Make a living, have a life,

& love the business in between.

Thoughtful business design for entrepreneurs refuse the narrative that profitability, sustainability and passion are mutually exclusive.

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Making it work and making it worth it are two different things.

You've got clients, revenue, and a business that's actually going somewhere. Maybe further than you ever expected.

But somewhere along the way, the freedom you imagined became a calendar you can't escape. Your best ideas are collecting dust while you keep everything running. And even when business is good, you're far from the business you once envisioned.

It’s always the right time to start building the life you really want.

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Business strategy without the malarkey.

→ You don't need another course promising to take you “to the next level in your business,” whatever the fuck that even means.

→ You don't need a coach lovingly molding you into the perfect carbon copy of themselves, when their version of success looks nothing like yours.

→ And you certainly don't need another “just turn yourself into a GPT, bro” business model, even if it would sell like hotcakes to clients you don't even want.

Let’s built something radically authentic, distinctly human and designed to pay the damn bills without becoming a slave to it.

Bring the vision, the contradictions, the napkin sketches, and the ideas you've been afraid to say out loud.

We love a good design problem!

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So, how accidental is your business?

So, how accidental

is your business?

Introducing the Accidental Business

A client request here. A shiny new idea there. A few pivots, some well-meaning advice, and suddenly you're running a business you never exactly planned. 😵

See how your business measures up in our 4 pillars of good business design and where the pieces might not be working together.

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Ways to Work With Us

Find Your Accidental Business Score

Free Quiz: The Accidental Business Audit.

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Miranda’s expertise with putting together workflows, systems and processes has totally transformed my business. Because of her expertise, my business has made transitional and transformational growth. I highly recommend her and feel so blessed to have her as a partner in my business.

~ Katrina Fitten, Business Funding Expert
Miranda thrives on being the rising tide that elevates all those around her. As a technical consultant, she is as close to a unicorn as one finds in reality. Her ability to interpret my creative whims and translate them into something practical is unparalleled.

~ Salazar Holguin, Writer

You Might Be Wondering…

You know how people spend months designing their logos, websites, and Instagram feeds, but somehow end up running an entire business they secretly despise?
Yeah. That.
Business design is about getting intentional with the whole thing. What you sell. How you make money. Who you serve. How the work gets done. What your days look like. What the business makes possible in your life.
Business design treats things holistically from the ground up. It says every decision affects something else, and I want those decisions working together, toward something you actually give a damn about.
The goal is to build a business that makes sense financially, works operationally, and gives you a life you're genuinely excited to live.
I've got nothing against a good business coach. But I have very little patience for being handed a business model and told to squeeze my entire personality, ambitions, and circumstances into it.
I'm a designer, a problem solver and a hopeless business romantic. I want to know what you're trying to create, what you're working with, and what possibilities we haven't considered yet.
I am not handing you a secret strategy to infinite growth using my proprietary formula. We are building YOUR strategy for the business that will make the life you want possible.
Yep. Free. All 32 questions and the report that comes after.
You'll examine your business through our four lenses of good business design: intentionality, profitability, deliverability, and enjoyability.
You'll get a report that helps you see where one aspect of your business is leaning to heavy on another and throwing things our of balance.
The catch? You might find yourself questioning a few decisions you've been making on autopilot.
I think that's a pretty good use of your time.
Then don't build one!
I'm not going to convince you that your perfectly lovely one-person business needs twelve employees, seven revenue streams, and an exit strategy.
Maybe you want a small, wildly profitable business that leaves you plenty of time to do other things. Maybe you want to build an empire. Maybe you want to work three days a week, spend your summers traveling, or make enough money to fund your increasingly expensive hobbies.
I'm interested in what you want to build.
The size of your business is a design decision, not a measure of your ambition. And whatever your ambitions happen to be, I want to help you build a business capable of supporting them.

Currently, all of my consulting services are entirely 1:1. When you book time with Pluvio, you're working directly with me, Miranda. Every minute of our scheduled time together is dedicated to you, your business, and the work we're doing.
Independent work between our meetings is absolutely essential, especially during the six-week Intensive. You'll have things to think through, decisions to make, and ideas to put to the test.
But you won't be handed a library of pre-recorded lessons and an AI agent programmed to sound like me.
You hired my brain. You get my brain.
I'm working on it!
The FLOW Business Design Handbook is a physical, guided workbook for people who want to sit down and actually design their businesses. With a pen. On paper. Because sometimes you can’t see it until you actually SEE it, you know?
It's packed with the kinds of questions, exercises, and mapping activities I use in my one-on-one work. You'll work through what you want your business to make possible, how it earns money, how it serves customers, and what needs to happen behind the scenes to make it all work.
The idea is that you'll finish with a working blueprint for your business, built by you, for you.
It's not quite ready for your bookshelf, but you can join the waitlist and be among the first to know when it is.
Depends. What's going on in that beautiful, overworked brain of yours?
Curious about how your business is actually doing? Take the free Accidental Business Audit. It'll give you a few things to think about.
Have a decision to make, a problem to untangle, or an idea you can't stop thinking about? Book a Business Design Consultation. Give me 90 minutes and let's get into it.
Ready to rethink the whole operation? The six-week Business Design Intensive is where we get serious about designing a business that works the way you want it to.
Prefer to get your hands dirty on your own? Get on the waitlist for the Business Design Handbook.
You are not a cog in a machine or cattle in a shute. There is no mandatory staircase to climb here. Start wherever it makes sense.
Sure! I'm a real person, and I'm perfectly happy to have a conversation before you decide whether working together makes sense.
I've got a few 15-minute phone spots available for exactly that. They're casual, get-to-know-you conversations, so I might be watering plants, making coffee, or puttering around while we chat.
We can talk about what you're working on, what you're looking for, and whether I'm the right person to help.
If you're looking to dig into a specific business problem, get feedback on an idea, or work through a decision, that's what the Business Design Consultation is for. We'll want more than 15 minutes and my undivided attention for that.
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Meet the Wizards Behind the Curtain

Pluvio Consulting is a family-owned and operated firm built around close collaboration, trust, and long-term thinking.

We’re a small team by design. Working with us doesn’t mean being passed between departments, handed off to junior staff, or treated like a number. You’ll work directly with the people shaping the strategy, designing the systems, and supporting the day-to-day execution.

We invest in the businesses we work with, celebrate their wins, and stay present through the hard parts, because that’s what meaningful work actually requires.