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The Clarity Sprint · A paid diagnostic

Ninety minutes, $4,500,
and the question your operating
plan keeps refusing to answer—

The Clarity Sprint is not a pitch deck, a discovery call, or a free consult. It is a structured 90-minute operating diagnostic for founders past the point where free advice scales, delivered by the same hand that has capped this practice at fourteen companies for eleven years.

Nicholas Khoo · San Francisco · Independent practice since 2019

A note before you write a single word below

What this is — and what it is not.

It is

  • A paid 90-minute diagnostic, scheduled inside ten business days of acceptance.
  • A private working session — one founder, occasionally a co-founder, the advisor, and the actual operating question.
  • A written read-out delivered within five business days: the diagnosis, the option set, the recommended move.
  • An answer within 48 hours of the form below landing — either an invitation to schedule, or a candid decline with one paragraph explaining why.

It is not

  • A free consultation. The fee is $4,500, invoiced only on acceptance.
  • A pitch for a six-month retainer. Roughly a third of Sprints end without further engagement, by design.
  • A recording. Nothing is recorded without written consent on both sides.
  • A back-channel to other clients. The practice shares no client list, ever — including with prospective clients.
184 founder-led companies served across 23 countries since 2014
14 clients on the active roster, capped — no exceptions, ever
78 Net Promoter Score across every engagement since 2020
92% of clients originate by referral; the practice has never run paid advertising

The application

Dear founder,

Five fields. No phone number up front. A reply arrives by email inside 48 hours — an invitation, a decline with reasoning, or one clarifying question. There is no faster channel, because there is no other channel.

A real question beats a polished one. Vague entries are declined; specific entries are scheduled.

No payment is taken here. An invoice for $4,500 follows acceptance, by reply, inside 48 hours.

On discretion

A mutual NDA is available on request, the reply window is forty-eight hours, and the practice reserves the right to decline — without explanation, without negotiation, and without recording a single minute.

Confidentiality

No client list is shared — with prospective clients, with press, or with portfolio investors. Anonymized sectors and outcomes are the only references ever made.

The reply window

Every form below receives a written reply inside 48 business hours. Roughly seven in ten are invited to schedule. The remainder receive a short, honest paragraph naming the reason.

Right of decline

The practice declines roughly 70% of inbound inquiries — by design. A decline is not a verdict on the company; it is a verdict on fit, capacity, and the active roster of fourteen.

— NK

[email protected] · +1 (415) 555-0184 · 535 Mission Street, 14th Floor, San Francisco

A independent practice · est. 2019 · fourteen clients, no exceptions.