- What it is
- A first conversation to work out which doorway fits where you actually are. It ends with something to act on, at least content to read or watch.
- Who it is for
- Anyone weighing whether this work fits their situation and wanting a person to say so plainly.
- What we commit to
- Booking gets you the appointment on the calendar and a record on our side, not a binding engagement.
- Published on
- Value-First Team, The AI-Native Shift, Value-First Studios
- What happens next
- Book a consult
Pricing
Every price we publish, on one page.
No quote to chase and nothing behind a form. Each door below says what it is, who it is for, who it is not for, what it costs and how it ends — before you talk to anyone.
The 5 engagement doors
- Free 15-minute consult
- Free
- Activation Workshop
- $495
- AI-Native Coaching, weekly
- $2,495+/mo per practitioner or team
- Partnership - Embedded Engineering
- $9,995+/mo
- Fractional AI Leadership
- $4,995+/mo
Start from a situation
Which of these sounds like you?
Three we are asked about most. Each one takes you straight to the door it is about — and if none of them is you, the comparison below asks the same questions of every door.
A practitioner or team who want to do the work themselves while someone experienced is there to guide and coach. Stackable for multiple practitioners or teams within the same org.
Takes you to AI-Native Coaching, weekly, below.
A leader whose team wants to go faster than its own capabilities and bandwidth allow, or has build work it cannot cover. They want Value-First carrying part of it alongside their people, and they are paying for a standing team, not for hours or a project.
Takes you to Partnership - Embedded Engineering, below.
An organization whose people are already activated and building, and whose leadership cannot yet answer what should come next, who should learn it, or what value looks like.
Takes you to Fractional AI Leadership, below.
Side by side
The five engagement doors, compared.
The same questions asked of every door, answered in the door's own words. Narrow it to the two you are choosing between, or switch the view to see which site publishes which door.
- What it is
- A paid working session where you turn guidance and coaching into action and leave having solved a real problem or added a new capability.
- Who it is for
- Someone who has already decided to change how they or their team works and wants to start with one concrete piece rather than a plan or discovery session.
- What we commit to
- Activation Guaranteed. If it did not deliver something you can use, tell us and the $495 comes back in full. No form, no case review., Booking gets you the hour on the calendar and nothing else. No contract, no follow-on commitment, no one calling you afterward to sell the next thing., Free to move or cancel any time. Your payment carries to the new date, or comes back in full if you cancel.
- Published on
- Value-First Team, The AI-Native Shift, Value-First Studios
- What happens next
- Book a workshop
AI-Native Coaching, weekly
$2,495+/mo per practitioner or team
- What it is
- A weekly hour where your team does the work with Chris or another Value-First Coach beside them. The point is that the skill ends up in your people, not in a vendor.
- Who it is for
- A practitioner or team who want to do the work themselves while someone experienced is there to guide and coach. Stackable for multiple practitioners or teams within the same org.
- What we commit to
- No minimum. Either side can end it with 30 days notice.
- Published on
- Value-First Team, The AI-Native Shift, Value-First Studios
- What happens next
- Talk to us about coaching
Partnership - Embedded Engineering
$9,995+/mo
- What it is
- Everything coaching does, plus we take on part of the work ourselves. Your team still owns it; we are in it with them, each day, week after week.
- Who it is for
- A leader whose team wants to go faster than its own capabilities and bandwidth allow, or has build work it cannot cover. They want Value-First carrying part of it alongside their people, and they are paying for a standing team, not for hours or a project.
- What we commit to
- Three months to start, then month to month. After that, either side ends it with 30 days notice.
- Published on
- Value-First Team, The AI-Native Shift, Value-First Studios
- What happens next
- Talk to us about partnership
Fractional AI Leadership
$4,995+/mo
- What it is
- A part-time leader inside your organization with a straight line to the CEO and the remit to communicate the change, so what gets built actually lands.
- Who it is for
- An organization whose people are already activated and building, and whose leadership cannot yet answer what should come next, who should learn it, or what value looks like.
- What we commit to
- Three months to start, then 30 days notice.
