Path
Should I run this licensed business?
Licensed, permitted, regulated, physical, trades and service businesses. The market is a catchment, not a channel, and the licence is the moat.
PathOPERATE
RubricO1.0-20260804
Dimensions7
Sources feeding it2071
rubric O1.0-20260804
What this path scores
| Dimension | Weight | What it measures |
|---|---|---|
| Evidence people pay | 15% | |
| Ceiling | 10% | |
| Demand density | 25% | countable work inside a servable catchment. The OPERATE analogue of reachability: the market is a radius, not |
| Licence gate | 15% | NON-MONOTONIC BY DESIGN. No gate scores LOW - anyone may enter tomorrow. An unclearable gate scores low. The p |
| Labour availability | 15% | the constraint that actually stalls service businesses. No other rubric in the system can see it. |
| Incumbent weakness | 10% | measurable rather than asserted - 451 INSP sources carry violations, enforcement actions and complaint volumes |
| Margin structure | 10% |
six slots
The ladder
Free page
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A findable page that answers the question without a sign-up.
Tool
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A calculator or generator that works before anyone pays.
Report
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The underwritten item, with its interval and its provenance.
Library
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Regimes, benchmarks and post-mortems behind the report.
Service
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The done-for-you tier.
Ledger entry
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The frozen prediction, and later the outcome.
A path ships when all six slots are filled. Half a path is not a milestone.