A map of where the week goes.
First Cork buys a diagnosis, not an installation. We spend real time inside how the work actually runs, then hand you a report you own whether or not you ever hire us again.
3–7 scored leaks. Quick Win in 7 days or the map is refunded.
What the map contains
Three to seven scored leaks
Never more. A longer list is a wish list, not a map. Each one is written in your words, not ours — the intake sheet, Tuesday dispatch, the quote folder.
The arithmetic behind every score
Hours a week, dollars a month, and how we counted them. If you disagree with a number, you can check it, which is the point of showing the working.
Priority order, with effort attached
Ranked by what it costs to keep bleeding, marked low, medium or high effort to fix, so you can see which ones are worth touching at all.
One Quick Win, shipped in seven days
A single small fix, live in your business inside a week, to prove the map is real. If it does not give you back five hours a week, we refund the map.
The scorecard, from a real engagement
Client details removed. The numbers are unchanged.
| Rank | Leak | Hrs/wk | Per month | Effort |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quotes re-keyed into the CRM | 6.4 | $1,850 | Low |
| 2 | Tuesday dispatch built by hand | 4.1 | $1,190 | Low |
| 3 | Intake calls not logged until Friday | 3.0 | $870 | Medium |
| 4 | Supplier invoices matched line by line | 2.2 | $640 | Medium |
| 5 | Monthly report assembled in three tabs | 1.5 | $430 | High |
Five leaks, ranked by monthly cost. Two were worth fixing straight away, two were worth watching, and the last one we advised against touching. See the whole report.
The refund, in plain words
In the first seven days we ship one Quick Win. If it does not give you back five hours a week, tell us and we return the $999. You keep the discovery report. We do not ask you to prove it with a stopwatch; if you say it did not land, that is enough.
What it costs
- Solo operatorYou are the one running the week.
- $999
- Small teamTwo to sixty people, more handoffs to map.
- $1,999
What is not in this
- No build engagement is scoped or promised here
- No retainer, no lock-in, no proposal you have to decline
- No access to your systems beyond what the diagnosis needs
When the map is done you have three honest options: run the fixes yourself, hand them to someone else, or ask about Concierge. We will tell you which one we would pick if it were our business.
Buy the map.
Three to seven scored leaks in priority order, the arithmetic behind each one, and a Quick Win shipped inside seven days or your money back.