Work

The specific kind of stuck

Every one of these started the same way — someone capable, holding too many pieces, with no one to sift through them alongside them. Here’s what changed.

A café owner standing in her doorway holding a tablet

Foundation Sprint

Twenty open questions, down to one next step

A founder was ready to launch a new business but felt buried under it before she’d even started. Everything was still possible, which meant nothing was decided.

We ran a Foundation Sprint. Instead of opening up more decisions and more ideas, we took one piece at a time — thought wide, then narrowed. What it is, who it’s for, what makes it worth doing.

By the end she wasn’t holding twenty open questions anymore. She was holding one next step, and she trusted it.

The business owner, in a beekeeping suit, teaching a class of students in veiled hats

Systems & analytics

Finding the leak that was costing the most

Five businesses, one set of numbers. Events, produce, beekeeping classes, and a few more besides — all run by one person, out of one farm, with years of tools layered on top of each other. A website that wasn’t converting, an email system half set up, and no way to tell where a customer had come from.

We didn’t rebuild it all at once. We traced the leak that was costing the most, fixed it, measured it, then moved to the next.

Within six weeks she could see, in plain numbers, what was working and what wasn’t.

Clients are saying

Robyn Panton,Founder of the Ajaya Method

“Working with Lara was such an enjoyable and grounding experience. She met me exactly where I was in my product development journey and helped bring clarity to a vision that had felt overwhelming and hard to articulate. Her process was thoughtful and insightful — I walked away not only with a clear direction, but also with renewed confidence in my idea and what comes next.”
Melissa Thiessen,Founder of Thiessen Mediation

“I had two different audiences and kept trying to speak to both at the same time on my website. Lara helped me separate those pieces and find language that actually addressed each of them. I learned that you can get really entrenched and protective about your own words, but Lara built trust around that process quickly. We found language that reflected exactly what I wanted to say, in far less time than I would have spent going over and over it alone. The feedback since has been really great.”
Robert Patterson,CEO – Vending Exchange

“If you’re looking to accelerate your business and get team alignment, these sprints are a tremendous way to do that. They give you a context shift on what you’re trying to accomplish.”
Brooke Sherwood,Founder @ The New Wave Venture

“This sprint solves the problem you know you have but can’t even really explain. If you want increased clarity & alignment do it. If you want to save months of potentially wasted time, do it.”

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It never is — that’s rather the point. If any of this sounds like the shape of what you’re carrying, the fastest way to find out is a short call.

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