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Self-employed as a consultant, trainer or coach.

Specialist consulting, training, coaching, courses or interim mandates: planix finds the idea that fits your experience and tests the riskiest assumption consulting ideas usually fail on – that someone pays for your knowledge.

planix finds the idea that fits your experience and tests the riskiest assumption consulting ideas usually fail on – that someone pays for your knowledge.

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Your knowledge is the product – the question is who buys it

Consulting and coaching are the most common form of self-employment after years in a job: the skills are there, the start costs almost nothing. That is exactly why many fail not on knowledge but on segment and price – an offer for everyone, a gut-feeling day rate. Becoming self-employed here means: find the segment that needs your knowledge most urgently, and win the first client alongside your job.

Consulting and coaching are the most common form of self-employment after years in a job: the skills are there, the start costs almost nothing. That is exactly why many fail not on knowledge but on segment and price – an offer for everyone, a gut-feeling day rate.

What gets tested first

1

Which segment pays for your knowledge – and how much?

Private individuals pay differently from SMEs, SMEs differently from corporations. It tests which segment reacts most strongly and which day or package price it accepts.

Private individuals pay differently from SMEs, SMEs differently from corporations.

2

Is your value proposition clear in one sentence?

“I help companies get better” sells nothing. It tests whether your promise is clear, credible and relevant – three separate scores.

“I help companies get better” sells nothing.

3

Do the first clients come from your network?

Consulting gets recommended. It tests how many clients your circle provides, which channel carries you after that and what it costs to win a customer.

Consulting gets recommended.

How planix tests it

How it works in detail
  • Target group fitShows which segment needs your knowledge most urgently – and where you sell first.
  • Value proposition testTests whether your offer is understood and believed in one sentence.
  • Price sensitivity (Gabor-Granger)Tests specific day rates and packages: where willingness to buy drops, where revenue peaks.

Metrics that count here

  • Day rate or package price
  • Billable days per month
  • Clients from referrals
  • Cost per acquired customer
  • Mandate duration
  • Repeat engagement rate

Which market data goes in

  • Consulting and coaching providers in the segment, by name and with source
  • Number of SMEs and businesses per industry and region
  • Fee and day rate benchmarks of the industry
  • Professional titles, certifications and regulation by country

Market data from official sources: Swiss Federal Statistical Office, Zefix, Swiss National Bank, Fedlex, opendata.swiss, ETH Library, Eurostat, OECD

Which package fits

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Find your business idea shows you for free which offer comes out of your experience and for whom. Before you take on the first client at a gut-feeling price, Test the market tests segment, day rate and message with simulated respondents and market data.

Find your business idea shows you for free which offer comes out of your experience and for whom. Before you take on the first client at a gut-feeling price, Test the market tests segment, day rate and message with simulated respondents and market data.

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That is exactly what Find your business idea is made for. From experience, strengths and the question “What do people ask you for advice on?” come three concrete offers with a target group. The report says which one is most likely to carry.

Willingness to pay decides that, not preference. The market test compares both segments – companies often pay three times as much for the same knowledge.

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