Decision brief · worked example
OneIncome Runway
Plan the money before you drop to one income · illustrative output
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Current · demand
8% category growth signal
Method: bottom-up from (annual decision-cohort x $39 kit price), cross-checked against the personal-finance-software market. Trigger cohort: US recorded ~3.6M births/yr (2023) plus…
Buyer · defined
Two-income couples with kids who are seriously considering going to one income (parent qui…
A mom whose 12-week maternity leave ends in two months, agonizing on Instagram/TikTok over 'can we survive if I don't go back?', who downloads a free 'Can We Afford One Income?' ca…
Competition · reviewed
Free stay-at-home-parent calculators (Frugal Mama Project, GrowingSlower 'Affording Motherhood')
They answer a yes/no 'can you afford it' question and show what you lose, but give no actionable transition plan, no sinking-funds tracking for lumpy costs, and no follow-through p…
Risk · monitored
Biggest uncertainty
Email capture from cold short-form content is hard without a following, so if your Reels don't reliably convert viewers into calculator downloads, the whole funnel stalls before an…
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Verdict
Test first
The evidence supports a test first decision, with the largest uncertainty still visible.
Confidence
64%
Medium
Confidence band
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What would change this verdict?
Demand fails the first test
Landing-page signup rate stays under 3% after 200+ visitors and 5 posted videos, meaning cold content cannot feed the fu…
A substitute closes the gap
Free stay-at-home-parent calculators (Frugal Mama Project, GrowingSlower 'Affording Motherhood')
Economics miss the floor
Email capture from cold short-form content is hard without a following, so if your Reels don't reliably convert viewers…
The buyer changes
Two-income couples with kids who are seriously considering going to one income (parent quitting, maternity leave ending,…
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