For schools, nonprofits, and youth-serving teams
We fix the systems behind the work.
For schools, nonprofits, and youth-serving teams whose people care deeply, but whose operations keep getting in the way.
- 9 to 1
- intake forms at Ambition Angels, cut to one
- 4
- systems shipped, for clients and for ourselves
- 10+ yrs
- inside schools, nonprofits, and youth work
The diagnosis
What is breaking?
The people care. What gets in the way is the infrastructure around them. Here is where the mission usually leaks, and the move we make on each.
Intake
A new family fills out nine forms, and three of them ask for the same information.
The move
One intake, one source of truth, the rest filled in for you.
Data
The number in the board deck does not match the number in the spreadsheet, and nobody is sure which one is right.
The move
One place the numbers live, so the report writes itself.
Meetings
The Monday staff meeting runs ninety minutes and ends with no decisions and no owners.
The move
An agenda that forces the decision and assigns it before anyone leaves.
Roles
Two people think they own the same task, so it gets done twice or not at all.
The move
Clear owners for the work that actually moves the mission.
Follow-up
A donor says yes in the hallway and hears nothing back for three weeks.
The move
Follow-up that fires on a schedule, so a yes turns into a thank-you by Friday.
Communication
The teacher, the front desk, and the family each have a different version of the same plan.
The move
One channel where the plan lives, so everyone reads the same page.
The thesis
It's usually not the heart. It's the system.
When care has no infrastructure, good people spend their best energy compensating for broken process.
The leak map
Where the mission leaks, and how we close it.
Six places the work usually breaks, and the five-step sequence we run to repair them. The same map, every engagement.
Where the mission leaks
01Six places the work breaks
- 1Intake
- 2Data
- 3Meetings
- 4Roles
- 5Follow-up
- 6Communication
How SOBO repairs it
02One five-step sequence
- 1
Diagnose
We map how the place actually runs day to day, the real version.
- 2
Design
We design the fix on paper first, so you can see it before we build it.
- 3
Build
We build the system: intake, data, dashboards, the tooling you run on.
- 4
Train
We train the team until they run it without us in the room.
- 5
Stabilize
We stay until the system holds on its own, then hand it back.
What we do
The systems behind the work.
SOBO builds the systems behind mission-driven work: fundraising systems, operating rhythms, admin infrastructure, restorative practice training, family systems, homeschool systems, and custom digital platforms.
If people are carrying what the system should hold, we help rebuild the system.
Fundraising systems
Fundraising should not live in one person's head. We build the pipeline, the rhythm, and the follow-up so the asks keep moving when the director is out of the room.
Donor pipelines and segmentation · CRM setup and major donor tracking · Campaign rhythm and ask strategy · Board fundraising and funder communication · Event and relationship follow-up
Proven inAmbition AngelsOperating systems
When the team runs on memory and last-minute pushes, good people burn out and the work slips. We install the rhythms, roles, and decision loops that hold without heroics.
Team rhythms and meeting structures · Role clarity and decision systems · Project management and dashboards · Reporting cadence and weekly accountability · Leadership alignment
Proven inAmbition AngelsAdmin systems
The mission leaks time through nine forms and three spreadsheets nobody trusts. We build one front door, one source of truth, and follow-up that fires on its own.
Intake, forms, and data flows · Internal tooling and workflow cleanup · One source of truth · Dashboards and reporting · Automated follow-up systems
Proven inAmbition AngelsLearning and formation systems
A workshop fades by Friday. We help teams practice the culture they say they want, with real systems for conflict, accountability, and repair, until it holds on its own.
Restorative practices training · Conflict and repair systems · Accountability culture · Staff formation and facilitation · Practice-based, not one-off
Proven inGateway Middle SchoolDigital experience systems
We build front-end experiences that reveal the truth of the organization, and platforms with real roles behind them: admin, coach, parent, athlete, each with the dashboards they actually need.
Brand and front-end experience · Booking and conversion · Role-based platforms and dashboards · Evaluations, plans, and program feeds · Internal tooling behind the front end
Proven inTeam Esface- 1FindWe find the invisible system.
- 2SurfaceWe make it visible.
- 3RebuildWe rebuild it.
- 4TrainWe train people to use it.
- 5SustainWe make it sustainable.
Our work
The proof is the work.
We do not advise on systems we have not built. Start with the flagship, then see the rest.
Nonprofit · Client
Ambition Angels
A custom admin operating system that replaced a stack of forms and spreadsheets.
Before
- 9 intake forms
- 3 spreadsheets, none of them agreeing
- Follow-up living in someone's memory
After
- 1 intake, the rest auto-filled
- 1 source of truth the board can quote
- Follow-up that fires on a schedule
Youth development platform · Built by SOBO
Team Esface
A full player development platform with role-based systems for admin, coaches, parents, and athletes.
Read the case studySmall business · Built by SOBO
Beyond Veneer
A digital presence that carries the real client experience and books appointments.
Read the case studySchool · Client
Gateway Middle School
Restorative practice built as a system for culture, conflict, accountability, and repair.
Read the case studyTeacher education · Client
Stanford STEP
Restorative practice formation for educators in training.
Read the case studyFamily operating system · SOBO venture
Trellis
SOBO's family operating system, built to help homes run with more clarity, rhythm, and peace.
Read the case studyHomeschool system · SOBO venture
Roots and Wings
SOBO's homeschool system for families who want learning to be structured, joyful, and sustainable.
Read the case study
Who we are
We're two builders who run our own for-profit and nonprofit.
Remi builds the operating systems and runs the operation. Kendra studies how people learn and change inside those systems. One of us has shipped the admin platform and made payroll. The other has the scholarship on formation and the years in the room.
Same house, same table, same work. You get the builder and the scholar together, and we have already made the expensive mistakes on our own dime.
Remi Sobomehin
Operating systems, nonprofit leadership, product, fundraising, field execution
Kendra Sobomehin
Formation, learning, family systems, scholarship, behavior change, cultural context
The next step
Bring us the system that keeps breaking.
We will start with a diagnosis. If we can help, we will name the path. If we are not the right fit, we will tell you that too.