Boulder, Colorado
Fractional COO for Boulder business owners
We improve businesses. So your Boulder business can run without you.
What we do for Boulder business owners
- Operating Partner. A senior operator who runs the day to day with you, a few days a week, until the business runs on a steady rhythm.
- Turnaround. For owners whose cash, margin or sales are sliding. We find out what is really happening, stop the bleeding, and put a weekly rhythm in place.
- Succession Operating Partner. For owners getting ready to sell, hand off, or step back. We get the business to the point where it can run without you.
- Selling to Your Employees. Thinking about selling to your team through an ESOP, an employee ownership trust or a co-op? We get the business ready to run without you, and work alongside your attorney and valuation firm.
- The 30-Day Test. A free scorecard that shows how much your business depends on you.
Serving Boulder
We work with owner-led trades and service businesses in Boulder and across the Colorado Front Range.
Northern Front Range
Sworn to your company.
How we work
The Brandimarte Charter
Five plain steps, the same on every job.
- Step 1: ScoreYou take the free 30-Day Test. It shows how much the business depends on you.
- Step 2: FitA short paid review of how the business runs today, to choose the plan and the weekly rhythm that fit your team and your stage.
- Step 3: InstallWe put the plan in place in 90-day builds, with clear owners for every number.
- Step 4: RunWe run it each week with your team until a number two owns the seat. If you need one, we help find and place that person.
- Step 5: Hand off or holdYou choose: hand it off, keep us running and growing it, or get it ready to sell.
Running a business in Boulder
Boulder is a hard place to run a lean company. The median value of an owner-occupied home is $1,039,500, the highest of any city we serve, and the population has dipped slightly, from 108,250 at the 2020 Census to an estimated 105,689 in 2025. When costs are this high for your crew and your customers, every hour and every job has to earn its keep.
The county is investing in the trades. Workforce Boulder County runs a Green Trades career pathway for work like energy-efficient construction, renewable energy, landscaping and heat pump HVAC. And the county is still rebuilding from the Marshall Fire: of the 1,109 homes destroyed, 931 had building permits and 829 had certificates of occupancy as of December 1, 2025.
Boulder has strong business support. The Boulder Chamber is active on local issues, including the city's review of a downtown development authority for Downtown Boulder and University Hill. The Boulder Small Business Development Center, hosted by the City of Boulder at 1777 Broadway, offers no-cost advising in English and Spanish and has worked with more than 5,000 Boulder County businesses over the past 30 years.
Boulder owners who want to sell, hand off, or slow down need a company that does not need them every morning. We help them get there with a plain plan and an operator who does the work alongside the team.
Ready to talk?
A free 30-minute Evaluation Call by video. No pitch, no pressure. You will leave with a clearer picture of what it would take for your business to run without you.
20+ years improving businesses.