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Business intake worksheet

Capture the business facts, primary outcome, weekly capacity, and constraints with the owner before the first diagnosis.

How to use it

Fill this in with the business owner before the first diagnosis. Intake quality decides plan quality.

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BUSINESS INTAKE WORKSHEET
Completed by: ________________  Date: __________

1. BUSINESS NAME / WEBSITE
   Name: ______________________________
   Website: ______________________________

2. VERTICAL + BUSINESS MODEL
   Vertical: ______________________________
   Model (e.g. local services, ecommerce, B2B, subscription): ______________________________

3. AUDIENCE
   Who buys: ______________________________
   Who decides (if different): ______________________________

4. PRIMARY OUTCOME
   The one business outcome marketing must move: ______________________________
   Measured (baseline → current → target): ______ → ______ → ______
   Or qualitative success criteria: ______________________________
   (If neither exists: success is not defined yet. Say so.)

5. WEEKLY CAPACITY
   Real hours available for marketing work per week: ______
   Who does the work: ______________________________

6. CURRENT CHANNELS
   Active now: ______________________________
   Tried and dropped (why): ______________________________

7. GEO / LOCAL SCOPE
   Service area or shipping scope: ______________________________
   Physical locations: ______________________________

8. CONSTRAINTS
   Budget ceiling: ______________________________
   Compliance / industry limits: ______________________________
   Things we will not do: ______________________________

9. WHAT THE OWNER ALREADY BELIEVES
   Strongest belief about what works: ______________________________
   Strongest belief about what doesn't: ______________________________
   (These become hypotheses to test, not facts to file.)

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Know what to do next.Know whether it worked.

Signal & Science keeps the evidence, the plan, and the results in one place, so each lesson here becomes a working habit in your own workspace.