For founders and small teams

You know your product.
Do you know how
your consumer decides?

You don’t have a research department. You have instinct, a real budget, and a shelf that either earns the pickup in three seconds or loses it. This is behavioral insight sized for founders, productized so you walk away with a decision, not a deck.

 
THIS IS FOR YOU IF

You can see your product clearly. Your consumer sees it for three seconds.

Most founder decisions get made from the inside looking out. You know every ingredient, every reason, every trade-off. The shopper knows none of it. They scan, they judge, they move. The gap between what you built and what they read off the shelf is where sales quietly leak. That gap is measurable, and it is fixable.

THE LADDER
 

Start where you are. Move up when it earns it.

Three steps, from a free self-assessment to a full consumer panel. Each one stands on its own, and each one hands you something you can act on this week.

Free · 4 questions

The Shopper Scorecard

Free

Answer four questions and I will tell you which blind spot is costing you the most, and where to start.

  • Four-lens diagnostic on your shelf presence
  • Your weakest lens, scored and named
  • A first recommendation, no call required
n=100 · with debrief

The Behavioral Shelf Study

$1,497

My expert read on your shelf, plus 100 real shoppers responding to it blind. My eye, backed by real shopper data.

  • 100-respondent consumer panel, blind response
  • Framework behavioral review of the results
  • 30-minute Zoom debrief to walk it through
n=100 to n=400+ · tiered

Panel Studies

From $1,000 / scales per 100

When you need to know what shoppers believe, not just what they do. A custom survey study that scales with the answer you are buying.

  • 100 respondents: a directional signal read
  • 200 to 300: light segmentation and cross-tabs
  • 400 and up: subgroup comparisons you can stand behind
Rather have the frameworks applied to your brand in real time? Explore 1:1 coaching

WHY IT READS DIFFERENTLY

A survey tool gives you numbers. This gives you the read.

Anyone can field a survey. The value is in what a trained behavioral eye does with it. The Shelf Study pairs my read with 100 real shoppers responding to your shelf blind. Panel Studies scale the sample when the decision is big enough to warrant it. Same frameworks underneath, more evidence as you climb.

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