⟨ FOR CONSULTANCIES, FIRMS AND SERVICE BUSINESSES ⟩

Business development that respects billable hours.

Your expertise is the product and your time is the inventory, so the prospecting that fills next quarter should never consume this one. Agents find the companies showing the signals that precede your kind of engagement, brief you before every meeting and keep the referral network warm.

SIGNALS THAT PRECEDE ENGAGEMENTSBRIEFED BEFORE EVERY MEETINGHOURS STAY BILLABLE
1 hr
of partner time a week

The signal digest, the briefs and the drafted introductions arrive ready; the partner reviews and decides.

1 page
brief per meeting

Ownership, leadership, funding, technology, news and talking points with sources, delivered before the invite.

same day
signal to partner

A new CFO, a round or an acquisition at a target reaches the relationship partner with the source attached.

0
introductions unreviewed

Every warm intro and first touch under the firm’s name waits for a partner’s pass.

⟨ THE JOB TODAY ⟩

Where the week actually goes.

01 /

Business development loses to billable work, always

Every hour on prospect research is an hour off an engagement. The math never favors BD, so the pipeline decays exactly when the bench needs it most.

02 /

The trigger is public and nobody sees it

A new CFO, a funding round, a hiring spike in the function you advise: the events that precede an engagement are announced daily and read by no one at the firm.

03 /

Pre-meeting research eats an associate afternoon

Ownership, recent moves, leadership, technology, talking points. Real work, done by hand, the night before.

⟨ BD PIPELINE ⟩WEEKLY · LIVE
⟨ WITH ASTROFABRIC ⟩

What changes when agents carry the work.

Signal-based business development

Companies showing the events that precede your kind of engagement, leadership changes, funding, hiring in your specialty, surfaced weekly with the source attached.

signals → firm fit → weekly

The brief before the meeting

Ownership, funding, leadership, technology, news and relationships assembled from live data into a one-page brief, delivered before the calendar invite.

name in → brief out

Referral network kept current

Former clients and referral sources watched for job changes and new roles, so the warm introduction arrives while it is still warm.

contact_signals → warm intro

Verified, deduplicated, yours

Every contact verified before it reaches a partner, deduplicated against the firm’s CRM, and suppressed where a conflict check says so.

verify → dedupe → conflicts
⟨ HOW IT WORKS ⟩

From objective to delivered rows.

  1. 01 · OBJECTIVE

    Describe the engagement

    The kind of work you win, the companies that buy it, the roles that sponsor it, and the events that precede it, in plain language.

  2. 02 · SIGNALS

    Watch for the trigger

    Leadership changes, funding, acquisitions, hiring in your specialty and compliance deadlines read across your target market on a cadence.

  3. 03 · SCORE

    Score firm fit

    Each triggered company scored against sector, size, geography and conflicts, so the partner sees only the ones worth an hour.

  4. 04 · VERIFY

    Find the sponsor

    The economic buyer and the operational lead resolved by title, emails verified, referral paths noted where a former client sits nearby.

  5. 05 · DRAFT

    Brief and draft

    A one-page sourced brief and a warm introduction drafted in the firm’s voice, both delivered before the partner’s review block.

  6. 06 · APPROVE

    Partner decides

    Introductions and CRM records wait for a partner’s approval; conflicts checked and recorded on every send.

⟨ THE DATA ON EVERY ROW ⟩
Ownership and structureIndustry and sectorHeadcount and growthRevenue rangeFunding and acquisitionsLeadership changesOpen roles in your specialtyTechnology in useRecent newsCustomers, partners and vendorsFormer-client and referral linksTitle and seniorityVerified work emailDirect phoneConflict-check statusFirm-fit score and reasons
⟨ USE CASES ⟩

The jobs this page was written for.

New CFO, new engagement

Every company in your market that appointed a new finance, technology or operations leader this month, scored for firm fit, the new executive verified, the brief and a warm note drafted for the partner.

→ The introduction lands in the leader’s first ninety days.

Post-funding and post-acquisition outreach

Companies that raised or were acquired in the last quarter, the events that typically follow in your specialty noted, the sponsor identified and verified.

→ Pipeline from the transactions that create your kind of work.

The referral network, kept warm

Former clients and referral sources watched for job changes and new roles; each move arrives with the new company enriched and a congratulations note drafted.

