YOUR BUSINESS WORKS.
sound familiar?
But there's friction at every turn, and you can't ignore it anymore.
"If something happens to me tomorrow, this whole thing falls apart."
"My team is great, but everything still somehow ends up back on my plate."
"I keep waiting for things to slow down so I can fix this. But they never do."
"We're growing. I just don't feel it anywhere except in how tired I am."
There is a version of this that runs without you holding it all together. that's what i do.
Your team is good. The work is good. The clients keep coming. But everything moves slower than it should, half the operations live in different places, and every new project feels like it starts over from scratch.
what i actually do
"This isn't strategy without execution. It isn't execution without strategy. It's both, built into your business at the same time."
I know what it looks like in there.
I have seen the back room.
- The course that gave them a framework but nobody to build it.
- The hire who was great at tasks but could not see the operational picture.
- The tool that was supposed to fix everything and created three new problems instead.
My job is to come in, understand how the business actually runs, find where the real friction is, and build the infrastructure that lets it run without you in the middle of every decision. Notion workspaces. Real automations. Dashboards that show you the truth. Documentation your team will actually use.
I can have the executive conversation in the morning and start building the systems by the end of the day.
I work specifically with 7-figure agencies that have real teams, real clients, and operational infrastructure that was built to survive, not to scale.
about lori
I built CEO Haus after a decade of watching small agencies get strangled by their own success. I've sat in the founder's chair, audited the operations of $5M production studios, and rebuilt the systems for design studios, content agencies, and marketing firms.
What I know is what works inside a real, running business, not what a template or tool that is built for mass distribution says should work.
I'm based in the Boston region, and I build operations infrastructure for agencies across North America.
back
why 7-figure agencies stall
The revenue is there.
The operating model just hasn't caught up.
02
You have countless tools and less visibility than ever.
Each one made sense when you added it. But together you now have a situation they where no one has the full picture, data lives in five different places, and pulling it together is wasting time that should be spent on real work for your clients.
01
Your team is waiting on you constantly.
Not because they are incapable. Because the system requires your approval or your institutional knowledge at almost every turn. That was fine when you were smaller. At seven figures, it's the ceiling.
03
More revenue keeps creating more work.
You assumed growth would buy you the time and profits to fix this. Instead, growth has brought you complexity. Every new client adds load to a system that's already overloaded.
04
You are solving problems that should already be solved.
Client onboarding questions that come up every time. Team members asking about things that should be documented. You handle them because handling them is faster than building a system. But you have been doing that for years.
The infrastructure that got you here was built for a smaller business. The systems, the tools, the team workflows were right for a $500K agency. They aren't right anymore. The job now is rebuilding the operations layer so the business can grow with the team and the revenue you not only currently have, but are building for the future as well.
Most 7-figure agencies stall at the same wall.
"For the first time, I finally felt like the CEO instead of just another employee in my own business."
veronika popyk founder, herón design studio
If you're a 6 or 7-figure founder with a growing team, I can't recommend Lori enough!
I recently completed a CEO audit with Lori and in just 30 minutes, she was able to find multiple gaps in my agency that would ultimately cost me dollars, time and potentially legal issues.
Before my call with Lori, there were a few areas in my business that were lacking direction and I found myself searching on google but coming across mixed answers. Walking away from the call, I felt confident knowing what I was missing from the business, how to fix it and so much more. Lori's candor throughout the conversation was a bonus!
Jen Hartmann
Founder of NEAT The Agency
Working with CEO Haus over the past 3 months has been a pivotal journey for my business and me. At a time when my business was experiencing stagnation, Lori was the beacon of guidance and empowerment I desperately needed.
Her involvement went beyond mere consultancy; she became a vital sounding board for my ideas, fostering an environment where I felt empowered to take bold steps and make confident changes.
ori's approach to problem-solving and strategic planning was nothing short of revolutionary for my web and SEO business, which, by its nature, is complex and often misunderstood.
Beyond the tangible outcomes, Lori instilled in me a renewed sense of ownership & pride in my business.
Our sessions together were a blend of productivity and introspection, leading to profound personal and professional growth.
"Under the guidance of CEO Haus, my business witnessed remarkable transformations - from significant revenue increases to a reduction in operational overwhelm."
CEO Haus is more than a consultancy; it is a transformative force for businesses ready to evolve and I wholeheartedly recommend her to any business owner seeking to make meaningful, lasting changes.
