Wolf Works LLC · a small workshop
Fractional leadership that builds.
A small workshop of fractional operators embedded in early-stage and growth-stage teams. Product, technology, and growth leadership — hands-on, retainer-shaped, code over deckware.
We own architecture decisions, ship working systems, and hand back operations that keep running after the engagement ends. Three practice areas. Three principles. Monthly cadence. Plain-spoken reports instead of vanity dashboards.
New York and Los Angeles retainer · month-to-month free two-hour diagnostic
since
2024
New York · Los Angeles
practice areas
3
product · growth · founder leverage
cadence
monthly
retainer · written report
spaces
5
e-com · industrial · membership · media · regulated
client portal
live
magic-link sign-in
01
ship
Ship, don’t pitch. Hands-on implementation, in-tree code, retainer-shaped. Every month leaves something running.
always
02
stack
Operability over fashion. We pick the stack you can run, not the one that won an award. Cheap to reverse. Reviewable. Boring on purpose where it should be.
always
03
signal
Real signal, plain narrative. Reviewable systems. Written monthly reports. Humans author the story, machines compute the numbers. No vanity dashboards.
always
P/T
product + tech
Product + Technology. Architecture, infrastructure, AI and agent systems, data warehouses, integrations, deploy governance. We own the build and the operability — not just the spec.
retainer
G/D
growth + distribution
Growth + Distribution. SEO, AI-native search, multi-channel campaign infrastructure, web and e-commerce platforms, audience intelligence, brand positioning. The machinery that brings the right customers in.
retainer
F/L
founder leverage
Founder Leverage. Fractional CPTO and CGO embedment. Monthly cadence, written reports, scope shaping, the operating systems a small team needs. We absorb the translation tax between specialists.
retainer
01
e-commerce
E-commerce and consumer brands. DTC, B2B wholesale, custom enterprise. Shopify, Faire, owned analytics, and the data layer that ties them together.
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02
industrial
Industrial and B2B services. Field service, repair, parts and controls, dealer programs. Sites that read like spec sheets, not lifestyle brochures.
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03
membership
Hospitality, wellness, and membership. Bathhouses, fitness, hospitality — recurring-revenue businesses that need a clear weekly read on who’s renewing and why.
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04
media
Media and publishing. Podcasts, content networks, audience intelligence. Production automation and AI-native discovery.
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05
regulated
Regulated and public-benefit platforms. Housing, health, civic technology. Audit-logged, RLS-protected, accessibility-first.
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Pick one stack. Two hours. Honest read.
For founders and operators who want a sharp outside read before committing to anything — or who already know they don’t need a retainer.
- Tech stack — current architecture, integration sprawl, what’s brittle, what to replace, what to leave alone.
- Growth + marketing stack — channels, instrumentation, conversion path, where money is leaking.
- Founder operating system — meeting cadence, decision-making, where you’re the bottleneck.
/diagnostic
What you get.
- · One 60-minute working call (Chris or Zach)
- · A written follow-up with our reads
- · An honest “you don’t need us” if that’s the answer
- · A path into a retainer if it makes sense for both of us
Not sure which stack to bring? Email chris@wolfworks.llc and we’ll figure it out.
founding
partner
Chris Fischer · Product + Technology · Founder Leverage Twenty years inside startups. I build the systems your team relies on, then write up what shipped.
visible
soon
incoming
More operators by invitation. Wolf Works grows one operator at a time. We’d rather stay small and good than scale and slip.
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Apr 2026
founder
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active
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founder
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active
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co-founder
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active
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founder
Grepler An MCP operator surface for working across the apps a team already uses.
active
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personal
lifelog Personal lifelogging service with an MCP server for Claude.
active
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collab
nomable A private reservation concierge and automation system for hard-to-get tables.
active
Jun 2026
perspective
What we've learned running agentic loops in production A year of shipping small, quiet agents into real client workflows — what held up, what broke, and what we'd do differently.
Chris F.
Mar 2026
case study
How we cut Lore Bathing Club's reporting time by 60% A case study in replacing a fragile spreadsheet reporting stack with a dlt + SQLMesh pipeline that runs itself.
Chris F.
A small door to the workshop console.
If you have an open engagement with Wolf Works, sign in here to see what got built this fortnight, what’s open, and what’s billed.
- Fortnightly build log — every two-week period, the same record you’d receive by email.
- Billing — paid and open invoices, with one click out to Stripe.
- Open items — what we owe each other, with dates attached.
Most engagements start with the two-hour diagnostic.
From there: a written scope, a fixed monthly fee, and a calendar block for the first thirty days. Month-to-month after that, with a written report at the end of each month and a planning call at the start of the next.
We keep a small handful of retainers at once. We’d rather turn work down than dilute what’s already running.
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