→ Warm introductions while they are still warm.

Briefs for the whole pitch list

Fifty target companies briefed in one document: ownership, recent moves, leadership, technology and talking points, with every claim linked, before the partner meeting.

→ An associate afternoon returned to billable work.
⟨ BEFORE AND AFTER ⟩

Business development, before and after

By handWith AstroFabric
Prospect researchAn associate afternoon per companyA sourced one-page brief per company, batched
TriggersNoticed in the trade press, lateRead daily across the market, routed same day
SponsorA name from a conferenceResolved by title, verified, referral path noted
ConflictsChecked after the introApplied as suppression before the list exists
IntroductionsWritten between engagementsDrafted in the firm’s voice, waiting for a partner’s pass
Partner timeMost of a BD dayAn hour of judgment a week
⟨ MISSIONS YOU WOULD RUN ⟩

Described in plain language. Delivered end to end.

SIGNALS & INTENT

Funding-round alerts → CRM owner

A standing watch on your target market: rounds, leadership changes and hiring in your specialty reach the relationship partner the same day.

Funding DataHiring DataZoho CRM
ONE MISSION · EVIDENCE ATTACHED
COMPANY INTELLIGENCE

Company brief from a domain → Docs

A company name in; ownership, recent moves, leadership, technology and talking points out, before the first call.

Company DataWeb ResearchGoogle Docs
ONE MISSION · EVIDENCE ATTACHED
PROSPECTING

Buying committee for a target account list

For the fifty accounts on the partner’s list, the economic buyer and the operational lead mapped with verified emails.

Buying CommitteeEmail VerificationGoogle Sheets
ONE MISSION · EVIDENCE ATTACHED

Three of a hundred. The full playbook library ships in every workspace, and anything you can describe becomes a mission.

⟨ GOVERNED AUTONOMY ⟩

Safe enough to actually turn on.

⟨ CONTROL PLANE ⟩ENFORCED AT RUNTIME · NOT ADVISORY

Your name never ships unreviewed

Every introduction and first touch under the firm’s name waits for a partner’s pass; the review takes minutes because the evidence arrives with the draft.

Client confidentiality is structural

Missions draw on public sources and what you explicitly provide. Engagement details never enter the pipeline unless you put them there.

The meter respects small firms

Usage-metered with hard caps; a solo practice and a fifty-person firm each pay for the lists actually built.

FAQ

Questions, answered.

Can it research prospects before we pitch?

Yes. A company name in, a sourced brief out: ownership, recent moves, leadership changes, hiring, technology, funding and talking points, assembled from live data with every claim linked. Batch a whole prospect list and the briefs arrive as one document before the first meeting.

Which signals precede an engagement in our field?

You tell the mission in plain language and it watches for them: a new executive in the function you advise, a funding round, an acquisition, hiring in your specialty, a compliance deadline in the news. Each week’s digest names the accounts, the event and the source.

How does it handle conflicts and confidentiality?

Your conflict and do-not-contact lists are applied as suppression before any list is built, and every introduction waits for a partner’s approval. Missions draw on public sources and what you provide; engagement details never enter the pipeline unless you put them there.

Does it work for a small firm without a CRM?

Yes. Lists, briefs and digests arrive as documents, sheets, email or Slack messages, and the workspace itself keeps the persistent lists and the watch. When the firm adopts Zoho CRM, HubSpot or another connected CRM, the same missions deliver into it as approval batches.

Can it map who a target already works with?

Relationships data and news reveal a company’s customers, vendors, partners and advisers, and the list flags where a former client or referral source sits close to the target. The relationship and its source are recorded on the row, so the partner can choose the warmest path in.

How much partner time does it need?

About an hour a week: reading the signal digest, approving the introductions worth sending and skimming the briefs before meetings. Everything else, the watching, scoring, verifying and drafting, runs as standing missions, and quiet weeks arrive as three lines rather than a report.

What does it cost a practice?

Plans start at $65 per month with credits included, metered by usage under a ceiling you set. A verified contact and a sourced brief each cost a few credits, digests and exports are free, and every mission states its estimate first, so a solo practice pays for the pipeline it actually builds.

⟨ DEPLOY ASTROFABRIC ⟩

Fill next quarter without spending this one.

An hour of partner judgment a week; a standing pipeline that compounds.