You don’t have to burn yourself out to build a successful business.

I learned that the hard way.

On paper, everything looked great.
✔ Built three businesses to $200M in revenue
✔ Bootstrapped a service business to $25M with 25 people in five years
✔ Scaled a VC-backed tech company to $28M ARR in under two years with just 12 people
✔ Made a double-sided consumer marketplace profitable in three months with a five-person team
✔ Raised $30M in venture capital

But behind the scenes, I was exhausted, constantly putting out fires, and convinced the business would fall apart if I stepped away.

So I pushed harder, thinking that was the only way.

Then life forced me to stop.

I ran headfirst into a glass window. A concussion took me out for eight weeks. No emails, no meetings, no problem-solving. For the first time, I couldn’t step in to fix things.

And when I came back, I was shocked. The business hadn’t just survived. It had thrived.

That moment forced me to question everything.

I always thought the key to scaling was working harder and building better systems. And systems did help. But what really made the difference wasn’t the business. It was me.

I had built a company that depended on me, not because it had to, but because I didn’t know how to let go. I believed that stepping back meant losing control. That if I wasn’t involved in everything, things would fall apart.

That belief had to change.

Learning to trust my team, step back, and stop being the bottleneck wasn’t easy. But once I did, everything changed.

The systems worked because I let them. My team thrived because I gave them space. And the business grew faster than ever, not because I was in every decision, but because I wasn’t.

Now, I help founders do the same.

Most founders come to me because they feel stuck. They’re scaling, but at the cost of their time, health, and freedom. It doesn’t have to be that way.

If you’re ready to build a business that grows without you being in the weeds, join me for daily insights on scaling, leadership, and personal growth.

Let’s get started.
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Chase Damiano

Human at Scale

We free up your time so you can get back to being human.

Human at Scale is an operations agency that elevates your team and scales your business. 

We help accounting entrepreneurs get their time back through operations transformation and management. Let us run your firm—so you don't have to.

Learn our approach: https://humanatscaleops.com/

Founder & CEO

Sidebar

Sidebar is a private, highly vetted leadership program that accelerates your career. We have the people, the process, and the technology to drive your impact and growth.

Founding Member

Barometer Interactive

We believe in driving meaningful, measurable change to how teams communicate, coordinate, and relate through our interactive experiences.

Co-Founder

Commonwealth Joe Coffee Roasters

Advisor

Co-developed vision and strategy with CEO. Developed production and distribution infrastructure to service 500+ East Coast B2B customers. Grew company to 70+ people. Developed company-wide career development programs. Led a team of 40+ employees overseeing production, supply chain, distribution, and customer support operations. Built vertically-integrated teams and systems to maximize margins and create amazing customer experiences. Led multiple operational and organizational transformations, corporate strategy, and seven-figure capital projects.

Built experience in: 
Leadership | Corporate Strategy | Organizational Design | Talent Development | Employee Relations | Operational & Financial Modeling | Customer Experience & Support | Sales & Marketing Architecture | Manufacturing | Distribution & Logistics | Supply Chain | Procurement | Architecture & Design | Construction | Equipment Design | New Store Operations | Commercial Real Estate | Regulatory | Retail | Asset Leasing

Chief Operating Officer / Board of Managers

Accenture

Business development, business intelligence, customer experience management, voice of the customer, text analytics, sentiment analysis

Management & Technology Consultant

Hey, I’m Chase 👋. I build and run companies.

Some call me “the ops guy.” Others call me a “business therapist.” Either way: I help founders and partners operationalize their business and focus on what matters.

I built Human at Scale to help accounting entrepreneurs elevate their teams and scale their operations. We do this through:
-- Operations Transformation. Upgrade the firm to be more proactive and strategic, generate higher revenue, and increase client and employee retention.
-- Operations Management. We manage the day-to-day operations of your firm—so you don’t have to.
-- Operations Coaching. Level up your existing operations team to become the leaders your firm needs to grow.
-- M&A Integration. Unlock deal value with diligence services for buyers and integration services post-sale.

Previously, I co-built a 7-figure national coffee brand as a startup COO at Commonwealth Joe. We’re the leading tech-enabled beverage platform focused on nitro cold brew and cold coffee beverages as a service. We’re probably in your co-working space.

Before that, I served Fortune 50 and late-stage startup clients through Accenture’s Emerging Technology & Innovation division (now Accenture Labs).

Stuff that lights me up: BizOps, leadership, team development, facilitation, space, science fiction, quantum physics, videography

I support founder/CEO development, strategic planning, and operations in all of my undertakings. 
Ask me anything: entrepreneurship, leadership, management, operations, somatics

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