Service — The Assessment
How the assessment fits with the other six deliverables
The assessment is one of seven deliverables, and it only does its job when the three Foundation steps have already produced theirs.
6 min read · Reviewed by both partners
The ladder has a fixed order: Assessment, Brand Book, Plan of Action — then whichever recurring programs the Plan specifies.
This deliverable’s own job: a paid two-hour working session with both partners that ends with one named constraint.
Step by step
The Foundation comes first
$4,500 for three steps. Nothing recurring is scoped before those exist.
What this one consumes
The outputs of whatever precedes it. That is why the order is not negotiable.
What it hands forward
A paid two-hour working session with both partners that ends with one named constraint — which the next thing built depends on.
Which programs run alongside
The Plan decides. Some businesses need one recurring program, some need none, and a few need three.
What the floor is
$5,000 a month combined for anything recurring, whichever programs the Plan names.
Common mistakes
Buying deliverables à la carte
The ladder is a sequence, not a menu. Individually purchased steps produce individually useless outputs.
Assuming more programs means faster growth
Usually the opposite. Focus is what the Plan is for.
Frequently Asked Questions
How the assessment fits with the other six deliverables?
The ladder has a fixed order: Assessment, Brand Book, Plan of Action — then whichever recurring programs the Plan specifies.
Does this apply the same way to every business, or does it vary by industry?
It sits under The Assessment in the Growth Scaling Method. The next step for an owner is the $1,500 Assessment, which reads your own numbers against everything described above.
What does working with Growth-Scaling cost?
Four thousand five hundred dollars for the Foundation, split evenly across three deliverables. Recurring work is quoted afterward and never starts below five thousand a month.
Is there an account team?
No. David Mitroff and Steven Lockhart do the work themselves, which is why capacity is limited and why the diagnosis comes before any commitment.
References
- www.sba.gov — primary source
- www.bbb.org — primary source
- www.score.org — primary source
See the whole ladder
Published pricing, fixed order, and the honest no where it applies.
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