Payment Options
 
The old saying that “you get what you pay” for is usually true, but our 
business keeps growing because we reinvent “value added” in the often 
immeasurable value we provide to our clients. Keep in mind that 95% of 
the time all of our fees are reimbursed by your grantor, lender or investor 
as part of funds we help you obtain!
 
We offer several options for payment, with flexibility depending on your 
Business Plan, background, commitment, and other factors that determine 
how realistic we believe your goals are with respect to your Business Plan.
 
¨       Hourly – Rates for proofread/editing start at $15 per hour and vary 
depending on staff members, such as CEO, Senior VP of Fiscal 
Compliance, Grant Writer, Financial Analysts, Branding or Marketing 
Experts.
 
¨       Flat Rate price for work – Only available on review of existing 
Plan forwarded to us in Word format via e-mail, including Forecasts 
and /or a Market Study and selected Exhibits upon request.
 
¨       Budgeted Flat Rate – We bill at hourly rates, and, if our collective 
time exceeds a predefined budget, we defer payment until your Company 
obtains a minimum amount of funding. This option is only available if we
review a draft Business Plan and Exhibits or we closely define our work 
after review and discussion on the details on your Plan.
 
¨       As Needed – We bill our usual hourly rates; however, we only 
provide the services that you specifically request from time to time. We 
submit monthly invoices that are payable on a current basis.
 
¨       Two-Phased Engagement – (For those with existing drafts or 
outline/draft to follow) With a minor payment of $500-750 depending on 
the length for total Phase I payment, we review all existing materials 
related to the Business Plan and Forecasts and then provide a 
memorandum to you detailing what additional information and documents 
are needed from you so that either of us can begin working on parts
of the Business Plan or the entire Business Plan. Once you direct us to
commence our services on the next drafts, we begin a Phase II
role(s) to get the plan finished with you and/or on your behalf.
 
¨       Quasi-Partner – For established businesses or startups where we 
receive advance due diligence on the principals, team members, market 
analysis, advance contracts, etc., we will consider deferring a portion of 
the hourly rates until you receive a defined amount of funding if we are 
paid a performance bonus to do so and/or we are ongoing business 
consultants once funded (then we also help with lenders/investors along 
the way and needed rewrites/additions as investors come on board).
 
Your business is important to you…and us. There are cheaper options 
out there than us, but there are very few in the big universe of writers and 
consultants that offer our depth of experience to accomplish your goals 
for your business. Some thoughts:
 
* Do you value education, whether multi-degreed, a trade or a lifetime of 
knowledge gained through experience in your business? Presuming you 
do, they are all very costly to get where you are now in life. With your 
business plan and all the components that need differing expertise, can 
you afford the time and costs to get educated to complete the best 
business plan possible when we have so much talent and knowledge and 
are here on an as needed basis?
 
With an open mind, ask yourself the key questions, “How important is 
my business plan to my family, board, partners and myself?” and “Do I 
really need help to achieve my goals?”  If those answers are affirmative or 
they aren’t clear, ask for a FREE Consultation on your Business Plan, 
goals and what payment option may work for your Company and you.
 
Payments are made via U. S. mail or via PayPal. For payments or 
retainers of $1,000 or more, we prefer you utilize overnight delivery, and 
we can provide our Fed Ex # upon request.