Working
September 15, 2026
Office Hours at $200 an hour
Stays as a low-friction way in. The guardrail is that Second Story does not become a time-tracking business or invite scope slicing.
- Owner
- Stephanie
- Workstream
- 05 / Commercial
05
Commercial
In developmentSolve for a clear path from interest to signed work and payment.
Tracked items
- Working
First $50K hypothesis: Speaking + Project Consulting
- In development
Pricing philosophy
- Working
Paid discovery that can credit toward a larger engagement
- To discuss
Retainers as an optional tool
- Not started
Proposal and scoping process
- Needs counsel
Terms, deposits, invoicing
- To discuss
Implementation partner model
Working revenue logic
- The first $50,000 most likely comes from speaking and project consulting.
- Retainers are a tool when they fit the client, not the goal in themselves.
- Paid discovery or scoping that credits toward a larger engagement is a working mechanism, not a finalized policy.
Boundary
Hourly pricing cannot become an invitation to slice scope or track time. It is an entry point, not the operating model.
Still open
- How long your likely clients take to pay, and whether deposits or billing need to be structured around that.
- Whether implementation work is handed off, partnered, or led, and how that gets priced.
- Contract terms, insurance and procurement requirements, confirmed with advisors.