Project work.

When you're not sure who else to call.

Improbable connections. Objectives without a clear path. Discreet work that doesn't fit a job description or an agency brief. For businesses, nonprofits, and political organizations. If there's no obvious way in, that's usually when people call.

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this is for you if

Any of these sound familiar.

i.

You need a specific outcome, and there's no clean path to it.

A meeting that isn't happening organically. An endorsement with no warm referral. A partnership that "shouldn't" work. The "how do we land this" with no obvious answer.
ii.

It's an ask you can't put on an RFP.

Sensitive. Politically loaded. Reputational. It requires judgment and relationships, not a vendor portal and a statement of work.
iii.

You need someone discreet.

NDA on day one. I keep my mouth shut. I'm allergic to taking public credit. That's how this kind of work stays useful for the next person who calls.
iv.

You'd rather call one person than coordinate three.

One senior operator who's worked across business, nonprofit, and political worlds. Instead of three vendors who each only see one corner of the picture.

how I think about this

When there's no obvious path.

Eight years across startups, nonprofits, agencies, political organizations, and a couple of very big brands. Different sectors, same shape of ask: something needs to happen and the path isn't clean.

A founder wants a specific operator at a specific company to take a meeting, and there's no warm intro. A nonprofit wants a corporate partnership with a company that has never given to them before. A board chair wants a candidate vetted without it being obvious they're being vetted. A coalition needs to form across three groups that don't usually sit together.

If there's no clear way in, that's usually when people call.

Most of this work isn't about ideas, it's about *who* and *how.* Eight years of operating across sectors means I know more of the right people than I should, and where I don't, I know who knows them. I find the path, I figure out who can make the ask, and I do the asking quietly if quiet is what's needed.

Scope is a one-pager. Flat fee. Usually 2 to 8 weeks. NDA on day one if you want it. The work happens off the record, the deliverable shows up on the date we said, and I'm allergic to taking credit publicly. That's how this kind of work stays useful.

the shape

From "hi" to "done."

step 1

A 30 minute call. No charge.

You tell me what the project is, what done looks like, by when. I tell you whether I can help and roughly how I'd scope it. If we're not a fit, I'll usually know someone who is.

step 2

A one page proposal.

What I'll deliver, by when, for what flat fee. Usually 50% upfront, 50% on delivery. No T&M, no change orders. If we both like it, I send a contract and we kick off.

step 3

I do the work.

Most projects run 2 to 8 weeks. I'm hands-on the whole time. You see drafts and progress on a steady cadence. The deliverable is the deliverable, not a deck about the deliverable.

handshake

We ship. Then we're done.

Project closes. You get the final files plus a quick handoff doc so your team can run with it. If you want to keep working together, we talk about what that shape would be. If not, no awkward.

who calls me

Three sectors. One operator.

Same kind of ask, three different rooms. The connective tissue across business, nonprofit, and political work is more useful than people realize.

Businesses & startups.

The intro you can't get cold. The partnership that "shouldn't" work but should. Quietly vetting a key hire, advisor, or board candidate. A reputation problem you don't want to put in a vendor RFP.

typically 2 to 6 weeks

ii.

Nonprofits.

Unlikely corporate partners. Major donors who don't typically give in your space. An advisory board pulled from people who'd never join one. A program partnership that needs a back door, not a cold proposal.

typically 3 to 8 weeks

iii.

Political organizations.

Endorsement pursuit with no warm path. Coalition building across people who don't sit together. Backchannel work with a reluctant decision-maker. Vetting candidates, appointments, or hires before anyone notices.

typically 2 to 8 weeks

on pricing

We talk first.

I don't post flat-fee tiers here because every ask is shaped differently. A two-meeting brokered partnership is a different beast than a six-week coalition assembly.

What I'll tell you on a call: rates are fair for senior work. Flat fees, no T&M. No surprise change orders. If the scope feels off for either of us, we don't do it.

So how do we start?

A 30 minute call. Tell me where you are, what's loud, what's broken, what's already working. I'll tell you whether I think I can help.

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