# Taylor Sicard Consulting: Engagements & Pricing

Published prices, in US dollars. Source page: https://taylorsicard.com/engagements. No hours are tracked at any tier.

## The Read (the front door)

Every new client starts here: two weeks, a fixed fee set by the size of the business ($5,000 to $15,000), a written document across six lenses, and a live readout that names a tier and a number. Sign within 30 days and the fee is credited in full against the first invoices of whichever tier follows. Returning clients and referrals from a current client can go straight to a tier. Full breakdown by company size: https://taylorsicard.com/the-read

## Retainer tiers

| Tier | Price | Term | Includes | Who it fits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consulting | from $6,000 a month ($6,000 to $8,000) | 6-month minimum | A 60-minute call every two weeks; email between calls, answered within two business days; a written priorities check every quarter; access to the same benchmark set and models used on every engagement | Founders under $5M, or seed-stage software companies |
| Advisory | from $10,000 a month ($10,000 to $15,000); most engagements | 12-month term | A 60-minute call every week; Slack, email, and shared working spreadsheets between calls; the models built and maintained by Taylor; an optional one-week on-site each quarter | Consumer brands from $5M to $100M and software companies past $1M ARR |
| Partner | from $20,000 a month ($20,000 to $25,000) | 6-month minimum, quarterly scope review | Two 60-minute calls a week; a seat in leadership meetings; hands on the model, the deck, the pricing, the negotiation; fundraising, acquisitions, and exits in scope | Companies where the decisions are weekly; the fractional CRO seat |

Where a client lands inside a range depends on the size of the business, the number of people Taylor works with directly, and whether a deal is in process. The range is set in the readout of The Read.

## Enterprise Engagements

Priced and structured separately, as phased fixed-fee work under the client's MSA; the tiers above are the retainers that follow them. Details: https://taylorsicard.com/enterprise

## Terms

- Term: Consulting runs a six-month minimum. Advisory runs a twelve-month term. Partner runs a six-month minimum with a scope review every quarter. After the minimum, every tier renews for twelve months at a time.
- Notice: sixty days, in writing, from either side, once the minimum has run.
- Fees: billed monthly in advance, in US dollars. Reviewed at each annual renewal, with the step written into the contract.
- Pause: Advisory and Partner clients can pause once per contract year for up to thirty days at a holding fee.
- Annual prepay: ten percent off Advisory or Partner paid twelve months in advance. Cannot be combined with the credit from The Read.
- Scope: a board deck, a full pricing rebuild, or diligence on a live deal is scoped and quoted separately before the work starts, at any tier.
- Capacity: one or two new clients a quarter, across all tiers.
- Moving tiers: up at any monthly boundary; down at the end of the current minimum term.

## What the alternatives usually run (2026 US market ranges)

| Option | Usual cost |
|---|---|
| Full-time VP of Growth, Marketing, or Ecommerce, fully loaded | $25,000 to $35,000 a month |
| Fractional CMO or CRO at the experienced end of the marketplaces | $12,000 to $22,000 a month |
| DTC growth agency retainer | $10,000 to $25,000 a month plus 10 to 20 percent of media |
| Boutique strategy consultancy | $200 to $500 an hour |

Contact: hello@taylorsicard.com. Start: https://taylorsicard.com/inquiry