- Published on
- Value-First Team, The AI-Native Shift, Value-First Studios
- What happens next
- Talk to us about AI leadership
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| Door | What it is | Who it is for | What it costs | What we commit to | Published on | What happens next |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free 15-minute consult | A first conversation to work out which doorway fits where you actually are. It ends with something to act on, at least content to read or watch. | Anyone weighing whether this work fits their situation and wanting a person to say so plainly. | Free | Booking gets you the appointment on the calendar and a record on our side, not a binding engagement. | Value-First Team, The AI-Native Shift, Value-First Studios | Book a consult |
| Activation Workshop | A paid working session where you turn guidance and coaching into action and leave having solved a real problem or added a new capability. | Someone who has already decided to change how they or their team works and wants to start with one concrete piece rather than a plan or discovery session. | $495 | Activation Guaranteed. If it did not deliver something you can use, tell us and the $495 comes back in full. No form, no case review., Booking gets you the hour on the calendar and nothing else. No contract, no follow-on commitment, no one calling you afterward to sell the next thing., Free to move or cancel any time. Your payment carries to the new date, or comes back in full if you cancel. | Value-First Team, The AI-Native Shift, Value-First Studios | Book a workshop |
| AI-Native Coaching, weekly | A weekly hour where your team does the work with Chris or another Value-First Coach beside them. The point is that the skill ends up in your people, not in a vendor. | A practitioner or team who want to do the work themselves while someone experienced is there to guide and coach. Stackable for multiple practitioners or teams within the same org. | $2,495+/mo per practitioner or team | No minimum. Either side can end it with 30 days notice. | Value-First Team, The AI-Native Shift, Value-First Studios | Talk to us about coaching |
| Partnership - Embedded Engineering | Everything coaching does, plus we take on part of the work ourselves. Your team still owns it; we are in it with them, each day, week after week. | A leader whose team wants to go faster than its own capabilities and bandwidth allow, or has build work it cannot cover. They want Value-First carrying part of it alongside their people, and they are paying for a standing team, not for hours or a project. | $9,995+/mo | Three months to start, then month to month. After that, either side ends it with 30 days notice. | Value-First Team, The AI-Native Shift, Value-First Studios | Talk to us about partnership |
| Fractional AI Leadership | A part-time leader inside your organization with a straight line to the CEO and the remit to communicate the change, so what gets built actually lands. | An organization whose people are already activated and building, and whose leadership cannot yet answer what should come next, who should learn it, or what value looks like. | $4,995+/mo | Three months to start, then 30 days notice. | Value-First Team, The AI-Native Shift, Value-First Studios | Talk to us about AI leadership |
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What this is likely to come to
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- What it is beside what you spend today, if you say
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Which of these sounds like you?
AI-Native Coaching, weeklyA practitioner or team who want to do the work themselves while someone experienced is there to guide and coach. Stackable for multiple practitioners or teams within the same org.
Partnership - Embedded EngineeringA leader whose team wants to go faster than its own capabilities and bandwidth allow, or has build work it cannot cover. They want Value-First carrying part of it alongside their people, and they are paying for a standing team, not for hours or a project.
Fractional AI LeadershipAn organization whose people are already activated and building, and whose leadership cannot yet answer what should come next, who should learn it, or what value looks like.
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Which ways in are you weighing?
FreeFree 15-minute consultA first conversation to work out which doorway fits where you actually are. It ends with something to act on, at least content to read or watch.
$495Activation WorkshopA paid working session where you turn guidance and coaching into action and leave having solved a real problem or added a new capability.
$2,495+/mo per practitioner or teamAI-Native Coaching, weeklyA weekly hour where your team does the work with Chris or another Value-First Coach beside them. The point is that the skill ends up in your people, not in a vendor.
$9,995+/moPartnership - Embedded EngineeringEverything coaching does, plus we take on part of the work ourselves. Your team still owns it; we are in it with them, each day, week after week.
$4,995+/moFractional AI LeadershipA part-time leader inside your organization with a straight line to the CEO and the remit to communicate the change, so what gets built actually lands.
$497/yrCollective Practitioner, annualThe working membership for an independent practitioner who wants the craft, the access and the community.
From $5,000SpeakingChris on your stage, your webinar or in your leadership room, on what the AI-native shift does to how a company actually operates.
FreeHubsessed FreeThe free newsletter. Sign up, get the emails. Everything you get before you ever decide whether to pay for the rest.
$39.99/mo or $299.99/yrHubsessed MembershipEverything free gets you, plus Office Hours every weekday, the live bootcamps and the courses.
$495HubSpot Activation WorkshopA paid working session where you turn guidance and coaching into action on your own HubSpot, and leave having solved a real problem or added a new capability.
$9,995+/moHubSpot Partnership - Embedded EngineeringEverything coaching does, plus we take on part of the HubSpot work ourselves. Your team still owns it; we are in it with them, each day, week after week.
$4,995+/moFractional HubSpot AI LeadershipA part-time leader inside your organization with a straight line to the CEO and the remit to communicate the change, so what gets built in HubSpot actually lands.
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Working with us
The engagements.
Each of these is its own complete thing — worth doing whether or not you take another step. The deeper doors begin with the free fifteen-minute consult, because the fit conversation is the most useful place to start when the stakes are higher. Turn any card over to see where it meets you and how it works.
The Collective
Membership, for practitioners doing this work in their own field.
Not a way to hire us. A working membership in the practice itself.
On a stage
Speaking.
The fee is a published floor set by format. The formats, and what each one is, are on the Speaking page.
Hubsessed
The same work, HubSpot-named.
Hubsessed is where the HubSpot practice lives, and it teaches before it sells. These are the same doors as the engagements above, delivered on HubSpot and named for it — the membership and the free newsletter are the front of that house, and these sit behind them.
What the price does not cover, and where the paperwork lives.
Paid engagements have their own agreement: A paid engagement — coaching, a partnership, or any scoped work — is governed by a separate written agreement, which controls over the website terms wherever the two differ.
Governing law: The website terms are governed by the laws of the State of Texas.
When you will hear back: Someone on the team replies the same business day.
The full site terms are on the terms page, which is the only place they live. No door restates them. How paying us works covers what happens between saying yes and being invoiced.
A figure is not a reason. The problems page names what usually brings someone here.
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