Shouldered AI / For independent consultants and small consulting firms
You be the consultant. We shoulder the rest.
When you are deep in a project, your pipeline goes quiet. Shouldered gives you one HQ that follows up proposals, sends invoices and keeps clients updated, so the next engagement is lined up before this one ends.
"Feast or famine. I sell, then I deliver, then I sell again."
Lydia at the Sales Desk keeps following up leads and proposals while you deliver, so the pipeline never goes quiet.
"Invoices go out late because I am busy delivering."
Matthew at the Finance Desk sends invoices on your schedule after you approve them and follows up on late payments.
"Status updates take my Friday afternoons."
Nehemiah at the Operations Desk drafts weekly client updates from your notes for you to approve and send.
"Contracts and renewals slip through."
Deborah at the Legal Desk tracks contract end dates and renewal windows so you can talk to the client in time.
Simon and seven desks of Heroes, working for consultants.
Gives you the week at a glance: proposals out, money owed, renewals coming.
Follows up on proposals and warm leads and books discovery calls.
Sends invoices by milestone or month after you approve and chases what is late.
Drafts client updates, schedules workshops and keeps project tasks on track.
Tracks contract terms, renewal dates and the agreements waiting for signatures.
Shares your approved articles and asks finished clients for testimonials.
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.
Monday morning, Simon reports that two proposals got a follow up and one client wants to talk Wednesday. Last month's invoices went out after your approval and one is overdue, so a friendly reminder went too. Your Friday client update is drafted from your notes. You spend the day on the client work you are paid for.
An illustration, not a promised result.
Start
Start with the Small HQ (up to 5 seats, 80 hours a month) at $750 a month paid for the year (Founding price: $500, first 50 companies only), plus $1,000 onboarding. Pipeline follow up and invoicing are Shouldered first.
Grow
Your firm runs on it first. Then you can give each of your clients an HQ of their own at $750 a month, so the companies you advise keep running well after you hand off.
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.
Will it write my deliverables?
No. It handles the business around the work: pipeline, billing, scheduling and updates you approve.
Does client information leave my systems?
No. Your data stays in your own systems and nothing is sent without your approval.
What if I work alone?
Then you get a whole HQ for one person, which is exactly the point.
When can I start?
The Hero is available now at $25 a seat a month. HQ launches in December 2026, and the founding list is open today.
What if it does not help?
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.
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.
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