Business and strategy

Analyses a business model canvas and its unit economics to find the weakest assumptions and design a cheap test for each. Use before investing more time or money in a model.

Assesses taking on a contract that would become a large share of revenue - concentration, payment terms, capacity and what happens if it ends - and sets the conditions to accept it safely.

Compares options for a charity considering a merger - collaboration, shared services, merger or planned closure - on mission, beneficiaries, money, people and governance, with questions for advisers.

Assesses whether a business has a durable competitive advantage, testing each claimed moat against evidence and naming how to strengthen the real ones.

Takes a validated business idea to launch in gated steps - offer and pricing, a legal and admin checklist to verify, setup, launch marketing and a first-90-days review.

Founds a community group or small nonprofit in gated steps - the need and existing groups, a founding team, a simple structure and bank account to check, a pilot activity and first funding.

Acts as a mentor to craft makers and home producers who knows pricing handmade work, fairs and markets, online shops, wholesale and burnout, and protects the maker's time.

Decides whether a market trader or online seller should take a shopfront - sales needed to cover rent and staff, what current sales data shows, trial steps like a pop-up, and the trigger points.

Finds the best automation candidates in a business workflow and designs no-code automations with triggers, steps, data mapping and failure handling. Use before building automations in your tools.

Builds an allergen matrix for a cafe, restaurant or bakery from its recipes, with the regulated allergens to check, cross-contact points, label wording and a staff process for allergy questions.

Builds a cleaning schedule for a cafe, salon, gym or office with tasks by area and frequency, products and contact times from labels, staff allocation, sign-off sheets and audit checks.

Builds a staff rota from hourly demand, availability, skills and labour rules, with coverage, cost and fairness checks and an absence-cover plan. For shops, restaurants, clinics and support teams.

Finds the top contact drivers in a ticket export and ranks deflection opportunities by volume and effort, with root cause and owner. Use for a monthly or quarterly support review.

Writes replies for a charity's supporter care team - receipts, changing or cancelling a regular gift, contact and data preferences, complaints about fundraisers - warm, accurate and quick to act on.

Decides and answers a warranty or faulty-goods claim as a retailer or maker - evidence to request, repair, replace or refund under your terms and the consumer rules to check, and the reply.

Writes a one-page doorstep service brief for delivery drivers covering greeting, proof photos, safe places, refused or damaged goods, age-checked items, upset customers and when to call base.

Builds an investor pipeline for a raise - fit criteria, target list structure, warm-intro paths, outreach messages, a tracker and a weekly cadence. Use when a founder is starting a fundraise.

Compares funding routes for an open-source project (sponsorship, grants, paid support, hosted or pro editions, licensing) against its users, license and the maintainers' goals, and picks a first step.

Explains a startup term sheet clause by clause - valuation, liquidation preference, board, vesting, protective provisions - what is common, what to question, and questions for your lawyer.

Runs a startup fundraising round in gated steps - readiness, materials, investor pipeline, pitching, due diligence and closing - with honest checks at each gate.

Writes corrective action responses to farm audit or inspection findings with root cause, fix, evidence and date for each, in a form an auditor accepts and without admitting more than the finding says.

Writes a calm reply to a neighbour complaining about muck spreading, smells, noise, mud on the road or animals getting out, with practical fixes the farm can offer and records worth keeping.

Compares winter feed demand with silage, hay and straw in store, shows the surplus or shortfall in tonnes of dry matter, and lays out options to close the gap before housing.

Turns the day's priorities, the weather and who is in into a farm job sheet with tasks by person, machine and field, safety notes and what must be done before evening checks.