The OS for Independent Experts

You built the expertise.
Now build a business that works for your life.

Business growth strategy, work-life integration tools, and a trusted peer network. Everything an independent expert needs to build a profitable business that fits the life they want.

50% faster

to fully booked than the typical independent

Match employed income

in year one inside BOM

2–3X

the income most members aim to grow past their old salary

25–30 hours

the average BOM member's target workweek

100%

confidence in building a profitable, sustainable business

“

Stephen is more than a coach, a mentor whose own story mirrors mine, and the network he’s built has genuinely changed how I think, how I plan my week, and how I show up for my clients and my family.

— Joel Cessna

Going Solo ≠ Going It Alone

Working for yourself doesn’t mean you have to work by yourself.

Benefits of being “in the band.”

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On your own
Figuring it all out by yourself
Great at doing the work, struggling to sell it
Charging less than you're worth, and knowing it
Blending into a sea of sameness
Chasing prospects who ghost and deals that drag
Growth that eats your nights, weekends, and family
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In the Band
Helpful tools and peers who get exactly what you're facing, and help
Your story and value prop, told effectively and in your voice
Rates you set with confidence, and can back
The obvious choice for right-fit clients
Fewer stalls, and a playbook when they happen
Growth that gives your life back

Why We Exist

There’s plenty of help for building a business.

Just not your expertise business.

If you’re a venture-backed founder, a C-suite exec, or a freelancer, support is everywhere.

But the independent expert (the consultant, the coach, the fractional leader) has been left to figure it out alone. So most try one or more of these approaches without success.

Going it alone.

Pure instinct and hustle.

The gap: no perspective, no proximity, no one who gets it.

Going it alone.

Pure instinct and hustle.

The gap: no perspective, no proximity, no one who gets it.

Going it alone.

Pure instinct and hustle.

The gap: no perspective, no proximity, no one who gets it.

Going it alone.

Pure instinct and hustle.

The gap: no perspective, no proximity, no one who gets it.

Inside Band of Misfits

What’s waiting for you inside Band of Misfits

01
The Misfit Operating System

A repeatable process to build a business that works for you. Purpose-built for a team of one.

03
Live Sessions

The best class you ever took, every month. Fun, hands-on, immediately useful, and a room full of peers who get you to fuel you with the “BOM Buzz.”

02
Practical Tools

A Simple and effective training and frameworks that you’ll put to use immediately so you gain traction on whatever you’re working on or toward.

04
Trusted Peer Network

People who get what you're going through who you can learn from and lean on.

The Operating System

Build a first-class business.

Most BOM members join the band to grow.
We help you do it 50% faster.

But growth brings new problems. Handle them wrong, and you're right back where you started as an employee: working and stressing too much. That's why we built the operating system for independent experts. So your business works for you, not the other way around.

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A circular graphic with a purple background, featuring an eye shape outlined in white at the center with a brown circle inside, and radiating white lines extending outward from the eye.

Phase 01

Vision

Get clear on where you’re headed next.

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A circular illustration of a brick wall with orange bricks and three blue rectangular bricks.

Phase 02

Build

Focus on the essential few projects that move your business forward..

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Illustration of a face with decorative leaves forming hair and a small leaf shaped mouth.

Phase 03

Grow

Create a steady demand of “raving fans” and know how to turn them into clients.

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A simplified illustration of a globe with horizontal blue lines and five circles connected by lines, representing a stylized world map or network.

Phase 01

Refine

Sand down your business’s rough edges for a smooth, efficient machine.

“

Band of Misfits gave me the framework and the network I needed to launch with intention, and the ‘Golden Rings’ framework alone has paid for itself many times over in referrals and client conversations that are still coming in today.

— Diane DiCarlo

Explore the Operating System ➔

Band Member Stories

Built around real lives, not just revenue.

Join the Band: A network of people who were right where you are.

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“If you’re a new entrepreneur trying to figure out how to build something real, this is where you start.”

- Patrick Kennedy

“Stephen and Band of Misfits gave me the proximity I needed, people thinking similarly, building similarly, and willing to share openly so I wasn’t navigating the leap from corporate to consulting completely alone.”

- Mike Manzella

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Band Member

Outcomes:

Income replaced in 6 months

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Fully booked client business, with room to travel

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Income replaced in 6 months ✪ Fully booked client business, with room to travel ✪

High six figures, year one

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Contracts renegotiated upward

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Growth without more hours

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High six figures, year one ✪ Contracts renegotiated upward ✪ Growth without more hours ✪

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Is This You?

Are you Misfit material?

Apply Now ➔
Get Your Golden Ticket ➔

You’re a Misfit if:

  • You're a consultant, professional coach, or fractional leader, building toward $150K–$400K+.
  • You refuse to choose between a profitable business and a life that works.
  • Your business success matters now — this isn't a "someday, maybe" dream.
  • You want a system and a network, not another pep talk or content library.
  • You care about your craft and other people — you like to contribute and support your peers.

Chief Misfit

Meet Stephen, Founder of Band of Misfits®.

I built the tools inside of BOM because I needed them first. Here’s how I made the leap from Employee to Misfit, and why I built BOM for you.

Read my story

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The OS for Independent Experts

Work for yourself.
But not by yourself.

Membership is by application. We keep BOM small to protect the culture and make sure every member gets the attention they deserve.

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