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Prepared for Kathy · April 21, 2026

Operations, solidified. Systems, aligned.

For the last three months your team has been running a business that's growing faster than its systems can support. This proposal is how we turn that around — without replacing Blue Link, without firing anyone, and without asking you to become a technologist.

Operations is so laborious in our company… the part of the company where we are losing the battle the most, even though I have the best team.
— Kathy, April 20, 2026
§A.2 · ROI, in one line

The math is simple.

The direct-labor savings target — AP + quote sheets + image sourcing — pays for the engagement inside the first year.

Everything after that — Janine's institutional knowledge documented, sales decks generated in under 30 minutes, warehouse reporting you actually use — is upside.

§A.3 · Recommended

Option 2 — Pre-move start.

You start before the Danvers move. The chaos of moving becomes the best observation window we'll ever get. Every workflow under stress, every manual workaround, every SOP that only lives in Janine's head — all of it surfaces in the first 30 days because the move forces it to.

Recommended · Pre-move start
Months 1–2
$22,000/mo
4 days/week
Months 3–6
$16,000/mo
2.5 days/week
Hours delivered
~576
Effective hourly
~$188/hr
6-month total
$108,000

If you want to see all three, here they are side-by-side.

§A.4 · Three opening-phase options

You pick one.

Each option trades something real — the middle trades timing flexibility for a lower total, the third trades optionality for the lowest effective hourly.

Standard

Months 1–2
$25,000/mo · 4 days/wk
Months 3–6
$16,000/mo · 2.5 days/wk
Hours
~576
Effective hourly
~$198/hr
6-month total
$114,000

Month-to-month after month 3

Recommended

Pre-move start

Months 1–2
$22,000/mo · 4 days/wk
Months 3–6
$16,000/mo · 2.5 days/wk
Hours
~576
Effective hourly
~$188/hr
6-month total
$108,000

Must start before the move

6-month commit

Months 1–2
$20,000/mo · 4 days/wk
Months 3–6
$20,000/mo · 4 days/wk
Hours
~768
Effective hourly
~$156/hr
6-month total
$120,000

Signed 6-month minimum

§A.5 · Next steps

One decision, one date, one call.

  1. 01
    Decide which option fits
    By Friday, May 8.
  2. 02
    Read the full proposal
    Every section expanded — open the full view →
  3. 03
    Book the walk-through
    Tuesday May 5 at 10 AM or Thursday May 7 at 2 PM. I'll hold the start date through Monday, May 11.
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