Reporting
412
Proposals
284
Invoicing
174
Intake
121
Build first: reporting. Pays back in 3 weeks.
01Weeks 1 to 2
Payback Map
Every process priced in hours and dollars, ranked by what pays back first, with the first build named.
AI earning in 30 days.
Est. 2019Yes, we know. In AI years, that’s practically 1843.
For companies turning over $1M+ a year that have spent on AI and can’t say what it returned.
The problem
It was never priced before it went in, or measured after.
“It costs us a lot of money and does nothing.”
“Nobody can tell me what the AI spend returned.”
“We bought licences and half the team never opened them.”
Who says so
The largest studies of AI in business find the same gap: it was never built into how the work gets done.
How we work
The Earning Engine System, shown for a 120-person services firm.
No new software for the team to learn.
02By day 30
Build-In
A baseline measured, then one workflow built into the tools your team already uses.
+186hours a week by month six
Every build from the ranked list adds to the line.
03Every month
Keep-Earning Retainer
Hours returned, output and revenue, reported. Then the next build from the ranked list.
Move the sliders. Most CEOs have never seen this number.
People on the team60
Hours a week each on repeat work9 hrs
Loaded cost per hour$65
Share we automate in year one30%
Repeat work is costing you
$1,685,000
a year, across 25,920 hours.
- Recoverable in year one
- $505k
- The $5,000 Map pays for itself in
- 4 days
Results
The first system is live in 30 days, then reported on every month.
About
Monkhouse & Partners is led by Ethan Monkhouse, who runs his own companies on these systems and has exited IP built on them.
More about Ethan at ethanmonkhouse.com ↗Two weeks. Every process priced, and the first build named with its payback period. How it works →
The Payback Map
Ranked by what pays back first
| Process | Hrs/wk | Cost a year | Payback |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weekly reportingBuild first | 146 | $410,000 | 3 weeks |
| Proposal drafting | 101 | $284,000 | 5 weeks |
| Invoice chasing | 62 | $174,000 | 8 weeks |
| Client intake | 43 | $121,000 | 11 weeks |
FAQ
The 12 Payback Questions
The same questions open every Payback Map. Sent by email.
The 12 Payback Questions
12- 01What are the five to eight things your team spends its week on, as a share of time?
- 02Which of them follow the same steps every time?
- 03Which could someone else do if they had your notes?
+ 6 more, sent by email