This is fictional test input for compatibility fixture NB-COMPAT-1. It describes no real business, person, or number, and nothing derived from it is a Backbrief decision.
Business Brief: unknown (not stated)
Date: 2026-09-10. Produced by a builder agent running the /intake procedure against the fixture brief. This is the single source the fixture plan is built from; if it is wrong, fix it here first.
The idea in one paragraph
I run a one-person bookkeeping cleanup service for small landscaping companies in a mid-sized US city. I charge a flat $900 per cleanup and about $250 a month afterward to keep the books current. I have done six cleanups in the last four months, four of them for referrals from one accountant.
Who pays, and for what
Small landscaping companies in a mid-sized US city pay for bookkeeping cleanup work. The stated price points: a flat $900 per cleanup, and about $250 a month afterward to keep the books current. A second, not-yet-built offer is being considered: a self-serve monthly product at $79 a month for owners who want to do it themselves, with a checklist and a monthly review call.
What exists today
Six completed cleanups in the last four months, four of them from referrals from one accountant. A spreadsheet template and a one-page PDF checklist given to clients. No website yet.
The operator
One person, running this beside a day job. About 15 hours a week available for this business (owner's estimate). Money available to spend: $500 for ads. Skills, licenses, and other hard constraints: not stated.
Numbers you know
- $900 flat fee per cleanup.
- About $250 a month afterward to keep the books current (owner's estimate, hedged with "about").
- Six cleanups completed in the last four months.
- Four of those six cleanups came from referrals from one accountant.
- About 15 hours a week available for the business (owner's estimate, hedged with "about").
- $79 a month proposed price for a self-serve monthly product (not yet built; a proposed price, not a sale).
- $500 available to spend on ads.
- No revenue totals, margins, costs, or ad results beyond the above are stated.
90 days from now, done looks like
Not stated. The brief poses this as an open question rather than a stated goal: whether to spend the next 90 days getting more accountant referrals, or building the self-serve monthly product at $79 a month.
Open unknowns
- Whether to pursue more accountant referrals or build the $79-a-month self-serve product over the next 90 days (the brief frames this as the core decision, not yet answered).
- What "done" looks like at the end of 90 days: no revenue or client-count target is stated.
- What bookkeeping software or tools are used beyond the spreadsheet template and PDF checklist: not stated.
- Whether any license, certification, or other legal requirement applies to this bookkeeping cleanup work in the owner's jurisdiction: not stated.
- Whether the accountant referral relationship involves any formal agreement or fee: not stated.
Questions intake would ask
- What should the business be called, for use in the plan and any outward materials?
- In the owner's own words, what does success look like 90 days from now: a revenue number, a client count, or a decision made between the two paths?
- What bookkeeping software or tools are used day to day, beyond the spreadsheet template and PDF checklist?
- Are there any licensing, certification, or other legal constraints on doing bookkeeping cleanup work in this city or state?
- Is the $500 ad budget a one-time amount or a recurring monthly figure, and is it earmarked for one of the two paths or open to either?