The CoSpero Collective
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Six-week virtual cohort for independent consultants

Better Client Outcomes.
A Stronger
Consulting Business.

For consultants ready to lead more transformational client work and build a more sustainable practice.

Apply for the Cohort
Applications open August 12 · rolling review
6
Weeks
2
Hrs per session
20
Seats
Thursday Nights
September 24 – October 29
Sound familiar?

Your clients get your best thinking.
It is time your business did too.

Your calendar is full of client work, leaving little time to strengthen how you scope, lead, and evaluate engagements.
Clients are satisfied, but you want the work to create deeper change.
Your offers, pricing, and positioning have not fully caught up with the value you now create.
Winning new work is another whole workstream you haven't figured out how to manage.
The CoSpero Collective gives you the structure, tools, and peer challenge to improve both the client outcomes you create and the business behind them.
Who this is for

Built for the messy middle

Two to ten years into an independent or small-team practice
Real client wins and a real track record — with a business that has hit a plateau
You know it's time for an adjustment, but keep landing back on the same hamster wheel
Not brand new, not scaled past this stage — right at the inflection point
Good enough to know the gaps. Tired of trying to close them alone.
What We'll Cover
THURSDAYS · 6:00–8:00 PM ET · SEPT 24 – OCT 29

Nine Years of Lessons in Six Sessions

Each week starts with a real CoSpero story — a difficult client moment, a business decision, a mistake, or a turning point. We examine what happened, name the lesson and the approach we use now instead, and apply it to a live challenge inside your own practice.

WK 1
Client Impact
Are you solving the right problem?
CASE STUDYBarking Up the Wrong Tree — how a weak discovery approach doubled the time of a project and crushed the profit margin
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A project where the scope might be wrong.
WK 2
Client Impact
Can you hold the line and still move them?
CASE STUDYThe Communication Moratorium — how standing firm on our values nearly ended a major engagement
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A client conversation you've been avoiding or that's stalled.
WK 3
Client Impact
Can you prove the value of your work?
CASE STUDYProve the Work — how measuring impact made us more accountable and helped us win future work
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An engagement where you need to prove the impact.
WK 4
Business Growth
Can the market buy what you know?
CASE STUDYThe Reluctant Influencer — how building authority online generated $150,000 in no-bid projects, and let us sell products instead of hours
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The topic or skill you want to be known for.
WK 5
Business Growth
Who do you need to build with?
CASE STUDYThe Unlikely Partnership — how two different leaders built, scaled, and repeatedly reinvented a firm together
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A success or challenge from collaborating with peers.
WK 6
Business Growth
Can your business survive its own success?
CASE STUDYThe Poor Millionaire — how we nearly closed our doors during our first million-dollar year
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A business data point that's keeping you up at night.
After the six weeks

Support doesn't stop at week six.

Every cohort member leaves with two things that keep the work moving:

Two 1:1 check-ins
Private sessions with Harold to work through what you're putting into practice and where it's getting stuck.
Continued Slack access
The cohort channel stays open — questions, referrals, and peers who know your work.
About CoSpero

Why should I learn from CoSpero?

CoSpero is a minority- and women-led consulting firm that started with almost no social capital — no big-name pedigree, no built-in client base — and has grown into a firm with nearly $10 million in lifetime revenue.

We've worked with the nation's largest nonprofits and with local, volunteer-run organizations — and helped guide nearly $100 million in philanthropic and government funding into real, positive change for communities across the country.

Along the way, we've grown teams, and we've had to lay teams off. We've restructured more than once. We've pivoted entire service lines when the old model stopped working. We got through a pandemic. We got through a political windstorm that reshaped how nonprofits, and the consultants who serve them, have to operate.

None of that happened without real mistakes — hiring too fast, taking on loss leaders that quietly bled the business, ignoring marketing until referrals stopped being enough. Every framework in this cohort comes from one of those moments.

Along the way we've built a team, restructured it, and rebuilt it stronger. We've retired service lines that stopped working and launched ones that now carry the firm. We came through a pandemic and a political windstorm that reshaped how nonprofits — and the consultants who serve them — have to operate, and we came out with a healthier business than we went in with.

We also got things wrong: hired too fast once, took on a loss leader we should have walked away from, leaned on referrals a year longer than we should have. We fixed each of those, and the fixes became repeatable. That's what the six weeks are made of — the calls that worked, the ones that didn't, and how to tell the difference before you've made them.

