Together.
"Impact at scale."

Why now?

Stagnation kills
innovation.

Scaling your educational IP doesn't mean you need to hand over control. Everyprogram needs customized services to move them forward.

Partnerships move

the needle.

Programs being funded by institutional effort are superpowers in waiting that must be collaboratively developed in order to achieve their potential in the education marketplace.

Amplify the

expert.

Those who advance knowledge deserve a team supporting their program's growth. Too many rising leaders are overwhelmed doing it themselves. Together is better.

Your program
deserves to thrive.

You should be able to create a broader impact as an educator AND a business person. Go from unequipped to confident and represented.

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Uniquely entrepreneurial. Radically educational.

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comes from Latin, where it has the meaning “joint, jointly, together

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A similar meaning for this prefix is “auxiliary, helping”.

Our motivating force

Our motivating force

We help make (educational) ideas come alive. And thrive.

What we believe

What we believe

You should be able to create a broader impact as an educator AND a business person.

What we do

What we do

We help educational groundbreakers scale their impact by growing their market share.

Leadership

Ambitious educators are our people. We know money isn’t the first thing on the mind of the expert, but we know it takes resources to access the K-12 market and to sustain.

As award-winning educators and successful entrepreneurs, we lean into the tension created when a better idea for teaching and learning shows up. We’ve helped startups launch and established education brands innovate.

As connectors and multipliers, we want you to leverage our team and network of experts.

Brad Wilson
Strategic dot connector who has carried the spirit of his fourth grade students into the design of education brands.

Brad Wilson

COFOUNDER AND MANAGING PARTNER
Gary Abud, Jr.
Michigan's 2014 Teacher of the Year, Gary is a people-centered pioneer, inspiring others to pursue their best ideas.

Gary Abud, Jr.

COFOUNDER AND MANAGING PARTNER

We help educational groundbreakers grow their impact by achieving their market potential.

We know how to make things happen in K-12.

We’ve been there at the originations…before solving a problem at one school allowed a project to help millions of students. We collaborated across K-12, higher ed, and organizations.

We built Cogrounded because we believe educational experts deserve to see their program make a broader impact and we want them to carry forth that success into their next great idea.

Education will be better because of them, and the work we do to amplify their mission–has become our mission.

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What it means: you don’t have to keep trying to do it all.

If you would like to learn more about the Cogrounded approach, our team is ready to speak with you.

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We’re all about seeing your program multiply. We do it through:

Ambition

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That Margaret Mead quote about a committed small group changing the world. Yeah– that one.

Leadership

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Empowering others to pursue their best ideas and setting the example fuels our people-centered, Midwest style.

Creativity

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We have a healthy impatience with the status quo and we bridge business problems with creative potential.

Adaptability

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Starting with where you're at, we take our reputation as The Ultimate Collaborators seriously.

Dependability

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Showing up, consistency, doing what we say: drip by drip makes a wave.

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Take your next step to commercialization.

The F word for commercial educational projects has always been a bit of a sticking point. FUNDING.
When you’re ready to chat both mission AND money (or simply float an idea and receive an honest take) let’s connect.

Schedule a conversation

Ambitious educators are our people.

We could be a good fit if...

  • mark You have a passion to help learners thrive-- and you have a plan for how they can do just that.
  • mark You know corporate publishing isn't for you... plus you have a sense of urgency to know what is.
  • mark Your idea is off the ground and you're ready for the path it should be on next.

We're probably NOT a good fit if...

  • mark You're not ready to bring on board a copilot when things start to grow
  • mark You believe that professionals should work for free to develop your program for you.
  • mark You don't have the stomach for persisting while bureaucracy pumps the brakes (or innovating your way through it).

Educational experts deserve an advisor who understands K-12, is savvy about business, and can move things forward. Both an agent and an agency.

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What is driving your current need today?
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What does good look like when you’re done?
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What resources are available now?
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