Worth it
Membership that stops luck from running the practice
People do not join for a feature list. They join when staying as they are is about to cost them a client, their rate, or their sanity. You get the Map, the Crew, and The Helm. Tiers differ by how much hands-on install you get, and how fast the referral engine is stood up with you. Pay for the system. Keep the Thursday.
Crew
The floor everyone lands on: Map, Crew, The Helm, and a referral engine that compounds.
What you get
- In-platform referrals: with permission, we match the clients you are built for to other members' contacts, and it is already connecting leads
- Referral engine that turns relationships you already have into your next client
- Sales partner: prep and next move before every conversation
- Peer Crew plus Kirk's group check-ins
For any operator who wants matched referrals from other members, and a pipeline they control without giving 30 to 40% to a firm.
JoinOpen and self-serve. Straight to checkout.
Partner
Crew, plus more hands-on install time and curated warm introductions.
What you get
- Everything in Crew
- More founder group time to install the engine
- Curated referral introductions matched to your practice
For a member who wants more help activating introductions, not just advice.
JoinStraight to checkout.
Founder
Then $199 a month, Founder standing kept.
A high-touch six-month engagement to install your business development engine, then it settles into Crew.
What you get
- Everything in Partner
- A high-touch six-month install of your business development engine
- Continues automatically at $199 a month after six months
For an operator who wants a six-month install of the engine, then runs it on Crew.
JoinSix months hands-on, then Crew pricing.
No success fee, ever. Grandfathered members keep their existing tier and badge.
Worth it
What makes it worth it.
People do not join for a feature list. They join when staying as they are is about to cost them a client, their rate, or their sanity.
In-platform referrals from other members.
That is the defense. With your permission, we learn the clients you are built for and match that to other members' contacts. When there is a fit, the introduction happens inside membership. That matching has already connected real leads. A people book alone cannot do this.
A raise that paid for membership.
One founding member moved a single client from $20,000 to $30,000 a month and held the rate instead of discounting. That one lift more than paid for membership.
Tuesday that does not live in your head.
The work of running the practice stops living in scattered notes and hope between retainers. You pay once for membership that installs the week: who needs you, what is owed, next move, plus peers who refer without a firm cut.
Individual results. Your timeline and economics depend on your starting position.
Not sure which tier
See where your practice stands first.
A short, honest read across the five things that decide whether you land clients. It takes about seven minutes, and it tells you which tier fits.
See where you standThe fine print
14-day money-back
On your first Crew payment. Change your mind? Email hello@theretern.com and we refund that first charge. We may refuse a refund if you used the network to take introductions or member data and then cancel in the same window.
One refund per member
Already used a Crew money-back refund? A new Crew purchase is non-refundable.
No success fee, ever
Grandfathered members keep their existing tier and badge.