Nerd Labs

Group Coaching for business owners

Your business should be able to run without you holding it together.
If it can’t yet, that’s what we fix here.

Does this sound familiar?

→ If you step away for a few days, something falls apart.
→ You have priorities but can't seem to make consistent progress on them.
You're making decisions constantly, but second-guessing most of them.
Things are working — but only because you're pushing.
You know something needs to change, you're just not sure where to start.

This is where we slow things down just enough to make them work better.

You've built something Amazing.

And you're tired of being the reason it works.

What it Is.

A guided, live space to build
the structure your business is missing.

Nerd Labs is group coaching, not a course. There's nothing to watch on your own schedule and nothing to complete. It's a live, participatory container where you work on your actual business alongside other owners who understand what it's like to carry the weight of it.

Every month includes:

Four live group sessions — a mix of focused teaching, real-time application, and peer discussion. Sessions aren't recorded, which keeps the conversation honest.

A private Slack space — for questions, wins, and sanity-checking decisions between sessions. Intentionally quiet. No content firehose.

An optional monthly 1:1 call — 45 minutes with Sam for anything you want to think through privately or work through without making it a whole thing.

What we work on.

The fundamentals most businesses skip on the way up.

There's no rigid syllabus. There is a core sequence of work that most businesses need, in an order that actually works. We move through it together, slowing down where your business needs it most.

That tends to include:

☑ Getting priorities out of your head and into consistent action

☑ Building systems that work without you supervising them

☑ Making decisions with confidence instead of second-guessing

☑ Clarifying roles and handoffs so things stop falling through the cracks

☑ Building a business that doesn't fall apart when you step back

The commitment.

Designed for a Season.
Built to last.

Nerd Labs is a seasonal container, not a forever program. Most people join because they want their business to feel steadier. They stay long enough to build systems they trust and graduate when they no longer need this level of support.

Investment: $345/month 3-month minimum commitment. Month-to-month after that.

Includes four live sessions each month, Slack access, and your optional monthly 1:1. No long-term contracts.

Lead your business forward. I’ll help you build the structure to support it.

Sam is a fractional COO and operations consultant who works with small business owners who are running on willpower instead of systems. She brings the same operational thinking and people-first approach to Nerd Labs that she brings to her one-on-one work — just in a format that's accessible to more people at once.

Sam is the perfect blend of creative visionary and driven integrator. My time in her cohort was pivotal in helping me accelerate my team.
— DEBBIE MORRISON, PHD, SHRM-SCP, SENIOR EXECUTIVE AT TOP SHELF COLLECTIVE

The next cohort starts at next season’s change.

If you're ready to stop running your business on sheer force of will, this is a good place to start.

Ready to commit?

Still have questions?

If you'd rather talk it through, we can also set up a quick Zoom.