Pricing, Published
Every other firm in this market makes you sit through a pitch to learn what it costs. The numbers are below, in full. AI integration is included in every tier, never sold as an add-on.
The complete four-move system, diagnostic through handoff. You end the quarter with documented operations, live automation, and a team that runs without you in the loop.
Embedded COO leadership for the full year. I build the system, then stay in the seat to run it, expand it, and hold your team to it while you work the top of the business.
The deepest engagement I offer. Expanded operator presence across every function, custom AI builds on a standing basis, and direct execution inside your business every week.
Every tier carries a one-time $5,000 onboarding and setup fee, due at signing. It covers the diagnostic infrastructure, tooling, and system access that make Day 1 productive.
I take a seat inside your company and execute for the length of the engagement. If you want a deck of recommendations to implement yourself, hire a consultant. That is a different product at a different price.
What you are actually choosing between
No competitor publishes this. The figures below are market ranges, and the risk column is the part nobody puts in writing.
| The seat | Annual cost | Time to impact | If it's the wrong fit | What you get |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full-time COO | $250K–$600K + equity | 3–6 month ramp | 6–12 months lost, $500K+ | Manages your team |
| Management consultant | $30K–$80K | Months of meetings | A binder and an invoice | Recommendations |
| dpcrowley. | $32K–$173K | Live in 90 days | Fixed scope, no equity at risk | Systems built and run |
The AI work, in practice
Real workflows and real time recovered. This is what the AI integration line on the rate card buys.
150 emails a day. 45 minutes of manual sorting. Founder decision on everything, nothing delegated.
AI sorts into Act, Delegate, Archive. The founder sees the 12 that need them. Five minutes of daily review.
Scattered updates across Slack and email. Four hours of manual compiling. Still incomplete.
AI pulls from CRM, project tool, and accounting. Report delivered Monday at 7am. Zero founder hours.
A manual 12-step checklist. Three to four hours per new client. Inconsistent execution, founder always in the loop.
Welcome email, intake form, task creation, and scheduling fire automatically. Thirty minutes of oversight.
Thirty minutes a day of calendar Tetris and scheduling back-and-forth. No protected focus time.
Focus blocks protected. Meetings batched. Recurring touchpoints auto-scheduled. Zero Tetris.
Built with Claude AI · Make.com · Zapier · HubSpot · Google Workspace · Slack · Custom APIs
Terms, plainly
The diagnostic infrastructure, tooling licenses, and system access built in your first two weeks. It is the cost of making Day 1 productive instead of spending a month getting oriented on your dime.
Equity aligns a hire with a decade. This engagement is measured in quarters. You pay a published rate, you keep your cap table clean, and the system I build belongs to you.
The 90-Day Engagement ends with a full handoff: documented operations, live automation, and a team trained to run both. Most clients then move to the Annual Retainer so the system keeps expanding instead of just holding.
Built directly inside your existing stack, not bolted on beside it. Every automation ships with documentation, and your team owns the workflows when I leave.
The Founder Freedom Audit exists to answer that before money moves. If your situation is outside the range I work in, I will tell you directly and point you somewhere useful.
Next step
Eight questions, five minutes, and your exact weekly opportunity cost at the end. I read every submission personally. Fit earns a private link to a 15-minute call.
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