One flat monthly rate. One request at a time. Strategy deliverables in days, without the twelve-week engagement or ninety-slide deck. Pause or cancel anytime.
Add the strategic decision to your private board. “Should we raise prices?” “Is Germany worth entering?” “What does the board need to understand next month?” Keep the queue visible as priorities change.
Your active request receives senior focus. Most deliverables ship in 2-5 business days as a model, analysis, forecast, framework, brief, or executive deck, with a short video walkthrough.
Each deliverable closes with a recommendation: what we would do, why, and what tradeoffs matter. One revision pass is included before the next question moves forward.
Every deliverable is shaped by the decision at hand: a model, SWOT, market forecast, risk and opportunity report, board deck, executive brief, or operating framework. The format follows the question; the standard is what we’d do.
| Big-firm engagement | Freelance consultant | Strategy hire | Forgeline | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cost | $100k+ per study | $10-25k per project, every project | $250k+/yr, plus equity | $8,900/mo, flat |
| Speed | 8-12 weeks | Re-scoped every time | 6-month ramp | Days |
| Commitment | Multi-month contract | A negotiation per project | Permanent | Pause or cancel anytime |
| Output | A very long deck | Varies wildly | Meetings | Decision-ready deliverables |
Publishing what we don’t do is the point. Clear edges are why the model works, and why the rate never needs a scoping call.
Founding rate; standard rate $10,500. Locked for as long as you stay.
Your work is never handed to a junior team or queued behind a crowded account stack. It gets the same senior judgment, every request, every time.
When capacity is full, new clients join a waitlist.
If the first deliverable doesn’t land, tell us within your first 14 days and we’ll refund 75%. No questions, no friction.
Because strategy isn’t a one-time event. The companies that outgrow their competitors make good decisions continuously, and the traditional ways to buy that (engagements, freelancers, hires) all force you to re-buy, re-scope, or over-commit. A flat retainer means the next question costs nothing extra to ask.
Typical requests include competitive pricing analysis, mid-market entry recommendations, board strategy materials, expansion models, market forecasts, and risk and opportunity assessments. If it can be framed as a strategic decision, it belongs in the queue.
Most requests ship in 2-5 business days. Strategy needs synthesis time, and we won’t pretend otherwise, but you’ll never wait quarters. Larger requests are broken into shippable pieces, with the first piece arriving on the same clock.
We split it. Big questions decompose into a sequence of smaller ones: market position, growth options, resourcing, sequencing. You get a deliverable every few days until the whole picture is forged. You see progress weekly instead of waiting three months for a reveal.
Forgeline is deliberately small. Every request is worked by a senior strategist, the same one across your entire engagement. No juniors, no handoffs, no “leverage model.” Capacity stays tight so the work stays senior.
You should, and we do, extensively, as leverage. What you’re buying here is what AI can’t give you: accountable judgment, context that compounds month over month, and a recommendation someone will stand behind in your boardroom. Tools produce options. Forgeline gives you a call.
Billing is monthly. Pause or cancel before your next monthly charge and we won’t bill the following month; resume whenever the next big question shows up. Plenty of clients run intense quarters and quiet ones. The retainer should match that rhythm, not fight it.
One revision pass is included with every deliverable. Push back and we’ll rework it. If the first deliverable does not meet the standard, the first-deliverable guarantee applies: 75% back within your first 14 days.
Prefer email? hello@forgelineconsulting.com
