The 6 Weeks
Build your business foundation, master AI operations, and ship real work—alongside 25 operators who get it.
Not just another online course
We're an accelerator for your independent business, helping strengthen your foundation, develop an AI-first operating system, and do it in great company of 25 smart peers.
Learn from experts
Monday workshops on business fundamentals and practical AI skills, plus Guest Speakers sharing real-world tactics, and Mentors you can call on anytime.
Learn from peers
Peer coaching, accountability, and candid real talk in your weekly Small Group sessions of 5 peers.
Learn by doing
Wednesday Build Labs get your hands-on-keyboard, with time to develop real tools. And our "Ship it Fridays" drive the weekly accountability rhythm.
And have a ton of fun along the way.
Week by week breakdown
Business Topics
- Identifying your unique value proposition
- Narrowing your target market
- Crafting your positioning statement
- Competitive differentiation strategies
AI in Practice
- Using AI to validate positioning against market signals
- Rapidly iterating on offer language
- Analyzing competitor positioning with AI
Business Topics
- Building your personal brand
- Channel selection and prioritization
- Content strategy fundamentals
- Running growth experiments
AI in Practice
- Building content workflows that stay personal at scale
- AI-assisted content ideation and drafting
- Automating distribution without losing authenticity
Business Topics
- Lead generation strategies
- Discovery call frameworks
- Handling common objections
- Closing techniques that feel natural
AI in Practice
- Personalized outreach at scale
- Prepping for objections before they happen
- AI-powered lead research and qualification
Business Topics
- Value-based pricing principles
- Package design and tiering
- Pricing psychology
- Negotiation strategies
AI in Practice
- Modeling pricing scenarios
- Analyzing market rates with AI
- Building pricing calculators
Business Topics
- Contract and proposal templates
- Financial tracking basics
- Client onboarding processes
- Admin automation opportunities
AI in Practice
- Designing your AI OS
- What stays human vs. what gets delegated
- Building automated workflows with n8n
Business Topics
- Identifying productizable skills
- Building repeatable deliverables
- Creating intellectual property
- Revenue stream diversification
AI in Practice
- AI as co-pilot for content creation
- Scaling your expertise through automation
- Building self-service offerings
In our alumni's words
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.
Beyond the workshops
Small Groups
Each week, you'll meet with your pod of 5 peers for direct coaching and candid feedback. These intimate sessions are where the real breakthroughs happen.
Build Labs
Wednesday sessions where you get hands-on-keyboard and actually build tools for your business. No theory—just doing.
Mentor Network
Access our curated database of successful independents, founders, and industry connectors ready to help you navigate specific challenges.
Guest Speakers
Operators, founders, and experts who've built what you're building drop in to share real lessons — not theory, not platitudes, just what actually worked.
What this adds up to
What you'll learn
- Positioning that differentiates you in the market
- Pricing and packaging you can quote confidently
- Client acquisition that doesn't feel sleazy
- Confidence understanding AI and using LLMs, Claude Cowork + Code, and n8n practically
What you'll leave with
- A clear offer: who you serve, what you deliver, why you're different
- An AI-forward operating system so you do more of the work you're great at - and less of everything else
- A pricing model that reflects your value
- A community of deeply engaged peers to continue forward with
What our alumni say
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.
Vicki Yang
Fractional People Ops
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.
Marwa Muhammad
AI-first Product Leader
I am really glad I went through the program at the beginning of my fractional journey.
Katie Barnes
Fractional COO
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.
Meg Scheding
Fractional Product Marketing & GTM
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.
Katie Eggers
Fractional Chief Business Officer
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.
Patrick Brand
Fractional Educator & Consultant
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.
Kendall Crocker
Fractional COO
I came in with a lot of burnout as a former founder, and MO helped me get my mojo back.
Andrew Daub
Fractional Ops & People
Is this for you?
This accelerator is best for operators who:
- ✓Come from the tech and tech startup world
- ✓Already quit the full-time job, or are ready to go now
- ✓Are looking for a hands-on, active learning experience alongside peers
- ✓Imagine a portfolio of income streams, not just fractional or consulting work
- ✓Are excited to build with AI
- ✓Are ready to build in community, imperfectly
- ✓Can commit several hours a week for 6 weeks
- ✓Are in US, UK or EU time zones (ok for global operators, but you might end up joining our live sessions in the middle of your night!)
Spring 2026 Cohort
Dates
April 6 - May 15, 2026
Format
Online, live sessions
Cohort Size
Limited to 25 people
Investment
$3,800
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Frequently asked questions
This accelerator runs from Monday, April 6 - Friday, May 15, 2026. It's a series of live, online workshops, small group meetings, and special events, like guest speakers. (Yes, we'll provide recordings if you can't make it live.)
You can expect 4 - 5 hours a week of live sessions, between workshops, small groups, 1:1s, and other events. Beyond the live sessions, we'd suggest setting aside another few hours a week to do the work: clarifying your offerings based on the workshop lessons, building your pipeline, meeting with other cohort members, and other activities to get your business moving. This would be incredibly difficult to participate in alongside a full-time job, so this program is best for people who have already committed their full-time to building independent businesses.
Mondays: Workshops, 10am - 12pm PST / 1pm - 3pm EST. Tuesdays and Wednesdays: Special events, like AMAs and Speakers. Wednesdays: Build Lab peer coworking, 10am - 12pm PST / 1pm - 3pm EST. Thursdays: Your Small Group meets. Fridays: Ship It Friday - share your weekly progress.
While our workshops are built to attend live, we'll provide recordings. If you anticipate missing more than 25% of the workshops, you may want to wait for future cohorts.
We keep things small, only accepting 25 people for each cohort. Our goal is to provide the highest quality peer set for you, and also be able to give strong support to each person who joins.
View the week by week breakdown above.
Mentors are successful independents, founders, portfolio careerists, and industry connectors. We've hand-picked each one because we think they could help you in some way: Some share their experience, some act as coaches, others connect you with companies that need your skills, and others make introductions that open immediate doors to opportunities.
We're booking people now! Check the Team page for speakers from the first cohort as examples.
Short answer: No. Longer answer: We're human, and will work with you if something exceptional happens in your schedule or life. We are unlikely to offer refunds for other reasons.
Short answer: Yes! Longer answer: We haven't decided on dates yet, but will likely run one more cohort in 2026.
Spring 2026 Cohort
April 6 – May 15, 2026 · Limited to 25 people