Guide - D1 Founder consultancy
Founder consultancy and planning
Working sessions and written plans for founders: what to build, in what order, and what to skip.
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Working sessions and written plans for founders: what to build, in what order, and just as usefully, what to skip. The output is a plan you can act on the same week, not a deck that ages on a shelf.
For ongoing direction, the consultancy continues as a founder-led retainer: a monthly strategy session, review between sessions, and a quarterly written growth plan. Implementation is scoped and quoted separately, so advice never quietly becomes a bill.
What is included (6)
- A half or full-day working session
- A written plan with priorities and sequence
- A first-build recommendation
- On the retainer: a monthly strategy session with the founder
- Async review between sessions
- A quarterly written growth plan
How it runs
Start with the session
One focused session on where the business is and what is blocking it.
The plan is written
Priorities and sequence are written down, with the first build named.
You decide what runs
The plan is yours. Build with us, with your team, or in stages.
Monthly direction (retainer)
Retainer clients get a monthly session and review between sessions.
Quarterly reset
The growth plan is rewritten each quarter from what actually happened.
Where it starts
Starts with a Strategy Sprint: one working session and a written plan. Ongoing direction runs as the founder-led consultancy retainer, kept small on purpose (capped at four) so it stays personal.
Questions
How does an engagement start?
With an introduction and a conversation. Tell us the problem first; we will tell you plainly whether this is the right service for it, and what it would take. For this service, it starts with a Strategy Sprint: one working session and a written plan.
How is the work priced?
Scope and price are agreed in writing, in an engagement letter, before work starts. Prices are set per engagement, because the work is custom. There is no checkout page, and there are no surprise invoices.
What do we get from a Strategy Sprint?
One working session, a half or full day, and a written plan with priorities, sequence, and a first-build recommendation.
How big is the ongoing retainer?
It is kept small on purpose, capped at four, so it stays personal. It includes a monthly strategy session, review between sessions, and a quarterly written growth plan.
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