Strategic Consulting
The quality of an AI-assisted business plan is only as good as the discernment brought to the intake. That's what this process is designed to produce.
Strategic Consulting at Shekut Strategies produces concrete deliverables — business plans, financial models, marketing strategies — built through a structured intake process that makes sure what we build actually reflects your business, your capacity, and your real goals.
This is not a template service. It is not "I send you a questionnaire and return a document." It is a collaborative, discernment-driven engagement that produces plans worth implementing.
What this is (and what it isn’t)
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This IS:
A structured, intake-gated engagement
Deliverable-based with clear scope
AI-assisted and discernment-driven
Grounded in your actual numbers and capacity
Built for implementation, not presentation
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This is NOT:
A template or AI-generated output you could produce yourself
A free discovery call followed by a proposal
Therapy or personal development work
MBA-style scale-at-all-costs planning
Hustle culture optimization
The Process
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Stage 1: Founder Pre-Work (async, before intake)
Before we meet, you complete a structured pre-work document — 27 questions, approximately 20–25 minutes. This covers your business context, your customers and market, your offerings and revenue, your current numbers, and the specific deliverable you're seeking. The last section asks how you make decisions. That section is not optional.
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Stage 2: Consulting Intake Session (90 minutes, billable)
The intake is a paid working session — $650 to $750 — not a free discovery call. This is deliberate. A free call incentivizes me to pitch and you to evaluate. A paid session incentivizes both of us to do real work.
In 90 minutes, we review your pre-work, audit your business model, examine your decision patterns, assess scope and fit, and produce a written intake summary you keep regardless of whether we proceed. If you move forward to a full plan consulting engagement, the intake fee applies toward your project total.
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Stage 3: Scope and Proposal
Based on the intake summary, I'll confirm scope, timeline, and deliverables in a written Engagement Scope Addendum. You'll know exactly what you're getting, what it costs, and when to expect it before you sign anything.
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Stage 4: Engagement
The engagement proceeds in phases, with scheduled working sessions and clear revision rounds. You'll have access to me throughout — not just at handoff.
Services & Fees
$650–$750
Consulting Intake
Pre-Work review + 90-min session + written summary
$3500
Business Plan — Tier A (early-stage, simple model)
Complete business plan (intake fee to be deducted from this fee)
$4500-$5000
Business Plan — Tier B (existing business, complex model)
Full business plan for established business (intake fee to be deducted from this fee)
$2000
Marketing Strategy Brief (add-on or standalone)
Concise strategy brief aligned to your model and market
A Note on AI and Planning
Many consultants are using AI to generate business plans now. The question is what happens in the intake. AI doesn't know what you don't tell it. It can't detect the operational assumption you've been carrying since year one that stopped being true two years ago. It can't tell when a revenue projection is funded by hope rather than history
The intake is where discernment lives. That's what makes the difference between a plan that's plausible and one that's real.
Ready to Start?
Consulting engagements begin with the intake. Complete the contact form below and I'll be in touch within two business days to schedule.
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