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# The Consulting Business Model

> Use a diagnostic-led commercial model from first problem through implementation and expansion.

**Find business problem → diagnose → quantify → recommend → implement → expand.**

| Stage     | Output                                                               |
| --------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Find      | A consequential problem with an identifiable buyer                   |
| Diagnose  | Evidence of what happens, why it matters and why it persists         |
| Quantify  | Transparent assumptions about value and cost                         |
| Recommend | A prioritised first intervention                                     |
| Implement | A bounded production scope and delivery owner                        |
| Expand    | Adjacent projects, recurring work or referrals justified by evidence |

A paid diagnostic should create value even if implementation does not proceed. It also gives both sides a lower-risk way to decide what should be built first.