Strategic mandates worthy of your level. We handle the selling.
Join a hand-picked collective of seasoned C-levels. You keep 70 to 75% of the fees, the Network handles business development, contracts and invoicing. Guaranteed payment.
Being an excellent independent C-level is no longer enough to fill a calendar.
The sharpest strategist on the market still spends too many hours prospecting, following up, writing proposals and chasing payments. Meanwhile, the most ambitious mandates go to firms that dilute them in a pyramid of juniors.
The C's Network flips the equation: we carry everything that is not your expertise, so that you only do what you do better than anyone. Design, decide, deliver.
What the Network gives you that working solo cannot.
A flow of qualified mandates
Companies with a real strategic challenge, pre-screened and briefed. You never walk in cold.
Your fees preserved
You keep 70 to 75% of the fees. The Network's share is transparent and contracted from the start.
Guaranteed payment
You are paid on the agreed schedule, regardless of when the client settles. The cash-flow risk is ours.
Zero sales burden
Prospecting, proposals, negotiation, contracts, invoicing: the Network carries the entire sales cycle.
A collective of peers
C's of your calibre to pressure-test your angles, co-build and refer. The end of the independent's isolation.
A brand that opens doors
You arrive at the client backed by a demanding network, with a collective behind you.
You carry the expertise. We carry the rest.
We capture and qualify demand, then bring you a mandate aligned with your expertise and availability.
You validate the scope, the Network frames the contract, the schedule and the terms. No commercial negotiation on your side.
You deliver the mandate, with the collective's support when useful. The Network invoices the client and guarantees your payment.
Once the mandate is done, you stay in the pool for the next opportunities, with no exclusivity commitment.
The Network stays a demanding circle. Here is what we look at.
Structuring experience
A track record at a top-tier consulting firm, a leading agency, or in functional leadership on the corporate side. A minimum of 10 years of significant experience at a strategic and management level.
Demonstrable expertise
Vertical (sector) or functional specialization (strategy, sales, marketing, e-commerce, transformation) with proof of tangible results.
Advisor posture
The ability to challenge the executive, create the brief and plan the execution. Results orientation, strategic thinking, intellectual rigour.
Cultural alignment
Entrepreneurial DNA, no ego. Adherence to the Network's values: excellence, benevolence, evidence.
Selection by co-optation, confidential.
We recruit little and we recruit right. Four steps, a reply within ten days.
Application
You apply directly, or an active member co-opts you. Your file stays strictly confidential.
File review
We assess your profile on the four filters: experience, expertise, advisor posture and cultural alignment.
Interview
A conversation with Nobrainer's leadership to confirm the fit and clarify your sectors and availability.
Onboarding
A reply within ten days. Once admitted, you enter the pool and receive your first aligned mandates.
What C's ask us before they join.
Do I have to be exclusive to the Network?
No, no exclusivity. You keep your direct clients and your freedom. The Network adds to your practice, it does not replace it.
What share of the fees do I keep?
Between 70 and 75% of the fees, contracted from the start, with no hidden costs. The Network keeps a transparent operating share that covers business development, governance and quality.
What if the client pays late?
Your payment follows the schedule agreed with the Network, regardless of when the client settles. The cash-flow risk is carried by the Network, never by you.
What level of experience is expected?
A minimum of ten years at a strategic level, with time at a top-tier firm, a leading agency or in functional leadership. The collective averages fifteen years and above.
How many mandates will I receive?
It depends on your expertise, your sectors and your availability. The Network does not promise a volume, it promises the fit between the mandate and your craft.
Strategic mandates within a demanding network.
You keep 70 to 75% of the fees. The Network handles business development, contracts and invoicing, with guaranteed payment. Co-optation, confidential file, reply within ten days.
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