Third Option Collective
Third Option Collective (TOC) exists because the dominant business narrative gives you two choices: become a Capitalist Monster Girlboss or Hustle Bro who scales at any cost, or accept the Starving Artist story and call it integrity.
We don't buy it.
We believe there is a third option. A business that sustains you without eating you alive. One that's built around your actual humanity, your actual values, and your actual community. One where clean money funds the next phase, systems do the heavy lifting, and rest is part of the business plan. Oh, and you can absolutely be a well resourced, responsible member of your community that moves with integrity. No temporarily embarrassed millionaires over here.
TOC is a resource garden for solo entrepreneurs who want to live more life and have a healthy business, not grind for their career. Practical tools, honest education, and a community that believes a $4k month done with integrity beats a $10k month built on anxiety every single time.
There is a third option for your business
Hi. I’m Teri!
Operations nerd, Reformed Girlboss, and the person who spent years in the rooms that business gurus tell you to get into, took notes, and came back to report my findings.
I have a Master's in Teaching with a focus in TESOL, 12+ years in operations, administration, and marketing, and a front-row seat to what happens when online business culture prioritizes revenue over everything else. I've watched $10k courses get zero sign-ups. I've priced services to hit a number instead of reflect their value. I've felt the dopamine hit of an epiphany that led to exactly zero implementation.
I built Third Option Collective because the tools I needed didn't exist in the way I needed them — practical, accessible, honest, and designed for people who look like me and live like me. Black, queer, neurodivergent, chronically tired of being told the problem is their mindset.
This is the resource I'm building for you. It's also the business I'm building for myself. You get to come along for the ride and watch both.
Reformed Girlboss. Recovering from a 40-hour week I gave myself. Glad you're here.
Hello!
What can you expect?
You’re watching Third Option Collective grow in real time, so we can’t reveal everything just yet. But, here are some of the resources you can look out for in the upcoming weeks.
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This is where we grow the tools you needed someone to explain clearly, years ago. From one page Field Guides to business kits designed to be reused again and again, the resource garden hosts the kind of info you can apply to your business ASAP.
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Straight talk on business, systems, community, and the sometimes dubious practices of the online entrepreneur space. These posts offer perspective shifts, cultural context, and open conversations.
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1:1 consulting sessions with Teri, whether you’re at the idea stage or you’re ready to lock in and grow your business.