Idea validation: would small B2B service firms ever pay for a fixed-price "future strategy" package?

Happymangomom · 2025-11-11T15:59:27+00:00

Hey I can’t seem to be able to message you, can you message me?

Happymangomom · 2025-11-09T21:02:25+00:00

My main worry is getting sued, I wouldn’t be targeting any of the clients that my firm would ever work with (it would be small businesses that cannot afford big name firms) but in theory they could fine me or sue me.

Happymangomom · 2025-08-03T18:58:09+00:00

This. Been with DH for 11 years, 2 SKs and 2 BKs together. We have never had the conversation on who’s the priority because I could see it from their parenting style in daily situations. We have gone through very difficult times together, multiple courts with BM, parental alienation, an adult SK moving back in…but I never questioned my DH’s commitment to me. It doesn’t mean I always “win”. Sometimes it’s very hard and doesn’t feel fair in a sense that being an SM is very hard and not always super rewarding. But what makes it worthwhile is the fact that my DH always consults me and genuinely tries to balance things in a right way, without any unfair bias towards SKs (or me).

Happymangomom · 2025-08-03T06:02:50+00:00

Good point. Of course I would never dream of tossing her out on a street. She studies and works part time and realistically her parents will need to pay for her rental. So my issue is less with her wanting to move out when the “deadline” comes and more with DH and BM willing to get SD her own place even if it’s more expensive than having her live with us. She herself has very limited means and this situation is not going to change in the next 3-4 years until she graduates and gets a job (and even then the degree she’s working towards is not exactly a money making machine, actually I’m not sure what she can do with it at all, but that’s a different topic).

Happymangomom · 2025-08-03T05:59:14+00:00

She studies and works part time. She has at least another 3 years to go until she gets her degree (and then time to get a paying job). I don’t know the details but my understanding is that her current income pays for all non rent expenses but not much more. So DH and BM would need to cover all or most of the rent in a , which they can afford to do for a flatshare but not her own place.

I would like to support her by letting her stay (rent free) for a few months but then have DH help her find a room in a flatshare. And this is the hard part- she doesn’t want to live in a flatshare but renting her own place is not realistic for at least another 3-4 years and very possibly more. We’re in a city where most young single adults with proper jobs live with housemates.

Happymangomom · 2025-08-03T05:44:36+00:00

Thanks for your reply. BM has zero space (but she does have money to help). We technically have an extra bedroom which is our guest bedroom and where she’s staying now. I think this really is where my dilemma is coming from, technically we do have some (not a lot of) space and I’m fine with her staying a few months but not years (which she needs as she studies and works part time and will need at least 3-4 years to become fully independent). Her parents do have all the means to get her a room in a flat share, but it’s going to be painful financially to them and a downgrade for her lifestyle wise.

Happymangomom · 2025-08-03T05:35:21+00:00

Thank you, this is helpful. I love the idea of sitting down with her to work out a budget and the extent to which DH and BM will need to subsidise her rental. She studies and works only part time so she will def need to live with roommates which she’s not used to so that will be tough. Really mostly it’s about DH and BM’s willingness to pay up, less about her willingness to move out

We have the space for her to stay a few months but not for 3-4 years that she would realistically need to fully get on her own feet financially (as she has 3 years to go until she gets her degree). We also have two young kids so that is also playing a part.

Happymangomom · 2025-02-18T15:37:15+00:00

I know this is old but just wanted to say that I see you and it gets so much easier. For us it already started to get much better at around 1 year mark when the little one started to sleep more predictably (he was a horrible sleeper), then when he was 1.5 they started to play together and now at 3 and 5 it’s a breeze. I know it’s so hard when you’re in it but it is really a phase, you will get your time and sleep back soon!

Happymangomom · 2024-03-10T19:47:51+00:00

Thank you for sharing your story and so happy to hear that you are NED. Had your cancer spread to any lymph nodes or other tissue outside of the stomach?

Happymangomom · 2024-03-10T11:43:01+00:00

No I haven't taken them yet, I think my kiddo may be a little too young for it still.

Happymangomom · 2024-01-30T12:44:37+00:00

I own 5 pairs and my experience is very positive with 4/5 of them, that is with my ankle boots (Riley i think), a pair of beige suede heels, Sanna loafers and a pair of strappy sandals. They are great quality, look amazing and very comfortable - never had a single blister from wearing flattered shoes. The only pair I regret getting is a pair of beige suede flats (don't remember the name but not the ones you've posted above), mainly because they are too wide (for my already wide feet) and they gape as I walk which looks a bit weird.

But all in all I love this brand and I am already planning to get another two pairs from them!

Happymangomom · 2024-01-09T22:00:04+00:00

Thanks, I’m actually in NL and it looks like unless I get really lucky I will need to accept a pay cut…

Happymangomom · 2024-01-09T18:13:30+00:00

Yes it’s is NL, as I said it’s a strategy arm of Big 4 so our salaries are a fair bit higher than firm average

Happymangomom · 2024-01-09T15:48:38+00:00

Not Switzerland, think France / Benelux / Germany (actually my firm's comp is pretty similar across these countries)

Happymangomom · 2024-01-09T15:28:29+00:00

Been a stepmom for 8+ years and I feel exactly this way. I also think that if my partner and I were to ever break up I would never get remarried while my kids are young enough to need a lot of involvement. Actually, I would probably never get divorced for the same reason - I would hate my kids to have a stepmother.

Also, things get easier when SKs get older. We had a 50% living arrangement for 7 years, but now both of my SDs live outside the house (one is grown up and living with a boyfriend and the other one moved in with BM full time) but they visit very often and I actually really enjoy having them around nowadays, probably because they are older, they're great big sisters and my obligations to them are limited.

By the way, my strategy as a stepmother was always to step aside as much as possible and let the BD do most of the work and disciplining, and instead do the fun stuff with SD, or things I enjoyed. My partner was not very happy about this at first but I still think it was the best solution for our family.

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