An AI-native Sherpa ecosystem — member subscriptions, peer accountability groups, partner network, AI content, social automation, and lead routing. You own the software, the data, and the exit.
Members see their peer group, partner connections, Foundations Furst progress, and accountability score — all in one place. Not Circle's generic UI. Theirs.
Foundations Furst — Week 6 of 8
Kristopher Blanchard · CPA
Posted: Q2 Tax Planning for SMBs
2h ago
Melanie Norton · HR
New resource: Employee Handbook Template
Yesterday
Dave Furst
Reminder: Tuesday cohort — Scaling Systems
Yesterday
Right now Dave manually reminds Kristopher, Melanie, and Amber every week to post. That stops. Partners get AI-drafted content in their voice — click approve, platform posts everywhere.
Flat-fee partner model — no per-lead fees, legally clean
Partners see ROI — leads touched, connections made, reach
Notifications sent from wayfindrz.com — not notification.circle.so
This is the actual content engine — 14 AI agents, brand-aware, voice-tuned per partner. Click a topic and watch it draft a LinkedIn post for Kristopher in under 3 seconds.
Select a topic above to see the AI generate a LinkedIn post
Flat-fee model — partners pay for platform access, not per lead. FTC-clean, RESPA-safe. Partners see ROI. Dave sees the network working.
"We're 8 months in and payroll is still taking me 4 hours every two weeks. I'm doing it manually and I know I'm making mistakes."
Circle charges 1% on every transaction. Move the slider to your Sherpa goal and see how the numbers change in real time.
At 2,000 Sherpas, the $30,000 build fee pays for itself from fee savings alone in 16 months. After that, every month is pure savings.
Every email Circle sends to your community comes from notification.circle.so — their brand, not yours. Your custom platform sends from wayfindrz.com. Every notification, every reminder, every digest — your domain, your brand.
Traditional agencies quote 6 months for a platform like this. We deliver in 8 weeks because ~70% of the stack is already built and AI accelerates every phase. No startup from zero.
Platform goes live. Members can subscribe, join Sherpa groups, and browse partners. Invite-only onboarding runs automatically.
Partners get AI-generated content for social. Foundations Furst cohort management goes live. Community feed launches. Runs in parallel with Phase 1 launch.
Platform actively routes leads, scores member engagement, and gives Dave a full community health dashboard.
Why 8 weeks instead of 6 months: NexusBlue's AI-first development model and the 70% reuse from our existing stack eliminate the startup cost most agencies bill. We're not building billing, auth, AI agents, or social automation — those are already production-ready.
No hourly overruns. No hidden fees. No transaction cut — ever. You know the full cost before we write a single line of code.
A note on scale: $750/month covers standard operations. As the Sherpa network grows toward 10,000 members, infrastructure costs (database, AI usage, email volume) grow with it. We review together and adjust transparently — at cost, no markup. No surprises.
Stand up a separate LLC or Corp for the platform. Takes a day, costs under $200, and makes the exit clean — the platform is a standalone asset. Member ToS should be assignable on ownership change. Standard for platforms built to sell, and it protects the $150M outcome from day one.
Phase 1 live in 3 weeks. $30K fixed price — no surprises. You own the code, the data, and the exit from day one.
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