Where Parsimony's founder coaches operators

01 · Coaching & Community

The founder room

Catalyst88 describes itself as a private operating forum for action-taking founders, led by Steve Simonson — not a seminar. The site pairs three decades of operator experience with AI and a community of peers, aimed at moving founders from owning a job to owning a business that runs without them in every room.

Three programs sit under that umbrella. The Chairman's Circle is the paid CEO mastermind (below). The AI Blueprint Series is a recurring cohort that pairs a live tool demo one week with a hands-on implementation session the next — Catalyst88 doesn't publish a price for it; joining opens a waitlist. And MyMentorSteve is a free AI mentor built from Steve's coaching material, which Catalyst88 says runs in 69 languages.

Catalyst88 also publishes its own scale figures on its home page: 30+ years of operating experience, 20,000+ entrepreneurs assisted across MyMentorSteve, the Awesomers podcast, Catalyst88, and private coaching cohorts, and companies Steve has built or advised generating nine figures in revenue. Those are Catalyst88's published numbers, not Parsimony's.

02 · The Paid Mastermind

Chairman's Circle

Catalyst88 publishes two tiers of the Chairman's Circle — both month-to-month, both centered on bi-weekly mastermind calls with Steve. The difference is direct access: PRO members get an on-demand line for decisions that can't wait for the next call.

Prices and features as published on catalyst88.com/chairmans-circle, fetched 2026-09-01. Parsimony does not sell or bill this program.

03 · The Software Side

Founder OS, the app at catalyst88.app

Alongside the coaching, Catalyst88 runs a separate web app at catalyst88.app. Its own meta description splits it into a free layer and a paid layer:

• Free — the founder network: Decision Rooms, Founder Rooms, and Advisors.
• Founder OS (paid) — adds Forecast, Story, Brand, and Competitive Intel tools, five team seats, company AI, and unlimited hosting.

Catalyst88.app doesn't publish a Founder OS price, so this page doesn't either. It's a distinct product from Parsimony's own Cloud ERP and Automate — the underlying operator-software instinct is the same founder's, but Founder OS is Catalyst88's app, not Parsimony's.

04 · The Founder

Steve Simonson

Catalyst88's own bio page describes Steve as an executive coach for ecommerce founders, based in Austin, Texas, with three decades founding, buying, building, and selling companies across retail, ecommerce, and logistics. It lists him as the founder of SymoGlobal, Parsimony, Awesomers, MyMentorSteve, and Catalyst88.

The coaching framework Catalyst88 credits to him most often is Strengths-Based Leadership: know your top five strengths, invest there, and hire the gaps instead of trying to be well-rounded. He also runs the 50/50 10/10 2/2 Challenge, a public, scoreboard-based alternative to a private New Year's resolution.

Parsimony's own About page covers Steve as Parsimony's founder; this page covers what he publishes about Catalyst88.

05 · The Connection

How this connects to Parsimony

Parsimony and Catalyst88 share a founder, not a company. Parsimony builds the AI chat and voice agents, marketing automation, and Cloud ERP that run inside a growing business. Catalyst88 is where the operators running those systems learn the strategy, leadership, and AI-implementation habits that make the software worth having in the first place.

One is software you deploy; the other is a room you join. See the rest of the operator stack — and the other sister sites Steve runs — on /ecosystem.

FAQ

Catalyst88 and Parsimony, answered plainly

01

What is Catalyst88?

Catalyst88 is Steve Simonson's founder coaching and community business — a private operating forum built around the Chairman's Circle mastermind, the AI Blueprint implementation cohort, and the free MyMentorSteve AI mentor. It's published at catalyst88.com.

02

Is Catalyst88 part of Parsimony?

No. Same founder — Steve Simonson runs Parsimony, SymoGlobal, and Catalyst88 — but Catalyst88 is a separate company with its own site, pricing, and checkout. Parsimony builds the AI agents, automation, and Cloud ERP; Catalyst88 is where the operators who run that software learn how to run a business.

03

How much does the Chairman's Circle cost?

Catalyst88 publishes two tiers: Chairman's Circle Online at $497/month and Chairman's Circle PRO at $1,997/month, both month-to-month with no contract.

04

What is Founder OS?

Founder OS is the paid tier of the Catalyst88 app at catalyst88.app, on top of a free founder network (Decision Rooms, Founder Rooms, Advisors). Catalyst88.app describes the paid tier as adding Forecast, Story, Brand, and Competitive Intel tools, five team seats, company AI, and unlimited hosting. No price is published for it.

05

Is MyMentorSteve free?

Yes. Catalyst88 describes MyMentorSteve as a free AI mentor available in 69 languages, drawn from Steve Simonson's coaching material.

06

Where do I sign up?

At catalyst88.com. Parsimony doesn't run Catalyst88's checkout, cohorts, or coaching calls — it's a separate business.