Know exactly where AI fits in your business. $1,000.

Most $5M–$50M businesses are running 3–5 processes AI could handle better than the next hire. Most can't name which ones.

That's the diagnostic.

Pay once. Complete a 30–45 minute AI-guided intake call. Get a full findings deck and a 30-minute expert review.

Start the diagnostic — $1,000

If AI isn't the answer for your business, we'll say so. That's part of the $1,000.

What it is

The Quick Diagnostic answers one question:

Where would AI actually move money in your business in the next 90 days — and where wouldn't it?

We don't sell strategy decks. We don't sell "AI readiness assessments." We don't run you through a generic framework and hand you a slide deck with hexagon diagrams. We run your operation through a structured diagnostic — starting with an AI-guided intake call — and tell you the truth.

Including when the truth is "AI isn't your problem right now. Your process is." If there's nothing worth building, the deck will say so. We'll tell you what to fix first.

What you get

After your intake call, we build your findings deck and walk you through it in a 30-minute review call:

Your findings deck — built for your business, not from a template. 10–12 slides covering where AI fits your specific operation, where it doesn't, and why.
2–3 prioritized quick wins — concrete opportunities ranked by ROI, with rough cost and return estimates for each.
A straight answer on next steps. If there's a build worth doing, you'll know exactly what it is and what it costs. If there isn't, we'll tell you that too — and what to address first.

How it works

Step 1

Pay and get your instructions

$1,000 up front. You'll immediately receive an email with everything you need: a phone number for the intake call, a mutual NDA, and a link to schedule your 30-minute review call.

Step 2

Complete the intake call

Call our AI agent — plan on 30–45 minutes. It walks you through a structured questionnaire about how your business runs: your processes, your team, where the friction is. No prep needed. Say what's true. (The intake is run by the same kind of system we build for our clients.)

Step 3

Get your 30-minute review

We process your inputs, build your findings deck, and walk you through it on a 30-minute call. 10–12 slides: where AI fits your operation, where it doesn't, and the quick wins worth acting on. You ask anything. We answer straight.

Who it's for

✓ Good fit

Running a $5M–$50M business — service, professional, trades, multi-location
CEO, owner, founder, or partner — the decision-maker
You've played with ChatGPT and have a vague sense AI should be doing more — but can't get past demos
You'd rather have the math than another vendor pitch

⚠ Not a fit

Looking for someone to build a custom SaaS app
Want a website chatbot (you need a $200/mo tool, not a Diagnostic)
12-month procurement cycle and a board AI committee
Want "AI strategy" without anyone asking hard questions about how your business actually runs

The people doing the work

John Bryant

20+ years in B2B revenue and AI. IBM Watson AI Marketing → Acoustic → Conversica (VP Global Direct Sales). A decade-long thread in applied AI — he's been inside the rooms where enterprise AI gets sold and the rooms where it gets built.

Mike "Pesh" Poeschl

20+ years building enterprise systems at Fortinet, Pure Storage, VMware, Dell, IBM. USMC veteran. The technical depth that keeps "AI strategy" from becoming "AI demo."

You'll work with both of us. There's no junior consultant.

What it costs

$1,000

Flat. Paid up front.

No retainer. No follow-up pitch you didn't agree to.

If we review your inputs and there's genuinely nothing worth building, we'll tell you. You'll still leave with a clearer picture of your operation — and where AI actually fits in it — than you had going in.

A Big Four AI strategy engagement starts at $75K and takes 12 weeks. This takes a phone call and costs $1,000. The difference: we show up with the answer, not a framework.

Questions

We'll tell you. And we'll explain why. You'll still have a clear picture of your operation and where AI does and doesn't fit — that's useful information regardless. It also tells you we're not the right firm for your business right now, which saves everyone time.
We won't commit to building anything before the Diagnostic is done. We've watched too many engagements fail because someone skipped this step. The diagnostic exists because it changes what gets built. We'll move fast — but we won't skip it.
Standard mutual NDA. Sent with your intake instructions after payment. We don't share client work without explicit written permission — and we don't tell anyone you're a client unless you say we can.
You call a dedicated number — sent to you after payment — and an AI agent walks you through a structured set of questions about how your business runs. Plan on 30–45 minutes. No prep needed. The agent is built and monitored by JNOW — same tech we build for clients. Everything you share is confidential.
Yes. Email jb@jnow.io and we'll send a sanitized version.