning

    Build the team plan your runway can actually support.

  • Board-ready reporting

    Metrics and updates your investors trust.

Results I've delivered

  • $14M

    Idle cash reallocated

  • ~60%

    Lower monthly churn

  • 0 to 40

    Sales hires scaled

  • $1M+

    Pricing errors eliminated

BCG. Dartmouth MBA. Harvard MPA. 12-year U.S. Navy veteran.

Jeremy Wano, founder of Oak Leaf Advisory

About

I build the systems that let founders run their company with confidence. Most recently I was founding VP of Business Operations and Revenue Operations at a venture-backed AI startup, where I stood up the operating model, the cash forecast, and the revenue engine from scratch. At Dandy, a high-growth dental-tech startup, I managed customer and business operations: I raised NPS from 19 to 50, cut cost per unit by nearly 40%, and opened a 125-person office 25% under budget and two weeks ahead of schedule. Across all of it, from a Navy command to BCG to building ops inside startups, the job has been the same: take something complex and turn it into a system a team can actually run.

Oak Leaf Advisory is named for where I started. I left the Navy as a Lieutenant Commander, whose rank insignia is a gold oak leaf, and the firm carries that forward: steady, disciplined operating help for founders who need it.

Based in Philadelphia. Working with founders remotely and in Philly, NYC, and DC.

If you just raised and you're running the company from your head, let's talk.

Tell me where the business is, and I'll tell you where I'd start.