Growth Sessions

You're ready to grow

But first, let's be honest for a moment.

You started in this business because you believed in the company's vision more than kids believe in Santa Claus. And that passion helped you reach so many milestones, delighting your community along the way. Now you're ready and excited to grow even bigger (be that new products, markets, services, or subscribers) but...

You have no idea how or where to grow.

Or you have an inkling of an idea, but the threat of getting the choice wrong is MASSIVE. Because who wants to waste months of work and thousands of dollars only to start all over again.

But if you could make the 'right' growth decision:

You know that your community would freak out (in a good way).
Your team would feel as invigorated as they did on their first day.
And you'd all be rolling in cash in no time.

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Enter: Growth Session

For nonprofits, startups, and small businesses desperately seeking to expand their reach.

Over the course of four short weeks, you’ll move from uncertainty to clear sailing with the help of two consultants (hey, that's us!). We know that might sound crazy, but we’ve seen it happen countless times.

Most of our clients report experiencing:

Clarity - hallelujah!
Forward momentum - like you haven’t felt in months
Support - from everyone and the safe space we create
Confidence - that you've made the right decision and your whole team agrees

It's time to call in Fat Cap.

We know how hard it is to decide where and how to grow when you have 108 urgent projects, 20 ideas, and a team that is slowly losing their enthusiasm.

You're ready to grow; let us help you do it with ease.

Schedule a discovery call ->

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Meetings you'll actually like attending

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Our custom consulting engagements combine the power of a small cohort (your team), two strategic design consultants (that’s us!), and design thinking strategies to help you answer the big question that's kept you stuck spinning your wheels.

Community insight is incredibly important to your success, so we always conduct interviews with them, whether that is in-person during the workshop or beforehand.

Here's how it works:

We'll work together for a total of 4 weeks. The first week we'll hold our meetings in person. After the first week, we'll meet twice a week virtually.

What it will help you do:

Identify your true growth challenge. Often, it’s not what you think it is. We'll look over what you've already done and talk about where you want to go.
Generate new ideas for solutions (like dozens of them) with the help of your whole team and your community.
Evaluate the solutions. Gut checks, future thinking, validation, we do it all! This way we ensure everyone is onboard and feeling confident.
Create a clear path forward in the form of an actionable, group-assessed roadmap. We'll set you up for success and make sure you feel prepared to tackle this big project.

And you’ll do it all in a supportive environment that will spark innovative solutions.

Need the nitty gritty? We get it - here’s what each week looks like:

Week 1: Define and discover

We can't solve a challenge before we properly define it. That's why we start with gathering data and conducting interviews to help you see the actual shape of your situation, the impact it's having on your business, and the restrictions that may or may not be in your way.

Week 2: Ideation

Now we can get into the fun stuff! As a group we'll come up with dozens of ideas to help solve the challenge, moving quickly and thinking creatively. Then we'll post up the ideas vote on the ones that have the best chance of working. Then we will critique the top ten ideas before the team leader decides which 2-3 are best suited for evaluation or testing.

Week 3: Evaluation

We'll look at your top chosen ideas from all angles, figuring out what your solution needs to include to help you reach your goal. This is where the group's different experiences and knowledge bases help you think from a variety of viewpoints. This is also where you consider positive and negative outcomes that could come from pursuing a particular idea.

Week 4: Road mapping

It's great to have lots of ideas and plans, but if you don't map out your steps, you'll never actually start moving forward. As a group, we'll help each participant plan out a roadmap to reach your end goal. We'll organize our plans around effort levels to make sure you can actually complete your plan and reach your goal.

How we get the party started

Next steps:

We love getting to know more about you and your nonprofit, so we always start off with a discovery call to learn about your goals, where you are now, and where you’d like to be.
Together we’ll come up with a format and schedule to fit your specific needs and goals.
Before the first meeting, we’ll give you a list of easy tasks to make sure you and your team are ready to go and set up for success.
On the big first day, we’ll come to your business to work directly with your team. Expect a full day of discussion, games, sticky notes, gold stars, and excitement.
After the first week, we'll switch to virtual meetings twice a week. This will help us set weekly goals and have the time to meet them.
After the last meeting, we’ll coordinate follow up chats to ensure you stay on track to reach your goals.

Schedule a discovery call ->

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We should probably introduce ourselves

Hi! We’re Megan and Jeffrey, the duo behind Fat Cap. We’ve worked together for nearly a decade and worn ALL the hats over the years. We’ve used dozens of design thinking strategies to solve our own challenges and picked our favorites for this course. We’re also proud neurodivergents, so we encourage you to come as you are.

You can find our full about page HERE.

Megan Eckman

Customer experience designer, brand strategist

Megan is all about big, crazy ideas and connecting people. She loves asking, “Why not?” and pushes people to think beyond their limiting beliefs. She’s a huge proponent of minimum viable products/services and iteration.

Jeffrey Opp

Designer, futurist

Jeffrey is all about strategy. He loves frameworks and has a special talent for seeing the true problems people dance around. He’s famous for asking the hard questions. He currently works at the University of Oregon as the graphic designer for Advancement and the Alumni Association

FAQs

How much does it cost to work with you?

We customize each custom consulting engagement to fit your specific needs, goals, and budget. That being said, our prices start at $20,000.

Are these meetings in-person?

For the first week, yes. There’s just something extra magical about being in the same place with your team. Plus, it means we get to bring out the sticky notes, markers, gold stars, and white boards. After the first week, we'll transition to virtual meetings.

We are based in Vancouver, WA, and love helping the businesses in our area. However, we're also happy to hop on a plane or train and will discuss that on our discovery call.

Are you a good fit for our very specific problem?

We know every business has unique challenges, so please feel free to contact us to chat. We’re always honest about whether we are the best fit. However, we haven't yet found a challenge we couldn't improve. ;)

Have a question we didn't answer above? Reach out on our contact page.

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