The commercial starting point
Find the constraint before adding another growth initiative
A founder can see weak sales and reasonably ask for more traffic, a new website or a stronger content plan. Those are different interventions, and the most visible problem is not always the one limiting growth. I examine the route from the customer's first question to a qualified conversation or purchase, then identify where the evidence supports action.
For an Austin team selling beyond its home market, the brief separates company location from customer reach. We define the segment, commercial proposition and route to market before discussing a local campaign or a nationwide plan. This keeps the audit focused on a real growth decision: which bottleneck to address, what the team can execute and which result should influence the next budget commitment.