Shouldered AI / For small private schools and teachers who run their own programs
You be the teacher. We shoulder the rest.
You run a classroom, and maybe a whole school, with very little office help. Shouldered gives your school or program an HQ that handles enrollment, tuition, parent emails and schedules, so your attention can stay on your students.
"Enrollment season buries me in paperwork."
Nehemiah at the Operations Desk sends applications and forms, tracks what each family has turned in and follows up on what is missing.
"Tuition reminders feel awkward."
Matthew at the Finance Desk sends tuition invoices and reminders on schedule, kindly and consistently.
"Parents email me at all hours."
Tabitha at the Service Desk answers common questions about calendars, supply lists and policies, and passes the rest to you.
"I can't keep up with field trip forms and volunteers."
Nehemiah at the Operations Desk sends permission slips, tracks who has signed and organizes parent volunteers.
Simon and seven desks of Heroes, working for teachers.
Follows up with families who toured, runs re-enrollment reminders and supports giving and fundraising appeals.
Shares school news you approve, promotes open houses and keeps the website calendar current.
Answers parent questions and routes anything about a child's learning to the right teacher.
Sends tuition invoices, tracks payment plans and prepares records for your accountant.
Manages enrollment files, forms, calendars, field trips and volunteer schedules.
Posts teaching and aide openings, organizes background check paperwork and onboarding.
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.
School starts at 8. While you teach, Operations reminds four families their enrollment forms are due Friday and collects two field trip permission slips. Tabitha at the Service Desk answers six parent emails about the early dismissal. After pickup, Simon tells you tuition is in from all but three families, a tour is booked for next Tuesday, and the volunteer list for the fall festival is full.
An illustration, not a promised result.
Start
Start with Hero seats for your teachers and office lead, then add HQ Small at $750 a month paid for the year, or Medium at $1,875 if your staff is larger than five.
Grow
As enrollment grows, move to Medium or ask about a custom plan, so your next hire is a teacher, not more office paperwork.
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.
Does it write lesson plans or grade work?
No. Teaching stays with you. It runs enrollment, tuition, parent communication and scheduling.
Is student information kept private?
Yes. Your private data, including student records, stays in your own system.
We're a homeschool co-op or after school program. Does this fit?
Yes. Any program with families, schedules and fees can use it.
When can we start?
The Hero is available now. HQ launches in December 2026, and the Founding 50 list is open today.
Is there a guarantee?
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. Tell us by month five.
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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