Fractional COO · Houston, Texas

Fractional COO in Houston for founder-led businesses that have outgrown the founder

Your capacity is the company's ceiling. The business keeps growing. Its infrastructure doesn't. Ronimo OS™ closes that gap with fractional COO oversight, systems, and an AI-enabled bench, from $995/month all-in.

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The role

What a fractional COO does, and what Ronimo Fractional™ does

A fractional COO provides operating oversight without a full-time executive hire. Ronimo Fractional™ goes further: fractional COO oversight, with standing authority to make the calls you've been making alone. Approving routine decisions, managing employees, chasing deliverables, coordinating departments: the work that holds the whole operation together in your head moves into a system someone else can run.

Fit

Is your business ready?

  • $1M–$20M in annual revenue
  • 1–70 employees
  • No COO or true second-in-command
  • Founder-led
  • The owner is the bottleneck: every decision still routes through you

Not a fit: pre-revenue startups, owners unwilling to let go of control, and companies that already have a working C-suite and a mature operating system.

Why Ronimo

A system, not a consultant who leaves a binder

Ronimo Fractional™

Fractional COO oversight, with standing authority to make the calls you've been making alone.

Ronimo Bench™

An AI-enabled functional workforce covering roles you can't yet justify hiring full-time.

Ronimo Core™

The technology and automation layer that runs routine work without waiting on you.

Ronimo Advisory™

Strategic advisory on the decisions that sit outside the operating system: exits, acquisitions, major hires.

Progress is measured, not asserted: the Freedom Index™ is scored again and compared to baseline. This is the ROI record. Every engagement moves through the same seven stages, and SCALE loops back into ASSESS:

ASSESS · ARCHITECT · DEPLOY · OPERATE · MEASURE · ADJUST · SCALE

Pricing

Fractional COO pricing: the Freedom Ladder™

Visibility

$995
per month, all-in
A second set of eyes, without a second full-time hire.
8 hrs Fractional™ / quarter
One bundled tier for owners who just need someone watching the blind spots: light systems scope, functional depth where it matters, and quarterly executive oversight to catch drift before it becomes a crisis.

Control

$1,495
per month, all-in
Stop being the last line of defense.
8 hrs Fractional™ / every 2 months
Bi-monthly oversight cadence bundled with deeper systems and functional coverage, so decisions don't all funnel back to you by default. This is the tier where "the business runs when I'm not looking" starts becoming true.

LeverageIncludes Core™*

$2,995
per month, all-in
Execution, strategy, and accountability, in one seat.
8 hrs Fractional™ / month
Monthly oversight cadence, with strategic guidance now included in the tier. You're not just getting hours. You're getting a second brain in the business working alongside you, so decisions don't all funnel back to you.
Most popular tier

CapacityIncludes Core™*

$4,495
per month, all-in
Built for the business that's growing faster than your bandwidth.
8 hrs Fractional™ / every 2 weeks
Oversight every other week, with strategy and peer accountability included. For owners whose calendars are already the bottleneck. This tier exists so growth doesn't outrun your ability to lead it.

FreedomIncludes Core™*

$8,500
per month, all-in
The business runs. You lead it.
8 hrs Fractional™ / week
Weekly executive presence across your operation, with strategy and peer accountability included. This is the tier named for what it delivers: the ability to step back from the day-to-day and actually work ON the business, not just IN it.

IndependenceIncludes Core™*

$12,500
per month, all-in
The deepest integration we offer, for owners ready to fully let go.
12 hrs Fractional™ / week
Near-continuous executive leadership deeply integrated into how your business is run, with strategy and peer accountability included. This isn't oversight anymore. It's a true operating partnership.

*Ronimo Core™ included at no additional cost, Leverage tier and above.

One price per tier. Every Freedom Ladder™ tier bundles Ronimo Bench™ and Ronimo Fractional™, plus Ronimo Core™ and Ronimo Advisory™ at Leverage and above, and Ronimo Circle™ at Capacity and above. Nothing is sold à la carte.

Longer engagements, better economics. Prepay and save: 10% at 3 months, 20% at 6 months, 30% at 12 months. Discounts do not stack.

Beyond your tier. Additional Advisory™ or Fractional™ hours beyond your tier: $375/hour, sold in 4-hour blocks. This rate applies evenly to both. It's intentionally priced to make upgrading your tier the better deal.

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Compare

Fractional vs full-time COO

Full-time COO

  • A full-time executive hire and the commitment that comes with it
  • One person, often without the systems or bench around them
  • Fixed level of involvement regardless of what the business needs

Ronimo Fractional™

  • Executive oversight at the cadence your tier sets, from quarterly to weekly
  • Bundled with Ronimo Bench™, and Core™ and Advisory™ at Leverage and above
  • Measured against your Freedom Index™ baseline
How it starts

Start with the Free Freedom Index Assessment

The Freedom Index Assessment is the front door. Everything else gets built around what it finds. RFI determines ROI. How the assessment works or see a sample report.

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Houston

Working with Houston businesses

Ronimo Operating Group™ is based in Houston, Texas, and works nationally. [NIK TO CONFIRM: on-site availability in Houston]

FAQ

Fractional COO questions

What does a fractional COO do?

Ronimo Fractional™ provides fractional COO oversight, with standing authority to make the calls you've been making alone. It is bundled with systems and an AI-enabled bench inside an operating system, not sold as hours on their own.

What does a fractional COO cost with Ronimo?

Ronimo Fractional™ is bundled in every Freedom Ladder™ tier, from $995/month all-in (Visibility, 8 hrs Fractional™ per quarter) to $12,500/month (Independence, 12 hrs Fractional™ per week). Additional hours beyond your tier are $375/hour, sold in 4-hour blocks.

Fractional vs full-time COO: which is right?

A fractional COO gives a founder-led business executive oversight at the cadence it needs, without a second full-time executive hire. With Ronimo, that oversight comes bundled with systems, an AI-enabled bench, and a measured Freedom Index™ score, and the tier can move up as more of the business is ready to run without you.

How do I know I need one?

If every decision still routes through you, you have no true second-in-command, and the business keeps growing while its infrastructure doesn't, you have hit the founder ceiling. The Free Freedom Index Assessment measures exactly where your business still depends on you.

Is the work on-site or remote?

[NIK TO CONFIRM: on-site availability in Houston and remote delivery]

How does an engagement start?

Every engagement starts with the Freedom Index Assessment. What it finds becomes the Ronimo Blueprint™, the plan your Freedom Ladder™ tier is built against.

Take the Freedom Index Assessment · Free

Want a quick read first? Take the free 10-question Founder Freedom Snapshot.