The vetted consulting marketplace

Your one-stop shop for expert consulting.

One destination for small business owners to connect with vetted consultants across marketing, finance, operations, legal, branding and tech — each thoroughly evaluated and matched to your specific project.

Loved by early founding members
Creative Karma Consultants

Your project brief

Matched in under 24 hours

Vetted

Need

“A go-to-market plan for our new product line.”

Alex Rivera

Growth & GTM strategist

98% match

Sofia Bennett

Brand & positioning lead

95% match
Review shortlist
Vetted, not crowdsourcedGo vertical, not horizontalMarketingFinanceOperationsLegalBrandingTechMatched in 24 hours
Vetted, not crowdsourcedGo vertical, not horizontalMarketingFinanceOperationsLegalBrandingTechMatched in 24 hours

6

Expertise tracks, one platform

Top 8%

Of applicants pass vetting

~$340

Avg. platform value per project

< 30

Employees — our sweet spot

Expertise

Six disciplines. One vetted bench.

Diverse expertise for specific projects — without the time or resources normally needed to find and vet consultants individually.

Marketing

Growth strategy, paid acquisition, SEO, content and lifecycle — from launch plans to campaigns that convert.

Finance

Financial models, cash-flow forecasting, pricing, fundraising prep and bookkeeping cleanups done right.

Operations

Process audits, systems and automation, hiring plans and the playbooks that let you step off the treadmill.

Legal

Contracts, entity structure, IP, employment basics and compliance reviewed by practitioners who get small business.

Branding

Positioning, naming, visual identity and messaging that make a small team look — and feel — unmistakable.

Tech

Websites, integrations, no-code stacks, data and the pragmatic architecture decisions founders lose sleep over.

Why we're different

Go vertical, not horizontal.

Upwork, Toptal and Catalant try to serve everyone, in every discipline, at every size. We own one thing: consulting for small businesses. That focus is the whole product — deeper vetting, sharper matches and none of the noise.

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What mattersUsHorizontal marketplaces
Vetted for small-business fitSelf-serve, unvetted at scale
Curated match, not endless searchSort through hundreds of profiles
Six focused expertise tracksEvery discipline, no focus
Transparent success-based feeOpaque fees & markups
Milestone-protected paymentsVaries by platform

How it works

From problem to progress in three steps.

01

Scope your project

Tell us the outcome you need in plain language. No lengthy job posts — just the problem, budget and timeline.

02

Get matched to vetted experts

We surface a shortlist of pre-vetted consultants who've solved your exact problem for businesses like yours.

03

Kick off with confidence

Agree on scope, pay securely through the platform and get to work. Funds release when milestones are met.

Every consultant is vetted

A rigorous, multi-step evaluation means you never gamble on an unproven freelancer again.

Matched to your project

Not a search box with 10,000 results — a curated shortlist tailored to your specific outcome.

Secure milestone payments

Funds are held and released against agreed milestones, so both sides stay protected end to end.

Built for small teams

Designed for owners with fewer than 30 people and solopreneurs — not enterprise procurement.

Social proof

Small teams, big outcomes.

A preview of the founding-member stories we're building toward. Illustrative examples.

I needed a financial model before a bank meeting and had no idea who to trust. I was matched with a consultant in a day and walked in prepared. This is the shortcut I wish I'd had years ago.

Dana Whitfield

Owner, Whitfield & Co. Bakery

As a solopreneur I wear every hat badly. Creative Karma matched me with an ops consultant who rebuilt my fulfilment process in three weeks. My evenings are mine again.

Marcus Lee

Founder, Northbound Goods

The vetting is the whole thing. Everyone I spoke to actually understood a 12-person company. No enterprise jargon, no junior freelancer guesswork — just useful, senior help.

Priya Nair

Director, Meridian Studio

Pricing

Aligned with your outcome.

No seat fees. No lock-in. You only pay a transparent success fee when a project is completed.

For small businesses
Freeto join & browse

Pay a ~17% platform fee only on completed projects — about $340 on a typical $2,000 engagement.

  • Unlimited project briefs
  • Curated, vetted shortlists
  • Milestone-protected payments
  • No monthly fees, ever
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For consultants
Applyto join the bench

Get matched to pre-scoped projects with businesses that fit your expertise — no cold pitching.

  • Qualified, ready-to-start clients
  • One focused vertical to own
  • Reputation that compounds
  • Reliable, milestone-based payouts
Apply as a consultant

FAQ

Questions, answered.

Upwork optimizes for volume and Toptal for elite generalists across every discipline. We go vertical instead of horizontal — a curated bench of consultants who specialize in small-business problems. Every expert is vetted for real operator experience, not just a portfolio, so you skip the endless proposals and screening.

Small business owners with fewer than 30 employees and solopreneurs who need specific expertise for a defined project but don't have the time or resources to source and vet consultants one by one.

Each consultant goes through a multi-step evaluation covering track record, references, domain depth and a work sample review. Only a small share of applicants make it onto the platform, so the matches you see are ones we'd trust with our own business.

Joining and browsing is free. When you complete a project, the platform takes roughly 17% of the project value — on an average $2,000 engagement that's about $340. There are no monthly seat fees or lock-in contracts for buyers.

Anything within our six core tracks: marketing, finance, operations, legal, branding and tech. Typical engagements include a go-to-market plan, a financial model, an operations audit, a contract review, a brand refresh or a website build.

We're onboarding founding members from the waitlist in waves. Join today to lock in early access, priority matching and founding-member pricing when your region opens.

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