The Sounding · a 90-minute business strategy session
Know exactly what to fix first.
The Sounding is a 90-minute strategy session across brand, operations and business development. Two days later you get my full take in writing: what is really going on, and what I recommend, in order. It becomes the roadmap for everything we build next.
- $300 flat
- Credited to your project
- Nothing to prepare
What you feel is rarely where it starts.
Most people who book a Sounding can list everything they have built. What they cannot find is the thing making all of it heavier every month. It is almost always structural, and almost never where it is felt.
What you feelThe bookkeeping is late.
What we findBecause the pricing is wrong.
What you feelThe work is exhausting.
What we findBecause you are still the only one who can do the part that matters.
You will know four things.
What is really going on
The structural reason the business feels heavier, not just the symptom you came in with.
What to fix first
My recommendations, in the order I would take them, so you are not guessing where to start.
Where a partner helps
Which fixes are quick wins, and where working together makes the biggest difference.
Where it can go
Where the brand and the business can go from here, once the thing holding them is dealt with.
One conversation, across everything.
Book a time
Pick a time and name your business. That is the whole form: no intake, no pre-work.
Ninety minutes
Brand, operations and business development, because where pressure lands is rarely where it starts. You talk; I ask and take notes.
Your roadmap
Two days later, my full take in writing: what I heard, what is holding the business back, and what I recommend, in order.
Your Build
We scope your Build from the roadmap, in writing, and the $300 comes off it. No pressure, and no pitch.
Your roadmap, in writing.
Two days after we talk, you get my full take on your business and my recommendations in the order I would take them. It is the plan we build from together, and the $300 comes off your Build.
- What I heard
- What is holding the business back
- My recommendations, in order
Advice you can trust.
Sometimes the first move is a hire, a price change, or a contract already sitting unsigned. When it is, I will tell you, even when it is not work I would bill for. That is why the roadmap is worth building from.
Knowing the real problem in week one is worth more than $300. The alternative is a year spent solving the wrong one.
In their words.
“She listens with intention, quickly understands your vision, and brings it to life with ease.”
As a new business owner, she has lifted so much off my plate, allowing me to focus on what matters most.
Tamara · Mane Alchemist Salon · The Sounding, then a Full Brand Launch “She helped redesign how I operate.”
Cydnie is very knowledgeable and incredibly dedicated.
Spencer Scott · SRS Performance · The Sounding, then brand and operations
$300, and it is never spent twice.
The $300 comes off your Build, and your roadmap becomes the plan we work from.
Flat$300
- A 90-minute strategy session on the whole business
- Your written roadmap: my full take and recommendations
- $300 credited to your Build
- Remote, or in person around the Twin Cities
Usually booked two to three weeks out. Or start with a free call.
Before you book.
Not ready to spend $300? Ask me a question, or start with the Letters. They are free and arrive weekly.
Do I need the free call first?
It is the recommended first step: thirty minutes to make sure the Sounding is right for you. If you already know it is, book the Sounding directly.
Is this a coaching call?
No. There is no goal setting and nothing to work on between sessions. It is a strategy session: you describe how the business currently runs, and you leave with the pressure located and a written roadmap of what to address first.
Does the $300 count toward a larger project?
Yes. When you go on to a Build, the $300 comes off it, and your roadmap becomes the plan we work from.
What if I do not know what my problem is?
That is the usual starting point. Finding it is the work of the ninety minutes, and it is why the conversation covers the whole business rather than the part you think is broken.
What is in the written roadmap?
My full take on the business: what I heard, what is holding it back, and my recommendations in the order I would take them. It is the plan we build from if we work together.
How soon can I book?
Usually two to three weeks out. Open times are on the booking page, remote or in person around the Twin Cities.