Aja Miyamoto
Founder of Sakura Web Designs
Founder of Opanova Digital
"It’s not just the advice and support you provided, but also the confidence I now have knowing I’m being a total BOSS"
After working with Lori 1:1, I’m finally able to work less while more than doubling last year’s income. You’ve forever changed my life. You saved my business! Like for real, I don’t know how I got so lucky to find you. I feel the whole world needs to know.
Alyssa Troncoso
Owner Reign, A Beauty Collective
Co-Founder Slice Strands
Three ways in.
One outcome.
You don't need to know which one you want yet. Most founders find their way to the right starting point through one of these.
DIAGNOSTIC
THE BUILD
$750
FROM $10,000
A real diagnostic, not a sales call. We start with a 30-minute working session on your tools, bottlenecks, and stuck points. Then I go in and audit each system — where the work actually lives, where the friction actually happens, and where the operations are quietly costing you time and margin.
What you get:
→ 30-minute diagnostic working session
→ Full operational audit across your current tool stack
→ In-depth written report mapping where things stand and where they're breaking
→ A prioritized rundown of exactly what I'd fix, why, and in what order.
For founders who already know what's broken and want it fixed.
A done-for-you operations rebuild. I architect, build, automate and document the systems, automations, and workflows your agency needs to run without you at the center of everything. Built around your business. Designed to stick.
What you get:
→ Full operations and automation architecture
→ Custom Notion workspace, built around your team
→ n8n automations that handle the work nobody wants to do manually
→ Team training and complete documentation
→ 30 days of post-launch refinement
ways to start
*Engagements run $10K–$50K+ depending on scope and timeline. Most clients start with the audit.
FREE QUIZ
A 5-minute quiz. Less than 10 questions about how your agency runs. You get a personalized Loom from me showing the first three automations I'd build for your agency and why.
Free. No call required.
Most clients move from the audit into a build engagement. Some take the report and run with it themselves. Both are completely fine.
What changes when
The infrastructure is right.
The operational changes matter, but that's not what founders talk about afterward. They talk about what it felt like to finally run the agency they built from the top and not the center.
Lori didn't just overhaul my backend. She completely took client delivery off my plate and gave me an actual path to scale. For the first time, I finally felt like the CEO instead of just another employee in my own business. It's stupid not to hire her."
veronika popyk
founder, herón design studio
8-week engagement. Full operational rebuild. The result wasn't just a better business. It was a different relationship with the business she'd built entirely.
20+ hours returned weekly
gaps found in 30 minutes
INCOME DOUBLED. HOURS CUT.
REVENUE UP. OVERWHELM GONE.
"In just 30 minutes, she found multiple gaps in my agency that would ultimately cost me dollars, time and potentially legal issues. Lori's candor throughout was a bonus."
"I'm finally able to work less while more than doubling my income from last year. You've forever changed my business and my life."
"Under CEO Haus, my business witnessed remarkable transformations. Significant revenue increases alongside a reduction in operational overwhelm have greatly changed how my business operates."
jenn hartmann
founder, neat the agency
founder, pitch please
alyssa troncoso
founder, reign a beauty collective
co-founder, slice strands
aja miyamoto
founder, opanova digital
founder, sakura web designs
what changes
what brings founders in
Something usually happens first.
Most founders know they need to rebuild operations long before they actually do anything about it. Then something concrete happens. The knowing turns into doing.
A client slips through
If you have had one of these moments recently, you already know what you want to do.
The follow-up that never happened. The onboarding that felt rough. The renewal conversation nobody had. When you look at what went wrong, the answer is the same: there was no system for it. Nobody owned it.
Someone good leaves
In the exit conversation, they say something like 'it was hard to know what winning looked like here.' You've heard some version of that before. You'll keep hearing it until your team has a structure they can actually work inside.
You miss something that matters
A weekend that got swallowed. A trip where you were physically there but mentally somewhere else. You built the business for a reason. If the reason is quietly disappearing, that's the moment.
Someone asks to see the documentation
A partner, a senior hire, someone doing due diligence. They want the process docs, the decision framework. And the honest answer is that most of it lives in your head. That conversation has a way of making the problem impossible to ignore.
ready when you are
You know what the business needs to look like.
Let's go build it.
The audit is where we start. A 30-minute working session, a full diagnostic of where your operations are creating drag, and a clear sequence for fixing it. Most founders leave knowing more about their operational gaps than they've been able to articulate in years.
Questions first? Click the bubble in the bottom right corner of your screen to message me directly. No bots, no forms, no funnels.
Still running every detail yourself?
you’re overwhelmed because your business still depends on you.
The CEO Extraction Plan helps you pinpoint where you’re stuck, shows you exactly what to delegate, and gives you a simple path to step back—so your business runs without you at the center.
