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What to know before enrolling

This page lays out the full module breakdown, the time commitment involved, and what the course deliberately leaves out, so there are no surprises after you sign up.

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Time commitment

Roughly two to three hours a week, spread how you like

Each module is designed to be worked through in two to three focused hours, including the accompanying worksheet. Most participants take a week or so per module, though a few move through faster during a slow stretch at their current job and slower during a busy one.

There is no fixed deadline pressure attached to the pacing. The course is built to be worked around a current role, which is precisely the point: it is meant to be finished before you resign, not after.

Full breakdown

The eight modules in detail

Mapping your existing network into a niche

A worksheet-driven exercise to list former colleagues, managers, vendors, and clients, then sort them by the specific problem each one associates with you. The goal is a shortlist of two or three plausible niches, not a single forced answer.

Translating corporate experience into consulting value

Internal project language rarely survives translation to an outside client. This module works through reframing exercises so your experience reads as a clear, transferable service rather than a job title.

Positioning without a marketing department

A short, plain description of your offer, tested through actual conversations with people in your network rather than polished endlessly in private. Includes guidance on what a minimal professional presence needs to include.

Conversations that lead to your first three clients

Message templates and a suggested outreach order, built around reconnecting rather than pitching. Covers how to propose a small paid pilot to someone who already trusts your work.

Setting day rates that reflect outcomes, not hours

A framework for thinking about rates in terms of the value an engagement creates for the client, with worked examples across a few different types of consulting work.

Proposals, scope, and saying no without losing the room

Templates for a simple proposal document, along with language for handling requests that fall outside agreed scope without damaging the relationship.

Building a pipeline that doesn't dry up between engagements

Simple, repeatable habits for staying in touch with your network while you are busy delivering, so the next conversation is already underway before the current engagement finishes.

Structuring a week with no one managing you

A planning exercise for dividing your week between delivery, business development, and rest, with examples of weekly structures used by consultants across a few different working styles.

Course scope

What this course does not cover

Being clear about scope up front avoids confusion later.

No financial advisory content

The course does not offer tax planning, investment guidance, or personal financial advice. Rate setting is covered from a positioning standpoint, not a tax or accounting one.

No legal advisory content

Business formation, contract law, and liability questions are outside this course. Participants are encouraged to consult a qualified attorney for those matters.

No income projections

The course does not provide or imply any specific earnings outcome. Every consulting practice depends on variables the course cannot control or predict.

No done-for-you services

This is a self-directed course with structured support, not an agency that finds clients or negotiates contracts on your behalf.

Enrollment questions

A few things people ask before joining

Do I need to have already decided to quit my job?

No. Many participants enroll while still fully employed and treat the course as a way to test the idea before making any decision about resigning.

What if my network feels small?

Module one includes an exercise for widening what counts as your network, including second-degree connections through former colleagues and cross-functional partners.

Is there a cohort start date?

Cohort timing is discussed during a discovery call or by email, since group sizes are kept intentionally small.

Can I work through the modules out of order?

The modules are sequenced deliberately, and most participants find the order builds logically. Some revisit earlier modules again after finishing later ones, which is common and expected.

Questions before you enroll?

Reach out with anything not covered here, or book a discovery call to talk it through directly.

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