Shouldered AI / For trade associations and chambers of commerce
Members, events and dues, Shouldered.
Your association runs on Shouldered first, so renewals, events and member questions take care of themselves. Then you can offer an HQ to every member business as a benefit they will actually use.
"Dues renewals take months of reminders."
Renewal notices, polite follow ups and receipts go out on schedule, so dues come in without the chase.
"Our events are run by a tiny team."
Invitations, sign ups, reminders and thank you notes are Shouldered, so the team can focus on the room.
"Members ask what they get for their dues."
An HQ for their own business is a member benefit that saves them hours every week.
"Member questions sit in the inbox."
Tabitha at the Service Desk answers member questions the same day and passes the hard ones to the right person.
Simon and seven desks of Heroes, working for associations.
Shows the executive director renewals, event sign ups and member growth in one view.
Sends dues renewals, chases late payers politely and keeps the books current.
Runs event sign ups, reminders, room lists and follow ups.
Answers member questions and points new members to the right benefit.
Drafts newsletters, event invitations and member spotlights for review.
Follows up with prospective members and sponsors so none of them go cold.
Simon runs HQ: all the tech and all the brain power, and the one you talk to. Each of the seven desks is run by a Hero, and Simon directs all seven and answers for them. A person approves what matters, and legal, tax, medical and financial decisions stay with you and your licensed advisers.
The monthly luncheon is Thursday. Invitations went out two weeks ago, sign ups are tracked and the reminders are scheduled. This morning, renewal notices went to forty members and receipts went to the ones who paid overnight. A new member asked about benefits, got an answer within the hour, and booked a call to set up their own HQ.
An illustration, not a promised result.
Start
Start with your association: an HQ from $750 a month for Small (Founding price: $500, first 50 companies only). Dues, events and member questions get handled first.
Grow
Then each member business can have an HQ of its own from $750 a month (Founding price: $500, first 50 companies only), offered as a member benefit. Buy 10, get the 11th free.
Your Hero is here to improve the human. Your HQ, led by Simon, is here to improve your business.
Two prices, and 50 Founding places.
First, what the work costs you today. A full-time office manager runs most small businesses about $4,000 to $5,000 a month with taxes and benefits, and goes home at five. Every call nobody answers is a job that goes to someone else.
Business coaching often costs $5,000 to $7,500 for one session day. HQ does the work every month, with a coach running the Shouldered Way and workshops included. Already have a coach? HQ works alongside them.
Founding 50: of 50 places left. When they are gone, this price closes.
For you
An assistant for one person: mail, chat, calendar, to-dos and contacts. It learns how you work.
- A seat a month
- $25
- Founding price, first 50 only
- $20
- A seat a month. Cancel any time
- No onboarding fee
- It stops where you stop. It does not run a business
Up to five people
5 seats and 80 hours a month. Onboarding $1,000, paid once.
- Paid for the year
- $750
- Month to month
- $1,100
- Founding price, first 50 only
- $500
- Simon and all seven desks
- Starts the work itself
- About $25 a day, paid for the year
- The six-month guarantee
- Arrives in December. Join the founding list now
Six to twenty people
20 seats and 200 hours a month. Onboarding $2,000, paid once.
- Paid for the year
- $1,875
- Month to month
- $2,750
- Founding price, first 50 only
- $1,250
- Everything in Small
- Room to grow without changing plan
- The six-month guarantee
Prices are per month. Only the first 50 companies (the Founding 50) get the Founding price with a two-year commitment, paid yearly by bank transfer, and keep it for as long as they renew. Pay yearly by bank transfer and take 3% off. Onboarding is $1,000 for Small and $2,000 for Medium, paid once, and free at Shouldered events. It is one 1-hour call: technical setup with our technical team first, then your business with our team. The person who sold you HQ joins your onboarding call. Paid for the year, you get a named person who checks in every month. Month to month gets standard support. Twenty-one people and up is built around you. More seats are $25 each (Founding price $20), and more hours $12.50 each; hours count only while HQ is working, like minutes on a phone plan.
Enterprise and government. For large companies and public agencies. Custom plans start at $5,000 a month. Pilots are paid. We start SOC 2 Type 1 work in 2027. Texas agencies: we are working toward TX-RAMP.
If HQ does not complete at least 40 hours of real admin work a month for you in your first six months (100 hours on Medium), tell us by the end of month five and we refund every dollar you paid for the plan.
The onboarding fee is not refunded. The guarantee asks one thing of you: let HQ do its work. Give it the access it needs and review its work in good faith. If our records show you kept declining or blocking the work HQ set out to do, the guarantee does not apply. If we see that happening, we tell you in writing so you can fix it.
The six months start the day HQ goes live for you. The Founding 50 are included. The guarantee covers HQ only, never coach fees.
Can we offer it as a member benefit?
Yes. Each member business can have its own HQ at the standard price, and when you buy 10, the 11th is free.
Does it replace our membership software?
Not on day one. HQ starts with what you use and handles the work around it.
Is member data private?
Yes. Your association's data stays in its own system, and each member's data stays in theirs.
When is it live?
The Hero is available now. HQ launches in December 2026, and the Founding 50 list is open now.
Can it run our conference too?
The events HQ is coming in Q1 2027, and you can book now.
A Christian-run company, and proud of it.
Churches get free Hero seats. When a member's business joins, its church gets an HQ, free.
Simon is named for Simon of Cyrene, who stepped in and shouldered the cross for another. Shouldered takes no outside funding and is open to everyone. The technology comes from the OurWorld group: ten years of work, 60+ engineers, running in 20+ countries.
Pull up a chair.
Start with your Hero today, take a Founding 50 place for HQ, or just come and ask questions in the community.
Founding list
One of the first 50 places. Keep the Founding price as long as you renew.
Hold my place →Your Hero
$25 a seat (Founding price $20). Available now.
Start with your Hero →Telegram
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