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You get a prioritized opportunity roadmap and supporting analysis: the outcomes to pursue, the evidence behind them, value estimates where supported, the people and data access they need, and a recommended sequence. Readiness gaps and open questions are included so you can distinguish a scoped opportunity from an idea that needs more investigation. You keep the work whether or not you build with us.

Yes. The first 30-minute fit call is complimentary. We discuss one priority, assess mutual fit, and decide whether Groundwork makes sense. Detailed discovery, additional stakeholder interviews, document or system review, estimates, timelines, and custom scoping begin after you explicitly accept Groundwork, including the $1,000 activation fee and role-based rate card.

A $1,000 one-time activation fee is invoiced when Groundwork begins. Live meetings and the compliance work your organization requires are billed at the role-based hourly rates you accept in advance, prorated to the minute. At most two of our people are billable in any meeting. Supporting async analysis, research, data mapping, demonstration prototypes, and write-ups are included while Groundwork is active. Metered work is invoiced at month-end, NET 15.

We agree a hard monthly cap on metered work before work begins. The one-time activation fee is separate from that cap. There is no retainer and no minimum usage charge. No standing meeting is mandatory. An optional sponsor sync is billed as live time only if held, and counts toward the cap.

We start with available evidence and an operating baseline, then estimate a range of potential gains and downside avoided, with explicit assumptions. Where appropriate, we connect those changes to enterprise value using EBITDA and a stated valuation multiple. Supported scaling and second- or third-order effects are included in expected incremental enterprise value, discounted for their uncertainty, timing, and additional costs. We distinguish them from the initial outcome, avoid counting the same benefit twice, and identify unsupported assumptions.

We price commercial Quick Wins at 20% of expected incremental enterprise value, including supported scaling and second- or third-order effects discounted for uncertainty, timing, and additional costs. That value case can extend beyond the narrower success criteria for the initial Quick Win. We agree the scope, criteria, fee, and payment terms before activation. Payment remains 50% at activation and 50% on verified success against those agreed criteria. Expected value is an estimate, not a guaranteed financial return.

Groundwork delivers the roadmap and analysis. Any prototype used during discovery is for demonstration and feedback. Working software, code ownership, and training for your internal operator come through a separately scoped Quick Win in a Box.

No. You can act on the roadmap with your own team, another partner, or us. If you choose a Quick Win in a Box, we first agree a measurable outcome, the people responsible, the required access, and one to three success criteria. You pay 50% of the Quick Win fee at activation and the remaining 50% only on verified success. Groundwork can continue alongside delivery to assess future opportunities.