Business & Operations: what good looks like, what it should cost

Hourly guidance

$125–$250

Typical engagements

Diagnostics $2k–$6k · projects $10k–$40k · fractional $4k–$12k/mo

Brief tier

professional · $95

What good looks like

• A written problem statement and one measurable outcome before work starts
• A first phase you can stop after without losing the work
• Named deliverables (a model, a playbook, a hiring plan), not 'support'

Red flags

• Monthly retainers with no deliverable attached
• Frameworks sold before anyone has looked at your numbers
• A team that changes after the pitch

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