Curious what we actually do day to day? Check us out at cosperoconsulting.com.

Harold Hogue, founder of CoSpero Consulting
Harold Hogue
Founder, CoSpero Consulting · leads every session
By the numbers
10
Full-time staff at peak
50+
Nonprofits served
95+
Net promoter score
$10M
Lifetime revenue
$100M
Funding guided to impact
What you leave with

Stronger client work. A consultancy built with intention.

Six concrete things, not a feeling. Each one comes out of a week you worked on your own live challenge.

A sharper process for diagnosing the real client problem before locking in scope
Practical approaches for moving leaders from agreement to action — including the conversations that protect your values and repair trust
Clearer terms for partnerships, collaborators, and subcontractors — fit, roles, and quality control
A measurable way to demonstrate the impact and value of your work
A plan for building authority online — and turning it into offers people can buy
Stronger financial structures for cash flow, margin, and sustainable growth
You're invited

This is your seat, if you want it.

Six weeks. A small group that gets to know your actual work. A framework built from real, lived experience — not theory. And a room full of people who are done figuring it out alone.

If that's the room you've been looking for, we'd love to read your application.

Join the Collective
Why we ask you to apply

The process

You don't have time to waste. It's our job to make this an effective, and dare we say enjoyable, space for you. So the makeup of the group matters.

We're looking for the right fit of experience, industry, personality, strengths, and challenges to bring together. We're reading every application and talking to every candidate before sharing invites. But we hope it's you!

1
Apply
A short application — who you are, what you're working on, and why the Collective.
2
Fit call
A conversation, not a pitch. We'll make sure this is the right room, at the right time, for what you're working through.
3
Decision
You'll hear back quickly — we review applications on a rolling basis, not all at once at the deadline.
4
Commit
If it's a fit on both sides, you're in. Payment can be split, with the full amount due by September 21st.
5
Begin
Kickoff is Thursday, September 24th. Six weeks, every Thursday evening, through October 29th.
Applications open August 12th. Since we review on a rolling basis, applying early means hearing back sooner.
Questions

FAQ

What does it cost?
$1,500 per person, due in full by September 21st. Payments can be split as long as the full balance arrives by that date.
Do I have to share sensitive client information in the problem-of-practice work?
No. You share enough to work through the situation with your framework and your peers — names, specifics, and confidential details can always stay out of it. The goal is progress on the problem, not a case file.
What's the refund policy?
No refunds. This keeps the cohort's commitment mutual — the room only works if everyone in it is showing up for all six weeks, and that includes the financial commitment on both sides.
What if I miss a session?
Every session is recorded, and you can pick up Reconnect/Refocus commitments directly with your accountability partner. That said, we ask that you miss no more than one of the six sessions.
How much time does this take outside of the live sessions?
Plan on 45 minutes to an hour a week outside the session — mostly preparing your problem of practice so you can make the most of your time in the room. All in, the six weeks come to roughly 17 hours.
What platform will we use?
Zoom. Cameras on for every session — this is working time with real people, not passive viewing, and the group works best when everyone's actually present.
How big is the group?
Cohort is capped at 20. Harold leads every session, and the working time happens in small groups so you're never presenting your problem to a room of twenty.
What time zone are sessions in?
6:00–8:00 PM Eastern, every Thursday, September 24 through October 29.
Do I need to be a full-time consultant to apply?
No — just 2–10 years of consulting experience, even if it's still a side hustle. Experience is what matters most, not how many hours a week you're currently in it.
Is this only for nonprofit consultants?
This cohort is built for consultants serving nonprofits, philanthropic organizations, or for-profit-for-good ventures.
Can my team join too?
Yes — small teams and boutique firms are welcome to apply.
Is there a way to stay connected between live sessions?
Yes, there's a private Slack channel for the cohort.
Will I get 1:1 time with Harold directly?
Harold will be leading every call and working closely with each member in the group setting. If you desire deeper 1:1 work, that time will be available to cohort members after sessions end.
What happens after the six weeks?
Every cohort member gets two 1:1 check-ins with Harold and continued access to the cohort Slack community. Beyond that, this first cohort helps define what comes next: whether that's a next-level offer, an alumni community, or something else entirely, you'll help shape it.
Fall 2026 cohort

The client work always wins. The business waits until next quarter.

Apply for the Cohort
Applications open August 12 — rolling review, apply early.