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What brought you here today?
Choose the one closest to where you are. Each choice names one next step, with what it gives you and what it does not.
- I need to document my contribution.
- I am pricing a proposal or renewing client work.
- A client wants more than the agreement covers.
- Someone wants to use or license my work.
- A buyer may ask my rate before I am ready.
- I am not sure yet.
I need to document my contribution.
The Proof Portfolio Score
- Why it fits
- A contribution no one can attribute to you is hard to price. This shows how much of your record already stands on its own.
- What you get
- An assessment of whether your case studies show clear results, your attributable contribution, and supporting records.
- The limit
- It assesses the records you describe. It does not value them or establish what a buyer will pay.
- Cost and access
- Free. Your email is required to view and receive the result.
Or: ead Four Mistakes That Leave Your Name Off Your Own Framework. An updated Credit Protection Framework is in review and will be added to the Lab Tools once approved.
I am pricing a proposal or renewing client work.
Which help do you want first?
I want to check the numbers myself.
The Consulting Rate Floor
- Why it fits
- Before a fee goes on a proposal, you need the rate below which the work costs you money.
- What you get
- The hourly rate that covers the salary, overhead, time off, and unbillable hours you enter.
- The limit
- It is a cost figure. It does not establish what a buyer will pay.
- Cost and access
- Free. Your email is required to view and receive the result.
Or: ee how getting faster changes what you bill by the hour with The Hourly Trap.
I want an expert to find what is missing before my date.
Money Decision Review™
- Why it fits
- The proposal or renewal has a date, and you want to know what your preparation is missing before it.
- What you get
- A review of that one decision and the gaps in your preparation for it.
- The limit
- It does not include a recommended rate, a completed valuation, or a documented position.
- Cost and time
- $500, 45 minutes.
See the Money Decision Review™
Share your deadline before committing to work that depends on it.
Or: heck the numbers yourself first with The Consulting Rate Floor.
A client wants more than the agreement covers.
Scope Creep Invoice · Client Edition
- Why it fits
- Work added past the agreement is easiest to price before you absorb it.
- What you get
- The out-of-scope hours you worked, priced at your rate, less the share you already invoiced.
- The limit
- It prices the hours you enter. It does not establish what the client will agree to pay.
- Cost and access
- Free. Your email is required to view and receive the result.
Use Scope Creep Invoice · Client Edition
Or: ead How to Date and File the Scope That Grew Past Your Contract.
Someone wants to use or license my work.
Is there a date on it: a contract to sign, or a response the other side is waiting for?
Yes, there is a date.
Money Decision Review™
- Why it fits
- A request to use or license your work is a commercial decision, and the free licensing tools are held for review.
- What you get
- A review of the request and the gaps in your preparation for it.
- The limit
- It is not legal advice and does not set a license fee. For the agreement itself, consult an attorney.
- Cost and time
- $500, 45 minutes.
See the Money Decision Review™
Share your deadline before committing to work that depends on it.
Or: tart with the record behind the work: The Proof Portfolio Score.
No date yet.
The Proof Portfolio Score
- Why it fits
- What someone will pay to use your work starts with a record that shows the work is yours.
- What you get
- An assessment of whether your case studies show clear results, your attributable contribution, and supporting records.
- The limit
- It does not price a license.
- Cost and access
- Free. Your email is required to view and receive the result.
Or: ead Two Contributors Went Unnamed. Both Patents Were Held Invalid..
A buyer may ask my rate before I am ready.
The What’s Your Rate Workshop
- Why it fits
- It is built for exactly this: the rate question that arrives before your number exists.
- What you get
- A live 90-minute session on answering that question without a discount.
- The limit
- It is a group session. It does not review your own decision or set your rate.
- Cost and time
- $97, 90 minutes, Tuesday, October 27 or Wednesday, October 28.
Or: To have your own decision reviewed, see the Money Decision Review™ ($500, 45 minutes).
The Consulting Rate Floor
- Why it fits
- Knowing the rate below which the work costs you money is the first part of an answer.
- What you get
- The hourly rate that covers the salary, overhead, time off, and unbillable hours you enter.
- The limit
- It is a cost figure, not the rate to quote.
- Cost and access
- Free. Your email is required to view and receive the result.
Or: To have your own decision reviewed, see the Money Decision Review™ ($500, 45 minutes).
I am not sure yet.
The Proof Portfolio Score
- Why it fits
- Every decision about your price starts from the record. This shows what yours already supports.
- What you get
- An assessment of whether your case studies show clear results, your attributable contribution, and supporting records.
- The limit
- It does not value your work or establish what a buyer will pay.
- Cost and access
- Free. Your email is required to view and receive the result.
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A recommendation here is a starting point, not an acceptance decision for a paid service. Prefer to describe your situation in your own words? The Decision Guide on the Lab Tools page asks a few questions and follows the same rules.