Big ideas, real impact.
A marketing and experience design consultancy built on a promise:
For every hour a client buys, we match it with an hour for Tribal and rural entrepreneurs, small nonprofits, and family-run businesses, who pay what they can.
The match is on the house.
We work with organizations and leaders who refuse to accept that meaningful change has to move slowly.
You Might Be IN THE RIGHT PLACE If…
ENTREPRENEURS:
You have an idea for a business and aren’t sure how to bring it to life and introduce it to the world.
Your startup is up and running, but you’ve hit roadblocks and aren’t sure how to grow.
You’re a solopreneur or small team, and you know it’s time to step up your game.
There’s a grant you want to apply for, but you’re not sure where to start.
You have a chance to pitch investors, and you need your ducks in a row, fast.
ORGANIZATIONS & NONPROFITS:
You just received a grant and need to add capacity quickly to meet its deadlines.
You’re building a partnership across sectors, cultures, or communities that rarely work together, and you need someone who can hold the table together.
Your brand doesn’t yet reflect what you stand for, whether that’s sovereignty, self-determination, or community-led work.
You’re making a real impact but struggle to tell that story in a way funders and supporters understand.
You’re ready to grow and need a strategic plan built on relationships, not transactions.
Your team believes in the mission but isn’t rowing the boat in the same direction.
Not sure if we're the right fit?
Let's talk. Even if we're not, we'll point you toward someone who is.
Good company we’ve kept
Brands and organizations our founder has worked for and with.
Lagniappe Hours
One for you, one for the neighbors.
For every hour a client buys, The Goat & The Bee gives an hour to an indigenous or rural entrepreneur, a small nonprofit, or a family-run business.
See how it works and apply.
Who We Serve (AND WHO WE DON’T)
We work with organizations that promote kindness, creativity, innovation, self-sufficiency, resilience, curiosity, and bridge-building. Here is who we help, and who we don't.
Good company.
We'd rather be clear about fit on the first page than find out halfway through a project.
Who we're for
We work best with organizations that practice six things.
Kindness. You treat people well, on stage and behind the counter.
Creativity. You make things, or you make things better.
Self-sufficiency. You help people stand on their own feet, and you'd like to stand on yours.
Curiosity, not judgment. You ask before you assume.
Bridge building. You bring together people who don't usually share a table.
Resilience. You've been knocked flat before, and you got up and opened the doors anyway.
You don't need all six polished and framed on the wall. You need to mean them.
Who we're not for
Where we step aside.
We're not the right partner for work that promotes:
Exclusion: shutting people out because of who they are, their income, their lifestyle or their zip code.
Misinformation and Fearmongering: saying what isn't true, or blurring what is.
Gatekeeping: hoarding knowledge or opportunity that ought to be shared.
Serving one community well is focus, not exclusion. Tribal programs, veterans' groups, and girls' clubs are all welcome here.
If we're not the right fit, we'll say so kindly and, when we can, point you to someone who is.
Our clients sit at intersections.
Between sectors, between communities, between what's been done before and what needs to happen next.
They're wrestling with complex challenges that can't be solved by a single stakeholder, and they know the old playbooks won't work for the problems they're facing now.
Mission-Driven Nonprofits & Foundations
You're trying to build movements, not just programs. You need coalitions that reflect the communities you serve, partnerships that generate sustainable revenue, and brand strategies that translate complex missions into stories people actually connect with.
Educational Institutions & Innovation Initiatives
You're reimagining what learning looks like - whether that's K-12 computer science education, university-community partnerships, or workforce development programs. You need someone who understands both the pedagogy and the politics of education change.
Cultural Institutions & Heritage Organizations
You're stewards of legacy - whether it's architectural IP, artistic movements, or cultural knowledge. You need strategies that honor heritage while building commercial viability, and partnerships that protect mission integrity while expanding reach.
Purpose-Driven Brands & Social Enterprises
You're building a business that does more than generate profit. You need licensing strategies, partnership frameworks, and go-to-market plans that align commercial success with social impact - without compromising either.
Community-Based Organizations & Grassroots Leaders
You know your community better than any consultant ever will. You need capacity-building support, strategic partnerships, and resources that amplify your vision rather than replace it with someone else's agenda.