One goal. A business that no longer operates on an 'everything-runs-through-you' strategy.
For founders who know something's broken but don't know where to start.
The Dating Project
$450 / one-time
How it works
- Book & pay - instant booking. Pick your time and you're in.
- Complete the questionnaire - answer it thoroughly so we spend the strategy session going deep into your business.
- 90-minute strategy session - a real operational diagnostic of what needs your immediate attention.
- Your 90-day action plan - specific, prioritised, delivered within 7 days.
- Ongoing or handover - I stay on as your Ops Partner on a retainer or hand you a fully documented, ready-to-implement operation.
Not included: generic advice, vague next steps or a sales pitch. You get a real diagnosis and plan.
If you already know what you need, this is where the real work happens.
The Engine Room
From $1,500 / month
What this covers
- Backend operations - the everyday running of the business, off your desk, so you're free to focus on growth.
- Customer onboarding - the first 90 days of a new client's journey with you built to impress, so they stay.
- Systems & AI-assisted automation - the manual work taken out of your business, so your time goes to what only you can do.
- Hiring & team onboarding - from job post to fully ramped, so new hires add capacity within weeks, not months.
- Project & launch management - every moving part tracked, so launches feel controlled, not chaotic.
Scope and price agreed upfront. Minimum three months. Priced around outcome, not hours.
From people who've trusted me with their operations.
"Before working with Ilona, everything in my business ran through me. Every decision, every moving part, every fire. She came in, mapped the whole operation and built systems I didn't know I needed. I got 20 hours a week back. That's not an exaggeration. I used them to focus on the work only I can do: the content, the audience, the brand. I didn't know an operation could feel this organised."
Peter Komolafe
Author · Channel 4 financial expert · Conversation of Money
"When Ilona handed the club to me, I expected chaos. It wasn't. Every role was documented. Every process had a system. I knew exactly what I was responsible for and how to handle anything that came up. I didn't have to call her once. She hadn't just built a club: she'd built something that could run without her. I've never seen that done so completely."
Raeshan Downer
Head Coach · Shropshire Handball Club
Fractional Operations Partner, AI-Enabled
Working with clients globallyLetting go of control is the hardest thing you'll do as a founder. Especially when you've built something real from nothing. But it's the exact thing every growing business needs at some point. You don't need someone to take over. You need someone who will care about your business the way you do.
I think and work at COO level. I join your team as a strategic partner, not a vendor on your list.
In practice, that means I take notes and dig into how your business runs, then build the systems to close the gaps I find. The result: a business that doesn't need you in the room to keep working.
Peter Komolafe
A book deal, a Channel 4 slot and 76,000 YouTube subscribers. Everything ran through him. I mapped the whole operation, built the systems he didn't know he needed and gave him 20 hours a week back.
Shropshire Handball Club
Built from nothing. Nine years. 75,000 GBP in grants. 27 athletes selected for national teams. 10 coaches trained. A national sports club that still runs from Dubai without me in the room.
School Enrichment Programme
A programme reaching 1,500 students, coordinating 75 staff across 70+ activities, built so completely that my successor never once needed to call me.
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