Hello brothers-in-code, Thanks @Caleb Curry for creating this. I am a former avionics software engineer on a mission to help entrepreneurial engineers get understood, valued and respected in business. What are your goals? - Help engineers convey the value of their expertise, by talk about it and network 1:1. - Help those who go solo, or start a business, avoid mistakes we engineers fall immediately into. Why did you join the group? - I am working with engineers quite advanced in their business journey, I joined this group to share insights for those earlier in their journey. - Most existing business advice out there is geared toward "MBA-types" and high risk-takers, not engineers (we need to understand before we do) - I hope to be of value here. My name is Othmane, I am from Morocco, I am based in Sofia, Bulgaria now my home, before I lived and worked in France, Spain, Germany and China. Today I run a community called Engineers Can Talk, and I love to collaborate and partner with communities helping engineers.

Hey guys wonder if you can give me some advice please. So I am looking at a pilot customer who initially I thought free forever (my thought was then I don't have to look for another pilot) however after a few discussions it came up that I should still add structure to add value for both parties so came up with this, can you comment please 🟢 Level 1 – Concept (Free) - Diagnostic - High-level workflow sketch (“concept of the fix”). - ROI framing (what the leak is costing). - Purpose: Show value 🟡 Level 2 – Design (Low-Cost) ('MVP') - Detailed workflow design (how the automation will work). - System mapping + tool integration plan. - Quote/proposal for implementation. - Purpose: Paid planning stage — proves seriousness. 🔵 Level 3 – Implementation (Core Paid) - Build the automation - Test + integrate with client’s existing systems - Deliver functional solution. - Purpose: Main delivery tier — visible ROI. 🔴 Level 4 – Maintenance (Ongoing Retainer) (I was thinking of making this free for the Pilot customer) - Monitor, patch, and optimize automations. - Add upgrades as business grows. - Support team with usage issues. - Purpose: Long-term recurring revenue & client trust. Your feedback will be highly appreciated

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Well I found myself under a bit of pressure. I had to come up with an MVP/solution so I thought well let's just stick my head in the hornets nest and what I came out with was pretty awesome - although early stages and not done yet, still need to implement phase two, what it can do is take a hand drawn picture of say a veranda and give the builder some build specs/quote and what is would cost, obviously i give it fake pricing /m etc so that was really cool now just to do the difficult part, upgrade the OCR capabilities and connecting it to an automation so the builder can take photo, send it to google sheets (excel) then the report gets written and sent to google docx

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