Beachhead Build.
One operational domain. KPIs moved in 60 days.
Three to six workflows in one domain — close, intake, fulfillment, pick one — rebuilt as an AI-native layer in 60 days. The proof point before a firm-wide rebuild.
And — honestly — who it's not.
✓ YOU'RE A FIT IF
- +Your firm has scale, but you want a smaller proof point before going firm-wide.
- +There's a single domain — close, intake, fulfillment, billing — costing real money today.
- +The domain leader can stand inside the engagement for 45–75 days without being pulled off.
- +You'd rather see one named KPI move than read a 60-page strategy deck.
- +You can put real capital behind this one fix — and the full build later if it lands.
✗ NOT A FIT IF
- –You want the whole firm rebuilt in this engagement. (See Foundation Build.)
- –The domain you'd pick has no measurable KPI we can attach the work to.
- –You want this priced like SaaS.
- –You're not ready to instrument the workflows we'd rebuild. (We measure everything.)
What you actually get when you sign.
Every Beachhead Build ships the same three movements — a paid sweep, a fixed-fee build, a retainer. Below is the line-item list for each.
The Sweep
The Install
The Retainer
Engagement timeline, week by week.
Sweep
Domain mapped. KPI baselined. 60-day plan filed.
Models + knowledge
Models selected per workflow. Domain knowledge ingested. Governance signed off.
Agents online
Agents built for the workflows in scope. KPIs instrumented.
Workflows rebuilt
Workflows reshaped around the agents. Domain team trained.
Live + handoff
Dashboard live. Retainer kicks off the next month.
Before. After.
- –Domain runs on human labor and spreadsheets
- –The KPI isn't instrumented; gains anecdotal at best
- –Domain team escalates routine decisions upward by default
- –Knowledge tribal — what one person knows nobody else does
- +3–6 workflows running autonomously inside the domain
- +Domain KPI dashboard live and reviewed monthly with the sponsor
- +Domain team operating on a tuned, governed stack
- +Knowledge layer becomes the foundation for firm-wide expansion later
A real conversation, not a price card.
The Beachhead Build is a meaningful capital commitment scoped to a single domain — a more bounded bet than the Foundation Build, with a clear path to expand once the domain KPI moves. Appropriate for firms ready to commit real money to a real install (not a pilot) while keeping the firm-wide engagement on deck for next year.
We don't publish numbers because they don't mean anything without scope. We talk through investment on the Ops Call — operator-to-operator. If the math doesn't work for you, we say so on the same call.
Book the Ops Call →What we commit to.
The domain KPI in scope, moving inside 60 days of Install kickoff.
If the named KPI hasn't moved by the QBR, we keep working on it on our dollar. The standard is plain: human-directed, measured, owner-optional.
Human-directed
Measured
Owner-optional
What this looks like in practice.
“Discovery review throughput 3.2× in 9 weeks.”
- THE OPERATION
- Boutique litigation firm. 14 attorneys, 22 staff. Pre-engagement: discovery review was the binding constraint on caseload growth.
- WHAT WAS BROKEN
- Discovery review averaging 2.4 hours per attorney per document pack. Realization rate flat at 71% despite the firm hiring two attorneys the year before.
- THE MISSION
- Cut review time per pack by 60%. Lift realization to 85%. Add capacity for two new partners' practices inside the existing footprint.
- WHAT WE SHIPPED
- A custom retrieval layer over case files. Agent orchestration for document review. A governance dashboard signed by the managing partner. 9 weeks of Install. 5 workflows live.
- THE RESULT
- Throughput 3.2× by week 10. Realization up 18 points. Two new attorney practices onboarded with zero added support headcount.
What's next after Beachhead Build.
Year 1
Beachhead live. KPI dashboard running. Retainer in motion.
Year 2 expansion
Step up to a Foundation Build firm-wide, or install the second domain.
Honest anti-promises.
Beachhead is a real install with named outcomes. Not a free trial. Not a proof-of-concept.
Every phase is fixed-fee. Scope changes get a new SOW. No invoice surprises.
If Beachhead is enough for what your firm needs, Beachhead is enough. We say so.
One domain, fully shipped, before the next conversation. The tiger team is yours during the engagement.
Book an Ops Call.
30 minutes. Operator-to-operator. No deck. No follow-up nurture sequence designed to wear you down.
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