Design Jam Workshop

Solve your hardest business challenge in a small, supportive group.

We know you're stuck.

We all reach a point in our business where there’s a figurative boulder in our way, and despite thinking about it for hours every day, it doesn’t go away. Instead, our business stalls while we’re mired in indecision all by our lonesome..

We know that you’re struggling with a business challenge that, despite all your efforts, you can’t seem to get over on your own, even though you can see the sunny future on the other side. So why not join a Design Jam and get some help from others in the same spot.

Seeking some momentum?

Over the course of four short weeks, you’ll move from stuck to clear sailing with the help of a small group and two facilitators. We know that might sound crazy, but we’ve seen it happen countless times.

Most of our participants report experiencing:

Clarity - hallelujah!
Forward momentum - like you haven’t felt in months
Support - from everyone and the safe space we create
Synchronistic opportunities - hello random job offer from a person you met months ago

We know what it’s like to stall out for months, or even years. Let us help you find the clarity and momentum you desire so you can reach that sunny future you’re dreaming about each night.

Our Favorite Testimonial

"I haven't had a business mastermind help me generate better ideas than our little pod did last night and that is pretty awesome."

Mary Williams

Owner of Sensible Woo

It's Time for a Design Jam!

Want to take part in the next round?

Join us for our next round on Tuesdays from 5:30-7:30pm (Pacific) from January.

Investment: $798 (early bird pricing through the end of 2024, then $998)

Sign up to be the first to know when the next round of the Design Jam opens.

Why You'll Love It

This fun, virtual workshop will help you:

Identify your true business challenge. Often, it’s not what you think it is.
Generate new ideas for solutions. Like dozens of them that you won’t find alone.
Evaluate the solutions. Gut checks, future thinking, validation, we do it all!
Create a clear path forward in the form of an actionable, group-assessed roadmap.

And you’ll do it all in a supportive, welcoming community that offers different perspectives and interactions that will spark innovative solutions.

When you finish Design Jam, you’ll have clarity around your challenge, forward momentum, and a new group of business besties.

How It Works

Design Jam combines the power of a small group (just 4 people), two strategic facilitators, and design thinking strategies to help you answer the big question that's kept you spinning your wheels.

The group meets virtually 4 times over the course of 4 weeks. Each virtual chat is 2 hours long and you'll participate in a variety of group activities (none of them physical 😝) to get the ideas flowing, particularly ones you've never considered before.

What we'll focus on:

Week 1: Define and Discover

We can't solve a challenge before we properly define it. That's why we start with interviews to help you see the actual shape of your situation, the impact it's having on your business, and the restrictions that may or may not be in your way. We’ll write up a problem statement for each participant as a group and it will become your guiding light for the whole workshop.
Week 2: Ideation

Now we can get into the fun stuff! As a group we'll come up with dozens of ideas for each participant, moving quickly and thinking creatively. You’ll then move all of the ideas onto an impact/effort matrix to help you decide which ideas are the best ones to pursue. You'll leave with your brain buzzing.
Week 3: Evaluation

We'll look at your chosen idea from all angles, figuring out what your solution needs to include to help you reach your goal. This is where the group's different business and life experiences help you think from a variety of viewpoints. This is also where you consider positive and negative outcomes that could come from pursuing a particular idea.
Week 4: Road Mapping

It's great to have lots of ideas and plans, but if you don't map out your steps, you'll never actually start moving forward. As a group, we'll help each participant plan out a roadmap to reach your end goal. We'll organize our plans around effort levels to make sure you can actually complete your plan and reach your goal.

Wondering if Design Jam is right for you?

You know that vision of success you have for your business? Maybe it’s adding a retreat component to your business that brings in $100k or launching a podcast that goes viral or getting over a big fear that’s held you back for years. Whether it’s one of these or a combination, Design Jam will help you build and start down that path toward your vision. And we can say that with confidence because over the past 6 months, we’ve helped solve all of these challenges and more.

When you go through Design Jam, you’ll get dozens of ideas from others which helps you get out of your head. You’ll have a supportive group helping you audit and validate your ideas and the steps to get toward your goal which means you won’t be alone for this. And, best of all, you’ll leave with a detailed and actionable roadmap to ensure your success after we part ways.

Get to Know Your Facilitators

Hi! We’re Megan and Jeffrey, the duo behind Fat Cap. We’ve worked together for nearly a decade and worn ALL the hats over the years. We’ve used dozens of design thinking strategies to solve our own challenges and picked our favorites for this course. We’re also proud neurodivergents, so we encourage you to come as you are.

Jeffrey Opp

Designer, Future Thinker

Jeffrey is all about strategy. He loves frameworks and has a special talent for seeing the true problems people dance around. He’s famous for asking the hard questions. He currently works at the University of Oregon as the graphic designer for Advancement and the Alumni Association.
Megan Eckman

Customer Experience Designer, Brand Strategist

Megan is all about big, crazy ideas and connecting people. She loves asking, “Why not?” and pushes people to think beyond their limiting beliefs. She’s a huge proponent of minimum viable products/services and iteration.

Testimonials

"Working with a group helped me with seeing a different perspective to my problem. It also helps me feel less alone and reminds me there are other people who can help or empathize with my situation. I'm looking forward to solving the problem now instead of feeling scared of having a problem."

Sophia Miller

Brand Marketing Manager
"It was amazing how much it helped having totally fresh eyes on my problem. I got some strong validation because these people do not have anything to do with my world and they understood the vision. I got some very creative suggestions and ideas that have helped me move forward on new pathways."

Mary Williams

Owner of Sensible Woo
"It made me realize that I can make my work exciting AND prosperous again, not just tolerable and prosperous."

Jenny Foss

Founder of Job Jenny
"I have more clarity about potential solutions that are beyond what I would have thought of on my own."

Ashlan Glazier-Anderson

CEO and founder of Ashbean PDX

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