Signal list one · Prepared for John Roddy · 6 October 2026

20 founders and leaders
with a live buying signal

Founders, presidents, CEOs and CFOs of smaller US companies, each matched to a signal from your Blueprint. Companies that already have a COO or VP of Operations were left out, and so were full-time COO job posts.

The post signals are from the last 30 days. The funding signals are the newest rounds our data holds, four to six months old.

Said they need operations help 2

C&C Bread Factory, LLC
Chuck Robertson
Co-Founder, Chief Bread Officer
Perryville, Maryland
5 days ago“Nobody really talks about the unglamorous part of running a small business. The cleaning. The inventory. The bookkeeping.”
CertaPro Painters of Portland
Dennis Hodge
Chief Experience Officer | Servicing Oregon and SW Washington
2-10 staff · Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area
6 days ago“If every answer is "call the owner," we have work to do... co-owning a painting business”

Team growing fast 2

Plant People
Hudson Davis-Ross
Co-Founder, CEO & Board Director
11-50 staff · Austin, Texas
1 day ago“Our team doubled size this year. Now, I'm pausing hiring on purpose.”
RUDDY.
Peter Ruddy
President
51-200 staff · Washington, District Of Columbia
1 day ago“currently adding 300-400 units/month... I'm increasingly asked whether this rapid growth poses a risk to the quality of service”

New site, location or facility 5

TRUE Fitness
Matthew Hacker
Chief Executive Officer
51-200 staff · O'fallon, Missouri
1 day ago“TRUE has officially moved the entire team under one roof in our new headquarters”
Pressure Pros & Soft washing, LLC
Patrick Morrison
OWNER
Flint, Michigan
1 day ago“proud to announce the continued expansion of our service footprint with our new Lexington, Kentucky location”
Armanino Foods
Deanna Jurgens
President and Chief Executive Officer
51-200 staff · San Francisco, California
4 days ago“We recently marked the groundbreaking for Armanino Foods' new facility in Mountain House, California.”
De Babel Inc
Marwan Kandeel
Founder & CEO De Babel Inc.
11-50 staff · Scottsdale, AZ
19 days ago“The Edge is now open in Scottsdale... whether your team, training, and systems can deliver”
Foster Grace Insurance Agency Inc
Krista Harris
President/Owner
2-10 staff · Monroe, North Carolina
28 days ago“We also want to announce the opening of our 2nd location in my hometown of Marshville, NC!”

Funding or acquisition 11

Bendon, Inc.
Chad Basquin
Chief Financial Officer
75 staff · Akron, Ohio
119 days agoPrivate equity investment from River Pines Capital. No COO or VP of Operations on the team.
JP Donovan Construction Inc.
William D.
Chief Executive Officer
38 staff · Rockledge, Florida
120 days agoPrivate equity investment from Godspeed Capital Management. No COO or VP of Operations on the team.
Jane Win Jewelry
Kate Lester Kenny
President
15 staff · Greater Philadelphia
125 days agoPrivate equity investment from NewSpring, Digital Fuel Capital. No COO or VP of Operations on the team.
10Beauty
Alexander Shashou
CEO
54 staff · New York, New York
131 days agoVenture round of $23.5M. No COO or VP of Operations on the team.
Oshi
Ofek Ron
Co-founder & CEO
58 staff · New York City Metropolitan Area
138 days agoSeed round of $3M from Unovis Asset Management, Alumni Ventures. No COO or VP of Operations on the team.
Tanis Brush
Nick Mallinger
Owner - President / CEO
77 staff · Delafield, Wisconsin
139 days agoPrivate equity investment from GreyLion Capital. No COO or VP of Operations on the team.
3B International
Bradley Horowitz
Chief Executive Officer
30 staff · New York City Metropolitan Area
146 days agoPrivate equity investment from Spanos Barber Jesse & Co. No COO or VP of Operations on the team.
SNYDER ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC.
Lee Snyder
President
22 staff · Charles Town, West Virginia
146 days agoPrivate equity investment from Good Springs Capital. No COO or VP of Operations on the team.
SFS Security Fire Systems
Mike Alexander
Chief Executive Officer
42 staff · Coppell, Texas
155 days agoPrivate equity investment of $26M from Prospect Capital, Blackford Capital. No COO or VP of Operations on the team.
USFibers
Ted Oh
Chief Executive Officer
27 staff · Trenton, South Carolina
155 days agoPrivate equity investment from OIC, Glisco Partners. No COO or VP of Operations on the team.
TimberHP
Matthew O'Malia
Chief Executive Officer
43 staff
161 days agoVenture round. No COO or VP of Operations on the team.