Mike Fried STRATEGIC GROWTH & OPERATIONS

Fractional COO & Strategic CFO
for Growing Businesses

A senior operator who scaled a startup into a $125M+ global business. I step into the COO or CFO seat part-time, take the executive decisions off your plate, and free you to focus on what you do best.

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Available for Fractional & Consulting Engagements

Fractional COO | Fractional CFO/FP&A | Strategy & Growth

Some businesses need a senior operator, not a report. Whether you need help getting operations under control, building a financial planning function, or thinking through where the business goes next, I don't just do the work; I take the executive decision making off your plate, freeing you up to focus on the areas of your core expertise.

Fractional COO – Operations & Execution

I design and run operational structures for businesses that have grown faster than their systems. That means building or fixing the processes, teams, and workflows that let a business scale without breaking.

Fractional CFO – FP&A & Financial Oversight

For businesses that need financial clarity without a full-time CFO. I build planning, budgeting, and reporting functions that give leadership the numbers they need to make decisions with confidence.

Strategy & Growth

From competitive analysis to go-to-market execution, I help businesses identify untapped opportunities and build the roadmaps to capture them, including in complex, fragmented, or international markets.

See How I Can Help You

No pitch. Just a conversation about your challenges and whether I can help.

Proof of Work

Built one myself. Now doing it for others.

Where It Started

The Diamond Pro: From Duopreneur Blog to Multi-National Business.

Founder-Operator · 15 Years · Startup to $125M+

I didn't learn this from a consulting deck. I built it. Over fifteen years I scaled The Diamond Pro from a two-person blog into a multi-national business, building, optimizing, and handing off each core function before moving to the next.

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Where I'm Focused

Fractional first. Open to more if the fit is right.

My focus is fractional executive work: stepping into the COO or CFO seat part-time and taking the decisions off a founder's plate. That's where I'm most useful, and it's what I'm building toward. That said, I'm not closed to a deeper commitment. If a fractional engagement proves the fit and the role grows in scope, or if the right director or VP-level opportunity comes along in operations, strategy, or growth, I'm open to the conversation. What matters to me is the fit: organizations where broad experience and sound judgment count more than a narrow specialist lane. If that sounds like where you are, I'd like to hear about it.

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Personal Bio

A New Yorker who found home on the other side of the world in Brno.

A native New Yorker who traded the city skyline for the cobblestones of Brno, Czech Republic, I've called this charming city home since 2012, where I live with my wife Aneta and our spirited Bohemian Shepherd, Myška.

My hunger for the world has taken me through more than 60 countries and across 7 places I've called home. That same restless curiosity follows me indoors too; into books, online courses, and a lifelong commitment to growth. When I'm not working, I'm in the kitchen, recreating obscure dishes inspired by meals from my travels. I even founded a foodie club in Brno to share that passion with others.

None of this was planned. In 2011, I arrived in Brno expecting to stay a few months, and never left. Years of travel, unexpected encounters, and a willingness to say yes to the unknown taught me one thing above all: anything is possible when you stay open to the world.

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