Revenue Model · No. 104

AI Readiness Assessments

Asset Service Model Mixed / repeat Capacity: Low · start lean

The Verdict

Strong return, low drag. This one is built to scale.

Quick Facts

Best-Fit FounderExperienced operator
Revenue TypeMixed / repeat
Capacity LevelLow · start lean
ArchetypeAsset (High Return · Low Cost)
Evidence TierModeled

What This Revenue Model Is

An organisation is in the second month of an AI implementation that is already over budget, under-delivering, and generating internal resistance, and nobody stopped to ask whether the data was clean, whether the governance existed, or whether the team was actually ready before the vendor signed the contract. The technology was never the problem. The readiness assessment was the step nobody took.

A fixed-fee assessment that de-risks the big spend.

$2K-8K
SMB assessment
$7K-35K
enterprise
2-4 wks
to deliver

The assessment is the highest-leverage thing most firms skip: a few thousand dollars to find out whether a $100,000-plus build will actually work. That is an easy yes for a buyer.

AI readiness assessments run $2,000 to $8,000 for small business and $7,000 to $35,000 for enterprise, typically delivered in two to four weeks.

Benchmarked to 2025-2026 AI assessment pricing (RTS Labs, Cabin, The AI Consulting Network).

Evidence tier: Modeled. Figures are modeled estimates, not observed results. Ranges are illustrations of how the model prices, not predictions of your results.

The Two-Axis Placement

Return score: 3.8 / 10. Personal Cost score: 2.2 / 10. That combination places this model in the Asset quadrant: high return · low cost.

Score Breakdown

Return

Revenue Ceiling4/10
Profit Margin4/10
Speed to Revenue4/10
Recurring Potential3/10
Leverage & Scalability4/10
Equity Value4/10
Buyer Trust3/10

Personal Cost

Delivery Burden2/10
Cost & Capital Load2/10
Team Capacity Required2/10
Founder Dependency2/10

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Could this model work in your business?

That depends on what your business can absorb and execute. The Membership begins with a Growth Decision that answers exactly that.

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