The Founding Twenty
Twenty seats inside the build.
An invitation to spend Sherpa’s founding year with him — the full Associate relationship, with the founder on the other end of the thread.
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Why this exists.
It’s early, and we say so plainly. This is Sherpa’s founding period: the first practices are being organised, the first Terrains and Pursuits are going out, and the product is built in close contact with the people using it. The Founding Twenty are those people — twenty consultants and small firms whose live problems shape what gets built next, and where his track record starts.
That’s the trade, stated honestly: you get a year of the work and a builder who answers; Sherpa gets the twenty practices that teach him what this profession actually needs.
The builder has a name. Sherpa is built by Ron Sircar — ten-plus years in international development across Africa and South Asia, with the World Bank and UK Aid, a project manager for much of that time. The founding conversations are with him. His profile
What the seat is.
Not a cheaper Associate — the same year of the same work.
- The full Associate relationship — email him the way you’d email a colleague, about anything on your desk.
- Your practice organised in week one — and held from then on.
- The Terrain and the Pursuit on demand — the briefing on your world; the honest verdict on the tender in front of you.
- Drafts, deadlines, and a practice memory that compounds — every win, loss and correction changes what he brings you next.
And what the seat buys beyond the product is access: the founder on the other end of the thread, a direct line into what gets built next — and your price never rises while you stay.
The terms, stated flat.
One intake, by invitation. When they’re taken, they’re taken. After that, the door stays open: join the list for Your Associate or for a Team seat, and start your record now.
Per user, invoiced at the start. Your price never rises while you stay. A firm takes one seat: $3,600 for the year for up to five people, $6,000 for up to ten.
Not a checkout. Ron replies personally, and fit is decided in both directions.
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How it goes.
Request an invite. Who you are, a line on your practice, and your CV if you like — three minutes, no card.
A conversation with Ron. He replies personally. What you’d want from the year, what Sherpa can honestly do for your practice today, and whether it fits.
If it fits, the year starts. You’re invoiced, Sherpa gets to work on your practice in week one — and the record that compounds from there is yours.
A year inside the build.
Not sure yet? Start with the free first Terrain — it stays free whether or not you take a seat.