Second Act Advisors™
You've Built a Career. Now Build a Business Around What You Know.
Second Act Advisors connects experienced professionals with the tools, relationships, and business opportunities to turn expertise into meaningful services. We help organizations access qualified advisors who can solve challenges, improve operations, train teams, and drive business growth.
Founding cohort now forming — 25 places
How It Works
A network built on experience and real client work
Step 1
Experienced professionals join free
Advisors apply, build a professional profile and package what they know into clear services.
Step 2
The network opens doors
We market the network to organizations, source corporate opportunities and handle contracting.
Step 3
Clients get qualified help
Organizations are matched with vetted advisors or project teams under signed agreements.
Step 4
Everyone shares in real work
Advisors are paid from revenue actually collected on the engagements they deliver.
Two Paths
Which describes you?
Become an Advisor
You have decades of experience. Join free, package your expertise into professional services and get connected to opportunities that fit what you're qualified to do.
Hire an Advisor
Your organization needs experienced help. Tell us your challenge and we'll scope the work and match you with qualified independent advisors or a project team.
Our Expertise
Professional services organizations need
Twelve areas where experienced professionals can make a measurable difference.
Business Operations & Management
Experienced operators who help organizations run smoother, leaner and more predictably.
AI Implementation & Business Automation
Practical, responsible AI adoption that saves time without putting data or customers at risk.
Leadership & Executive Development
Seasoned leaders developing the next generation of managers and executives.
Workforce Development & Corporate Training
Training design and delivery from educators and trainers who know how adults learn.
Sales, Marketing & Business Growth
Relationship-driven growth strategy from professionals who have built pipelines and brands.
HR & Organizational Development
People-operations expertise for growing teams and changing organizations.
Mortgage Business Operations
Operations consulting for mortgage teams: workflow, processing support, accountability and training.
Real Estate Business Consulting
Business-side consulting for brokerages, teams and real estate companies.
Financial Education & Capital Readiness
Education that helps business owners understand capital options and prepare to apply responsibly.
Project Management
Disciplined project leadership that keeps initiatives on scope, schedule and budget.
Fractional Executive Services
Part-time senior leadership for organizations that need executive experience without a full-time hire.
CRM & Business Systems Implementation
Selecting, configuring and adopting the systems that keep customers and work organized.
Founding Second Act Advisor™
Become a Founding Advisor — Free
We're forming our first cohort of 25 qualified advisors. There is no membership fee, and no purchase or certification is required to apply for eligible work.
Founding cohort now forming — 25 places
- Free membership in the national network
- Professional advisor profile and service listings
- Expertise and skills assessment
- Opportunity to join the vetted advisor bench
- Basic SAGE AI™ business-offer tools
- Opportunity notifications and project applications
- Advisor contract and compensation dashboard
- Free orientation and a 90-day business growth roadmap
How Advisors Can Earn
Transparent splits on real, collected client revenue
Advisors can earn 60%–70% of eligible collected project revenue under qualifying signed agreements.
60 / 40
Network-sourced
The network finds the client, structures the contract and supports administration. You deliver the work.
70 / 30
Advisor-sourced
You bring a documented client opportunity. The network provides agreed contracting, sales or delivery support.
100%
Your independent clients
Work you do on your own, without network services, stays entirely yours.
Special arrangements may be negotiated individually. Income depends on actual client work and signed agreements; projects are not guaranteed. See examples and the scenario calculator.
Corporate Consulting & Professional Services
Experienced help, scoped to your business
From a single fractional executive to a multi-advisor project team, every engagement starts with a discovery conversation and a written scope you approve.
Advisor Business-in-a-Box™
Turn what you know into services businesses buy
A business-building studio for members, rolling out in stages. Tools help you draft; you stay in control of every word, and nothing invents credentials you haven't earned.
- Expertise assessment and skills-to-income strategy
- Service and package builder with pricing worksheets
- Professional storefront and discovery questionnaire
- Proposal builder and statement-of-work templates
- Prospect CRM, follow-up and email drafts
- 30-Day First Client Challenge™ and 90-day roadmap
Meet Our Approved Advisors
Verified profiles, shared with permission
Our first advisor profiles will appear here once founding advisors are verified and choose to be listed.
We never display placeholder people or unverified testimonials.
Second Act Academy™
Optional: CERTIFIED AI SECOND ACT ADVISOR™
An eight-module education program in capital fundamentals, AI productivity and relationship-based business development. Helpful for growth, never required to join or to apply for work.
Leadership, Mentorship & Legacy
Your experience is your equity. Your next act is your legacy.
Members will have access to mentorship, accountability circles, leadership development and industry networking, starting with national virtual programming and a Dallas–Fort Worth founding leadership hub.
Additional regional chapters open as qualified leaders step forward and members show demand.
Corporate Partnership Opportunities
Organizations can engage advisors for projects, sponsor workforce training through the Academy, or explore longer-term partnerships with the network.
Frequently Asked Questions