Submit your sector

A serious enquiry deserves a serious assessment.

This is the intake form for the methodology's first stage — sector viability scoring. The form takes 10 to 15 minutes to complete properly. The depth of your answers shapes the depth of the response you receive.

Before you start

This form is for serious enquiries only. If you are exploring possibilities or evaluating tooling, the methodology pages will tell you more than the form will. The form exists to start a real conversation about a real sector — not to gather speculative leads.

You will be asked to self-score your sector against the five conditions for fit, describe the regulatory or compliance pain you have observed, and quantify what you already know about the addressable audience. Vague answers receive a polite "no fit" response. Specific answers receive an honest assessment.

Part 1 of 4

Who you are

Your details and how you fit into the sector you are submitting.

Required. Serious enquiries are followed up with a call before written response.
Optional but helpful.
e.g. Director, practising specialist, founder, advisor.
How long you have personally worked in or with the sector you are submitting. The methodology requires sector specialism — this is the question that confirms it.
Part 2 of 4

The sector

A specific description of the sector you are submitting. Generic descriptions ("the legal industry", "manufacturing") cannot be assessed — describe the specific sub-sector and the specific audience inside it.

e.g. "Boundary surveying for residential conveyancing in England & Wales", not just "surveying".
The job title, company type, and rough size of the audience you have in mind. e.g. "Sole-practitioner conveyancing solicitors in the UK — roughly 4,000 firms."
Your best estimate of how many organisations or individuals fit the description above. A specific number, even rough, is more useful than "lots."
Tools, consultants, in-house headcount, manual processes — name what the budget is currently going toward, however badly. If no budget is flowing, say so honestly.
Trade bodies, publications, networks, events, mailing lists you know personally. The methodology needs reachability — name the channels.
Part 3 of 4

Self-score against the five conditions

The methodology's first stage is sector viability scoring against five conditions. A sector that scores yes on four or five is a strong fit. Three or fewer is a decline. Score honestly — overstating now wastes everyone's time.

Mark each condition Yes, Partial, or No — based on what you know about the sector today, not what you hope to be true.

1. Real regulatory or compliance pain
A statutory obligation, audit requirement, or risk exposure that creates ongoing recurring work.
2. Budget already flowing
Money is already being spent on the problem — even badly. The budget exists.
3. Existing manual or expensive workflow
Humans, spreadsheets, long PDFs, or expensive consulting hours doing work an AI-first product could replace.
4. Reachable audience
The audience can be identified and contacted without a national advertising budget — trade bodies, networks, publications, events.
5. Category whitespace
No credible, well-positioned brand currently owns the category description. The space is open.
Name competitors, incumbents, or "no one credible yet" if the space is genuinely open. The honest answer matters more than the optimistic one.
Part 4 of 4

Timing, commitment, and anything else

The final section. The methodology only fits operators who can move at its pace — the questions below confirm you can.

Stage 2 requires the sector specialist to transfer their domain knowledge into a structured library — typically 4 to 8 hours of focused interview-style work over 1 to 2 weeks. The methodology cannot proceed without this. Be honest.
Open comments. Use this space for context the form did not capture — relationships you have, prior attempts at the problem, regulatory deadlines you are watching, white-label arrangements you are exploring, or specific questions you want addressed in the response. This is the field that most distinguishes a serious enquiry from a speculative one. 0 / 3000

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