In their words
Unedited, from operators who've been through Manual Override.
Manual Override is the structured program to bring more clarity to your business, and the community to hold you accountable to keep going.
You'll leave clearer, more confident, and much better equipped to talk about what you do and what to charge for it.
It doesn't matter what stage you're at, MO can help you gain clarity, develop a strategy, and give you encouragement to execute it.
Let's face it: life as a solo can be lonely.
And we're proud of enabling small circles that create trust and accountability fast,
and real lasting impact through relationships. These are smart, generous people you can ask questions to anytime, and who you'll move forward with as supporters and friends.
Throughout, we'll push you to ship real work, encouraging momentum without guilt,
getting you off the couch to talk to real people, and keeping you pointed at growth — not just talking about it. You'll move very fast, and that speed will help you make decisions
without waiting for perfection.
Most of all, we're proud of our results: MO helped me get my mojo back. On a daily basis, I still use the toolset and mindset that I gained from my time in MO to manage my business, position my work, and connect with others.
I'm booked for the next year, and so much of what I do now exists because of what I built in MO.
Build Labs gave me the knowledge and competence to have an AI-forward fractional practice. That's my biggest differentiator in landing and getting clients.
The idea hasn't changed. But I have.
What truly made this special, however, was the group of people that Shaina & Harry assembled. They're now my supporters and friends.
I joined only a few weeks after launching my fractional business, and it was without a doubt the most helpful program I could have gone through to understand how to build an actual business around my fractional and consulting work vs. just seeing it as a way to make money.
You're not buying a course, you're buying a structure that forces you to actually build the business instead of just thinking about it.
Let's face it, life as a solo can be lonely, and I was hungry to find my people. MO gave me a built-in community of folks doing great work on their own.
I'm booked for the next year, and a lot of what I do now, from the brand, the positioning, the pricing, how I built AI to support my business, exists because of what I built in MO.
The structured program I needed to bring more clarity to my fractional business and the community to help hold me accountable and keep me going.
MO was more about the people for me than anything else — having a fractional tribe, a group of ambitious people at the same stage thinking the same.
You will go from 'I might have an idea about being a fractional XYZ' to 'This is what I do, how much I charge, and how I run my business with AI' in 6 weeks.
A ton of value for the investment!
The space and much needed structure to evaluate what was next for my solo business as I struggled to juggle several product offerings and new ideas I had swirling around as I built up a portfolio biz.
It gave me the foundation to build my business, and a tremendous amount of confidence, knowledge of AI, and a network to lean on during this rollercoaster ride.
As someone with a background in education, it was immediately apparent to me how much thought, care, and attention to detail had been put into the MO curriculum.
Helped me figure out how to stop circling around ideas and just commit to something.
A real lasting impact for me, especially through the relationships. I now have a group of smart, generous people I can ask questions to anytime, which alone makes the program worth it.
I was feeling really discouraged about what it takes to be successful as a fractional generalist until I saw them reveal their portfolio careers and messy trajectories.
It doesn't matter what stage you're at in building your business, MO can help you gain clarity, develop a strategy, and give you encouragement to execute it.
Six weeks ago I didn't know what a skill was. I came from a genuinely non-technical background. Now I have nine of them and a real sense of how to make AI do the work with me.
If you're smart and you're capable, but you're a little bit stuck, this is a great program to get you moving.
I wish the program would have gone on for another four weeks because there was still so much more I wanted to wring out of them!
Got me off the couch, and talking to real people, all so I could have more precision.
I appreciated the structure and accountability of Ship It Fridays, especially the way it encourages momentum without guilt when life or work gets busy.
This community is more than I could have imagined — the authenticity, the complete bada$$es who have already conquered the world, and real peers who cheer for each other.
My operating system is like a mini team for my business. It's the executive assistant that helps me manage my emails and my diary. It's the analyst that does research for me. It's the marketing person that helps draft social and think about positioning. It's the programming team I brainstorm with to get creative and innovative in problem solving.
an incredible distillation of all the essentials of fractional work; not only do they give you what you need to develop those core skills, they also help you build out the web of connections that you need in order to successfully build your own business.
You move very fast, and that speed helped me make gut decisions and figure out what I was building, who I was building it for, and what I was saying no to.
Everyone involved was so willing to give their time to others and has continued to do so despite the program concluding months ago.
MO brought me out of community hibernation and it's a safe space to test ideas and connect with people going through the same things.
such a detailed and structured approach to the program, it made it feel very official and well thought out, and we were given so many different touch points for support and additional education.
I am really glad I went through the program at the beginning of my fractional journey.
I HAVE a business. I know what I'm building, who I'm building it for, and what I need to do to find clients.
Clearer, more confident, and much better equipped to talk about what I do and charge for it.
The foundations you need to build confidently. The back office to make it all run. Mastery of your AI operating system. A community that inspires you and keeps you moving on the hard days.
Small circles that created trust and accountability fast, guest contributors that brought a real breadth of experience, and a workshop format that kept everything pointed at growth — not just talking about it.
Any accelerator can provide resources, but building in parallel with other builders, learning from them, hearing practical tips from guest speakers and mentors, was the real unlock for me.
I came in with a lot of burnout as a former founder, and MO helped me get my mojo back.
You'll get to meet some amazing other business starters that you'll take with you when it's over.
You'll come in thinking it's about the business. And it is. But somewhere in the six weeks something shifts that's bigger than the offer statement or the pricing model. You'll remember why you wanted to build something in the first place. You'll find people who make you better just by being in the room with them.
All the tools I learned are things I still use and refer back to today as I continue to build out my portfolio business.
I could sense where the market was pulling me, but I didn't feel confident leaning into it. MO helped me talk it through, refine my thinking, and land on a positioning that finally felt right. That clarity carried through into packaging and pricing, which I had been stuck on as well.
On a daily basis, I still use the toolset and mindset that I gained from my time in MO to manage my business, position my work, and connect with others. I couldn't recommend it more strongly.
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