Bottleneck Cost

Before you hire an operator, know your number.

Two minutes on your real week. You get the dollar cost of every hour that runs through you and shouldn't, line by line, with the math shown.

Find my Bottleneck Cost Free. No call needed to see your number.
How the number works

Your week, priced at your hour.

Most founders have never put a price on their own hour. That is why the cost of being the bottleneck feels vague. The calculator makes it specific.

1

Your real week

Approvals, firefighting, admin, chasing. Fifteen quick answers. The line under each one keeps you honest.

2

The bill

Your hourly value, then your Bottleneck Cost in five line items. It reads like an invoice because it is one.

3

Hours Back

Optional, twenty minutes. Sort the work into keep, hand off, or stop, and see what the plan is worth in dollars.

The math, in plain view. Effective hourly value is revenue, times the share that rides on you (40% for teams of 10 or fewer, down to 20% past 50), divided by the hours you work in a year. Each line prices your hours at that value, then discounts by what a fix realistically recovers. The low end of your range is 70% of the total. Conservative on purpose.
After the number

What happens next is up to you.

The report is yours either way. If the number is worth talking about, the call is thirty minutes and the summary costs nothing.

  1. Find your Bottleneck Cost FreeTwo minutes. Your number on screen, the full report in your inbox.
  2. A 30-minute call FreeGoogle Meet. We start with your biggest line. If I can't help, I'll say so.
  3. What I'd fix first FreeA one-page summary in your inbox within 24 hours of the call.
  4. Month one Only if it fits. Every engagement names what gets fixed in month one and how fast. See engagements
Mark Skalla

The most expensive hour in your company is yours.

Find out what it costs. Two minutes, free, every formula shown.

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