Scaling Up is the operating cadence for your humans. AOS is the operating cadence for your agents. The Rockefeller Habits map cleanly onto the AOS mission system.
About
Scaling Up by Verne Harnish. Gazelles International.
01What is different
Scaling Up
AOS
What it operates
Human leadership team. The 4D framework: People, Strategy, Execution, Cash.
61 specialist agent roles across 8 departments. Chief Agentic Operator reports to you.
Cadence
Daily huddle, weekly, monthly, quarterly, annual.
Continuous. The Friday founder summary is your weekly Rockefeller Habit. The quarterly is yours to run.
Accountability artifact
FACe and PACe.
Mission charter + evidence trail. Every mission has an owner and a packet.
Vision artifact
OPSP (One-Page Strategic Plan).
Operating memory. Same density, machine-readable.
Cost
$30,000 to $120,000 a year for a certified Scaling Up coach plus license fees.
$1,000 install. $100/mo hosted. No coach required.
02Where AOS and Scaling Up align
The shared spine.
Scaling Up and AOS were built for the same insight: founder-led companies need a system, not heroism.
Both demand a one-page plan.
Scaling Up calls it the OPSP. AOS calls it your operating memory.
Both run on cadence.
The Friday founder summary is your weekly Rockefeller Habit, automated.
Both insist on cash discipline.
The fifth approval point (money moves) is AOS's cash discipline.
Both refuse the founder-as-bottleneck pattern.
Scaling Up gives you the FACe and PACe charts. AOS automatically enforces them at runtime.
03Run both. Here is how.
You do not have to choose. Keep Scaling Up. Add AOS.
Scaling Up runs your humans. AOS runs your agents. Founders we work with most often run them in parallel.
01Keep your OPSP. Paste it into your AOS operating memory.
02Keep your daily huddle if it works. Use AOS for what humans should not be doing.
03Keep your coach. They will sharpen your strategy. AOS will execute it.
FAQRun AOS with Scaling Up. Common questions
Run AOS with Scaling Up. Common questions
Yes. Most founders we work with do. They keep their human cadence and let AOS handle the agentic work alongside it.
Legal: AOS is independent. We are not affiliated with Gazelles International, Verne Harnish, or any Scaling Up coach.
Keep your Scaling Up habit. Install your AOS.
Twenty minutes to provision. Thousand dollars one-time. One hundred dollars a month on top. Pause anytime.