▲ Built for the founder who landed here on purpose
The AI Mentor for Custom Furniture Makers
You can turn raw material into a piece a client will keep for a lifetime, and your workshop still runs on whatever commission came in last and a price you half-guessed at.
Every commission gets built beautifully, but each one gets priced almost from scratch, so your hourly rate swings wildly depending on the piece and how generous the quote felt that week.
▲ This is your week · let's name it
Every commission gets built beautifully, but each one gets priced almost from scratch, so your hourly rate swings wildly depending on the piece and how generous the quote felt that week. New clients come from a gallery show, a past client's friend, or wherever your work last got seen, which means your pipeline depends on exposure timing instead of a system you control. And the ceiling is straightforward: you are the designer, the builder, and the finisher, so more inquiries just means longer nights in the shop, not a more profitable business.
The fix is a pricing structure that reflects your actual time and materials across every commission type, a lead pipeline that doesn't depend on the next show or referral, and a portfolio system that turns finished work into the next inquiry automatically. That is exactly the work you never get to, because every open hour is spent at the bench. You need a senior operator who can see the whole business and an AI team that builds the systems while you keep making furniture.
▲ What lands in your hands
No filler. Just what you walk away with.
Your 24/7 AI Executive Council — Atlas, Aria, Nova, Phoenix & Diana
Five specialized AI agents trained on your craft, your process, and your ideal client — running the parts of the business that keep you from ever getting ahead. They handle inquiry follow-up so a commission lead gets a fast, on-brand reply instead of waiting for you between builds. They build a pricing structure based on real time and material costs so no commission underpays for the hours it took. They turn finished pieces into a portfolio and visibility engine that brings in higher-value commissions without depending on one gallery or referral source, and they set up the pipeline system that keeps inquiries coming between builds.
A weekly 1-on-1 with your fractional CMO
Every week you sit down with Italo, not a chatbot, to decide what actually grows the business next — a commission-tier structure, a gallery or designer partnership, your first apprentice hire. You bring the craft. He brings the strategy that turns a busy shop into a profitable one.
Systems that outlast the commission
By day 90 you have a lead pipeline, a pricing structure, an inquiry-follow-up system, and a portfolio visibility engine that all keep running whether you're at the bench or off the clock. This is the infrastructure a solo furniture maker never has time to build alone, done alongside you instead of dumped on you as homework.
This is for you if
- Custom furniture makers booked with commissions who still have no real pricing structure behind the quotes
- Makers who price by feel and want a structure that reflects what each piece actually takes
- Furniture makers tired of depending on the next show or referral who want a dependable lead pipeline
- Anyone losing margin to underpriced commissions who wants systems to price and present work properly
This is not for you if
- Furniture makers with no finished body of work yet — build a real portfolio first, then systems have something to scale
- Anyone who wants a done-for-you agency running their whole shop while they stay passive — MentorMe is done-with-you, and your craft plus a few focused hours a week is the input
- Makers looking for woodworking technique training or tool tutorials — this builds the business around your craft, not the craft itself
Founder —
You searched for this for a reason. You're carrying the whole thing yourself, and you're tired of being the only one who can do the work.
You don't have a discipline problem. You have a system problem — and no one ever handed you the system.
So here it is: 90 days, real systems, a fractional CMO in your corner and an AI clone doing the work you keep doing yourself. Your name stays on the win. We just rope in.
Start your plan. The first foothold is free.
— Italo
▲ Your move
Start your 90-day build.
Answer a few questions and walk away with a custom 90-day roadmap — free, no card, no call. Your first concrete step out of the chaos.
▲ Before you decide
The questions you're already asking.
I'm booked with commissions. When would I build all this?
That's exactly why it works this way. The AI executive council does the building — the lead pipeline, the pricing structure, the portfolio system — in the hours between builds. Your weekly call with Italo is short and focused on the one or two decisions that matter. You are not adding a second job. You are getting leverage on the shop you already run.
How is this different from a small-business coach for makers?
A generic maker coach usually hands you a playbook and leaves you to build it alone on evenings you don't have. MentorMe pairs a human fractional CMO with an AI executive council that actually builds your lead pipeline, your pricing structure, and your portfolio system with you. You walk away with working infrastructure you own, not a binder of unfinished plans.
I price by feel right now. Can this really raise what I earn per commission?
Yes — a real pricing structure is one of the first things Italo works on with you. We build tiers that reflect true time and material costs across commission types, and the AI council builds the inquiry and follow-up flow to support it. Raising average revenue per commission is usually the fastest way to grow without just taking on more pieces.
What does the founding investment cover?
It covers the full 90-day build: your custom AI clone and executive council trained on your craft, all five AI agents, weekly 1-on-1 sessions with Italo as your fractional CMO, and every system we build together — lead pipeline, pricing structure, inquiry follow-up, and portfolio visibility. Founding seats are a one-time investment in the $5K to $11K range depending on the scope of your build, with no ongoing retainer required to keep what we build. There are 10 founding seats at this price so Italo's weekly attention stays real.
What happens after 90 days — do I keep the systems?
Everything we build is yours. The AI clone, the lead pipeline, the pricing structure, the portfolio system — none of it disappears when the engagement ends. The goal is to hand you a shop that grows past your own bench without us in the room, so bringing on help or taking on bigger commissions becomes a decision you make from strength.
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