Fractional CMOs and CFOs cost $5K-$20K/month. Enterprise consulting partners bill $800-$1,200/hour. Most SMBs need strategic thinking on 1-2 specific decisions — not an embedded executive. Our 90-minute sprints solve that problem at SMB prices.
You hit a specific decision: a pricing change, a pivot question, a hiring call, a market expansion. You don't need an embedded fractional executive at $5K-$20K/month. You need sharp outside thinking on this one problem, then to move on. Traditional consulting isn't built for that. Fractional roles aren't built for that. Business coaches don't have the strategic depth. So most SMBs muddle through, guess wrong on important decisions, and pay for it in compounded mistakes. Strategic clarity at SMB prices is the actual gap — and it's what we've productized.
Fractional executives are built for $2M+ companies
$5K-$20K/month retainers make sense when you need 20-40 hours of ongoing strategic leadership. Most SMBs need 2-4 hours of sharp thinking on specific problems. The economics don't match.
Enterprise consulting engagements don't fit SMB problems
McKinsey's smallest engagement is 12 weeks and $250K+. A $2M SMB with a pricing question doesn't need 12 weeks — they need 90 minutes with a sharp operator who's been there before.
Coaches don't have operational depth
Business coaches are great for mindset and accountability. When you need actual pricing strategy, go-to-market decisions, or operational surgery, you need someone who's run P&Ls, not someone who'll ask you more questions.
Fractional executives deliver 80% of the value at 20% of the cost compared to a full-time hire.
— TechCXO, via ConsultKit BlogProductized micro-consulting for SMBs: 90-minute strategy sprints on specific problems, at flat fees. You bring one problem, we bring a senior operator who's solved it before, and you leave with a decision framework and action plan. No retainers, no 12-week engagements, no guessing which consultant's the right one for your situation.
Get Started90-minute strategy sprints (not 90-day engagements)
One problem, 90 minutes, specific answer. Sent a pre-session questionnaire that forces you to frame the problem tightly before we meet. The 90 minutes is pure strategic thinking, not context-gathering.
Written action plan delivered within 48 hours
Every session ends with a documented plan — decision framework, specific next steps, metrics to watch, risks to mitigate. Not vague notes — the actual playbook.
Matched to a senior operator, not a junior consultant
Our network: former VPs, founders who sold, operators with $10M+ P&L experience. You get matched to someone who's run the exact function you're asking about — marketing, sales, ops, finance, product.
Flat fee, not hourly
$499 for a single sprint. $1,299 for three. $1,999/mo for fractional access. No scope creep, no clock-watching, no 'oh that'll be extra.' You know the cost before you commit.
Specific problems we solve well
Pricing changes, offer restructuring, go-to-market decisions, key hire calls, strategic pivots, partnership structures, market expansion, capital allocation. We'll tell you honestly if your problem is outside our sweet spot.
Upgradeable to ongoing as needed
If one sprint reveals a bigger problem, you can upgrade to 3-Pack or Fractional — credit from the original sprint applies. Most clients use us for 2-4 sprints per year as specific decisions come up.
Tell us your problem. We'll tell you honestly whether a 90-min sprint is the right fit, or if you need something bigger (or different) — could be a fractional executive, a specialist consultant, or a full engagement.
After booking, you complete a structured questionnaire: the specific decision, relevant context, data you have access to, and what success looks like. Forces the problem into tight focus before we meet.
Recorded Zoom call with your matched operator. 15 min recap of context, 45 min strategic analysis (they drive, not you), 20 min action planning, 10 min Q&A on edge cases. You leave with clarity.
Documented plan: the decision framework we built together, specific next steps ranked by priority, metrics to watch, common failure modes to avoid, and timeline. Sent within 2 business days.
3-Pack clients get check-ins at 30/60/90 days on execution. Fractional clients get biweekly 30-min check-ins plus async Slack access for quick questions.
Our methodology is built on proven frameworks
Satisfaction guarantee: If you don't leave the sprint with clear actionable strategy on your problem, we refund it. We've only had to refund 2 sprints in 18 months — because the pre-session questionnaire filters out bad-fit engagements.
Single Sprint
$499
3-Pack
$1,299
Fractional
$1,999/mo
15 minutes. We'll diagnose exactly what's holding you back and tell you whether we can help — no pitch, no pressure.
Free Resource
20-minute call where you describe your problem and we tell you honestly whether our 90-min sprint model fits — or whether you need something different (fractional executive, full consulting engagement, specialist). Zero sales pressure. We turn away ~25% of fit calls because the problem isn't sized right for us.
Every week you wait on a specific decision, the cost of being wrong compounds. 90 minutes of senior strategic thinking is cheap insurance. Fit call is free; you only pay if we're actually the right fit.
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