Strategic Economic Advisory · The Pink Hustle Firm

Economic infrastructure
built
for the organizations
driving community growth.

The Pink Hustle Firm is retained by municipalities, CDFIs, construction firms, foundations, and economic development organizations to architect the infrastructure their community wealth strategies actually require — workforce pipelines, program design, PropTech strategy, and the leadership systems that compound over a decade, not a quarter.

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What We Do

Strategic Economic
Advisory.
Three engagement models.
All of them outcome-based.

Every engagement is grounded in the SCALE Framework™, the Curtis Method™, and doctoral-level research on entrepreneurship and emotional intelligence. We don't deliver reports — we deliver the economic infrastructure that compounds.

Engagements range from $15K discovery pilots to $500K multi-phase retained partnerships. Every engagement begins with a discovery conversation — no cookie-cutter solutions.

01
Strategic Economic Advisory & Program Architecture
Retained advisory for municipalities, CDFIs, foundations, and corporations architecting the economic infrastructure their community wealth strategies actually require. Includes program design, stakeholder alignment, metrics architecture, and multi-year strategic blueprints grounded in the SCALE Framework™.
02
Fractional Economic Development Strategist
Retained on a fractional basis as the economic development strategist your organization needs without carrying a full-time role. Embedded partner presence. Strategic direction. Program oversight. Real executive capacity without the overhead of hiring.
03
PropTech Strategy & Real Estate Infrastructure
AI and PropTech adoption strategies for governments, CDFIs, tech hubs, and developers — turning technology into real estate infrastructure that compounds community wealth rather than another barrier.
04
Supplier Diversity & Workforce Pipeline Capacity Building
Design and execute programs that grow diverse supplier pipelines, navigate DBE program requirements, connect M/WBE firms to procurement opportunities, and build Section 3 compliance frameworks.
05
Executive Advisory & Organizational Leadership Development
1:1 and cohort-based executive advisory for emerging women leaders inside your organization. Grounded in the Curtis Method™ and doctoral research on emotional intelligence and entrepreneurial success. Not coaching — strategic advisory.
06
Women’s Leadership Pipeline Development
Design and deliver the internal and external talent pipeline your organization needs to recruit, retain, and advance women into leadership roles. Includes cohort curriculum design, leadership assessment using the Curtis Leadership DNA Assessment™, mentorship and sponsorship program architecture, and measurable advancement metrics.
Our Process

How an engagement gets built.

01
Discovery

We start with a deep diagnostic — your goals, your gaps, and the specific compliance or community challenge you’re navigating. No assumptions. No templates.

2–4 weeks
02
Strategy

We build a custom blueprint grounded in the SCALE Framework™ and current market intelligence — aligning your work with available federal, state, and private funding.

4–6 weeks
03
Execute

We implement alongside you — producing strategic plans, community engagement processes, compliance frameworks, and measurable outcome metrics.

Ongoing
04
Scale

We build the infrastructure so results sustain themselves — workforce pipelines, supplier relationships, leadership systems, and community trust that compounds over time.

Long-term
Our Differentiation

We don't study
the gap.
We architect the solution.

No other firm in the market simultaneously retains the organizations and governments driving community growth and runs the cohorts producing the first-generation women operators, entrepreneurs, and real estate investors they need.

When you retain The Pink Hustle Firm, you are not getting a report. You are getting an economic infrastructure architect whose community relationships, lived experience, and doctoral-level research give you access to strategic conversations that no national firm can have.

Dr. Curtis has been inside Milwaukee's most significant institutions for a decade — and is becoming a transactional attorney to formalize and protect the economic infrastructure the firm is building. She doesn't need to build credibility in your community. She already has it.

SCALE Framework™
A proprietary doctoral-level consulting methodology for building economic infrastructure — not a checklist, a system.
Community Trust — Built In
Dr. Curtis doesn’t need to establish credibility in Milwaukee. She has it. A decade of ecosystem-building at MKE Tech Hub, gener8tor, and more.
🎙 Keynote & Strategic Facilitation
Book Dr. Curtis for executive workshops, board strategy sessions, keynote addresses, and convenings. Not inspiration — intelligence your room can retain.
Data Authority
The Pink Hustle Firm is building the only annual report tracking the state of women in Wisconsin’s innovation economy.
Milwaukee + Atlanta + Transactional Law
Active in two of the most important markets for economic development — and becoming a transactional attorney to protect the infrastructure the firm is building. One firm. Two markets. Expanding legal foundation.
Annual Research

Women in Wisconsin's
Innovation Economy
Annual Report

The only annual data report tracking the economic position of women in Wisconsin's innovation, real estate, and technology ecosystem — assembled, localized, and published in a single consumer-friendly format.

Policymakers, developers, CDFIs, and corporations across Wisconsin cite this report as the evidence base for the work they do — and the case for why it matters.

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Ready to retain an
economic infrastructure strategist?

Every engagement starts with a discovery conversation. Tell us what your community is building and where the infrastructure is breaking. We'll tell you exactly how we architect the solution.