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    The Friction Finder

    The three things costing you the most, what each one costs you, and what fixing it would take. Free. No meeting.

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    The process

    How it works

    01

    Tell us about your business.

    A two-minute form.

    02

    Have the conversation.

    We send you a guided interview that runs in the AI app you already use, ChatGPT or Claude (the free versions work). Rather not use AI? We'll send a plain question list instead. About an hour, in as many sittings as you like. Type or just talk, out loud, both ways. It asks what a good consultant would ask, and follows up when something sounds expensive.

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    03

    Send it back.

    When you're done, it packages your answers into one file you email to us.

    04

    Get the three things costing you the most.

    Within a week: one page, in plain English. Where time or money is slipping away, roughly what each costs per year, and what fixing it would involve.

    What you get

    One page. The three things costing you the most.

    Each with a rough annual cost and what fixing it would involve, whether that's a build, a setup, training your team on tools you already pay for, or a simple process change. No slides, no jargon.

    MCCLONE TECHNOLOGY CONSULTINGFriction FinderPrepared for [Your business]THE THREE THINGS COSTING YOU THE MOST01Jobs re-keyed fromestimate to invoice$18–24K/yr02Invoices sent daysafter the job closes$9–12K/yr03Quoting dependson one person$15–30K/yrTHE THREE THINGS COSTING YOU THE MOST · YOUR NEXT STEP
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    What it isn't

    A meeting, a sales call, or a commitment. If nothing's worth fixing, we'll tell you.

    Why it's free

    If one of the three things costing you the most is worth fixing, we'll quote the fix at a fixed price. If not, the page is yours to keep.

    Your answers

    They stay in your own account until you send them. We use them to prepare your report, and we never sell or share them.

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    Questions

    Frequently asked

    About an hour, in as many sittings as you like.

    No. ChatGPT or Claude work (free versions are fine), or we'll send a plain question list you can answer in a document or an email. See how the interview works.

    You get your one page within a week. If one of the three things costing you the most is worth fixing, we'll quote the fix at a fixed price. No follow-up calls you didn't ask for.

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    Yes. Prefer we come to you instead? A half-day on-site is $750, credited toward any work that follows.

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