Bottled Lightning
Your Community Should Be Working Harder Than You Are
Most community and membership builders are stuck in the same impossible trade-off: either it feels alive and you can't prove it's working, or you clamp down on systems and squeeze the soul out of what made it special.
Bottled Lightning exists at the intersection — designing ecosystems where transformation is measurable and the magic is repeatable.
Not sure where to start? Take the free Breakpoint Diagnostic
Systems, Strategy & Momentum
A Method Built on One Belief: The Magic Isn’t Magic
When you see a community that looks effortless — where members stay, refer others, and actually transform — it doesn't happen by accident. There are patterns underneath that magic, and they can be captured, designed, and repeated.
That's what the Massive Impact Framework does. It maps where your ecosystem is quietly leaking momentum, aligns your strategy and systems so they reinforce each other instead of fighting, and shows you the shortest path to compounding results.
Every engagement at Bottled Lightning runs through this lens — from a 5-minute diagnostic to a full 90-day implementation.
Self Guided Fix Packs
Access our library of frameworks, plug-and-play Fix Packs, and field guides for the biggest leaks in your community and customer ecosystem. Designed for builders who need real fixes, right now.
Ecosystem Diagnostic
Get a clear read on what's actually happening in your customer ecosystem. We map your data, journeys, and community design to pinpoint the real constraints, and outline the shortest path to change.
90-Day Implementation
Need to deliver clear results? Partner with us to diagnose, design and implement community-led systems. Strategy, build support, and compounding engines installed in 90-day sprints.
Enterprise & Scale
Design transformation infrastructure across a product line or organization. For SaaS and enterprise teams, we scope custom engagements that blend diagnostics, design, training, and embedded leadership.
Latest Case Studies
Real work. Real results.
Unique industries. Entirely different breakdowns. One consistent outcome.
From Booked-Out Expert to Licensable Culture System
Inside the strategy that moved Willhouse Global from “I am the business” to a stage‑based Culture of Belonging system that orgs can license and others can deliver.
A Multi‑Year Member Journey for an In‑Person Cohort Community
Turning founder‑dependent, high‑touch cohorts into a scalable ecosystem with a member journey, retention engine, and data backbone.
Turning a 10‑Year Frankenstack Into a Coherent Education Ecosystem
A 10‑year online education business was drowning in tools, content, and discounts. We helped them rebuild their customer journey, data layer, and offer strategy.
Start with a focused fix
Browse our library of self-guided systems, each designed to solve one high-impact problem fast.
Not Sure where to start?
Find Your Breakpoint in <3 Minutes
Most membership problems aren't what they look like from the surface. The Breakpoint Diagnostic maps your system across the key pillars and tells you exactly where the leak is — so you stop fixing the symptom and start fixing the constraint.
In less than 3 minutes, you’ll:
- Get a clear read on your memberships biggest breakpoint.
- See how your membership is really doing across the key pillars.
- Get tailored next steps you can act on immediately — including when a fix pack, an audit, or a deeper engagement makes sense.
Bottled Lightning was built on a simple frustration: too many communities and memberships are doing genuinely transformative work, but running on fragile infrastructure, founder-dependent heroics, and guesswork.
Starlight Mundy founded this lab after a decade of watching brilliant operators burn out trying to hold magic together manually.
Every diagnostic, framework, and engagement here is built to change that — leaving you with ecosystems that compound instead of collapse.
