First in. We find the position you grow from.
Most growth firms can’t work with you yet. You’re too early, and their retainers assume a budget you don’t have. The Pathfinder Sprint is the advance element — a fixed, three-week engagement that goes in first, finds your defensible position, and marks the route. The foundation everything else builds on.
It isn’t a discount on our retainer. It’s a complete, productized engagement built to do one thing: find and mark the ground you’ll grow from.
If the smaller player wins, you’re the purest version of it.
Our whole premise is that a smaller, sharper company beats a better-resourced one by competing on terms that favor it. A founder with more conviction than budget is the most asymmetric position there is — which makes you exactly who this firm is built for. The Pathfinder Sprint is how we go in first for you, before you can afford the full campaign.
You don’t need everything yet. You need the one thing everything else builds on: a defensible position, a way to say it that the market understands, and a marked route for the first ninety days. That’s what this is.
One brief. The foundation in it.
A written Pathfinder Sprint brief — yours to keep — built around three things:
Your competitive position and thesis.
Where you can win, and why you win there. The ground worth holding.
A messaging foundation.
Your positioning and the core pillars that make it legible — so the market gets it the first time.
A 90-day growth roadmap.
The route, marked: the specific first moves, sequenced and prioritized against the position. What to do, and in what order.
Three weeks. One price. No surprises.
Week 1 — Intake & reconnaissance.
You complete a structured intake; we run our diagnostic and meet for a single kickoff. No endless discovery calls.
Week 2 — Position & foundation.
We find the defensible position and build the messaging that carries it.
Week 3 — Route & handoff.
We mark your first ninety days and deliver the brief in one working session.
Three weeks, one fixed price, a defined deliverable. No scope creep, no surprise invoices, no open-ended retainer. The boundaries are the point — they’re how we keep this affordable and how you keep your budget intact.
Built for a specific stage.
The Pathfinder Sprint is for early-stage companies — pre-revenue through early traction, bootstrapped or lightly funded — that need a strategic foundation, not yet a full campaign. It’s deliberately limited: we take a small number each quarter, and it’s built for companies at a specific point in their growth. If that’s you, it’s the best money you can spend before you’re ready for more.
Frequently asked questions
What does the Pathfinder Sprint cost?
$3,500, one time, paid to start. No retainer, no lock-in, no negotiation — it's a product, and that's the price. If you move to a growth retainer within 60 days, the full fee applies as a credit toward your first month.
How long does it take, and what do I get?
Three weeks. You get one written brief, yours to keep: your competitive position and thesis, a messaging foundation, and a 90-day growth roadmap — the foundation everything else builds on.
Who is the Sprint for?
Early-stage companies — pre-revenue through early traction, bootstrapped or lightly funded — that need a strategic foundation, not yet a full campaign. We take a small number each quarter.
$3,500. One time. Paid to start.
No retainer. No lock-in. No negotiation — it’s a product, and that’s the price. And if you move to a growth retainer within 60 days, the full Pathfinder Sprint fee applies as a credit toward your first month. Go in first, take the ground, expand. The way the smaller player always wins.