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Engagement 01

The Thesis

A focused engagement on the fundamentals: where the business is going, what it is really selling, and why a customer should choose it.

The Thesis, an Iconiq Consulting engagement

Who it is for

  • Founders who feel the business is capable of more but cannot name the constraint
  • Companies preparing to raise prices, enter a new market or reposition
  • Businesses whose offer has grown complicated over time
  • Teams that disagree on what the company actually is

What it addresses

  • The direction is unclear or changes every quarter
  • The offer is hard to explain in one sentence
  • Positioning does not separate the business from the alternatives
  • The market is understood loosely, not precisely
  • Growth priorities are chosen by urgency instead of importance

What to expect

What you can reasonably expect from us.

Every engagement is shaped around the business in front of us. The scope is agreed before work begins.

01

A clear written direction for the business

02

A sharper definition of the offer and who it is for

03

Positioning that holds up against real alternatives

04

An ordered list of the few things that matter next

05

Straight conversation, including where we think you are wrong

The kind of work involved

01

Reviewing the business, its numbers and its market

02

Listening to how the company describes itself and how customers describe it

03

Working through the offer, the pricing logic and the positioning

04

Agreeing the priorities that deserve the next few months

Next step

Tell us what is happening in the business.

The application takes a few minutes. It helps us understand the company, where it stands and what it needs. We read every one.