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Two Evidence Layers, One Targeting Framework

Most ICP services turn one methodology into a static document. The Foundation builds one targeting framework from two evidence layers: a Strategic Fit Evidence Layer that measures where the product should win, and a Performance Evidence Layer that measures where it has won, activated when usable CRM history exists. This evidence is composed into a rigorous Targeting Framework: who to pursue, how to pursue, and the competitive landscape — with provenance on every claim.

Why this isn't the ICP work you've bought before

Two Layers, one engine.

01 · Strategic Fit Evidence Layer

Measures where the product should win. Triangulates industry metrics, customer voice, competitor intelligence, USP conjoint analysis, and research-grounded persona role intelligence to identify the markets, company shapes, buyer roles, pain patterns, proof anchors, and competitive openings that make a segment worth pursuing.

02 · Performance Evidence Layer

Measures where the product has won. Activated when usable CRM history clears the coverage and cohort thresholds. Reads closed-won, expansion, renewal, churn, loss, and deal-economics patterns to surface the firmographics, industries, buyer roles, ACV bands, and sales-cycle profiles that historically convert.

03 · ICP Cortex

Conducts a confidence weighted section-by-section analysis of alignment and drift between the two evidence layers, and produces a rigorous Targeting Framework: who to pursue, how to pursue, opportunities, potential challenges, positioning and more.

The ICP Cortex: Our ICP Cortex is a structured analytical engine with deterministic scoring, weighting and evidence evaluation, built on the nexus of industry research and enterprise-strategy level GTM frameworks, all codified into the analysis mechanism. The Foundation is produced by this engine, audited by a specialist, and delivered.
Product-stage, not company-stage

Built for the moment a product needs a pattern.

Whether it's your first product or your fifth, the question is the same: who actually buys this, and how do we know? The Foundation answers it the same way at Series A with no CRM as it does at Series D launching a new SKU.

01 · New product, no data yet
Strategic Fit Evidence Layer runs in full. Performance Evidence Layer returns “unavailable” honestly. Targeting Framework = Strategic Fit Shape. A clear shape and a path to validate it.
02 · Existing product, building CRM history
CRM evidence is partial. Composer down-weights the Performance Evidence Layer where confidence is thin and shows you exactly where Strategic Fit and Performance agree, diverge, or lack evidence.
03 · New product / new motion at an established company
The blind spot of every history-trained methodology: a CRM full of the wrong product's history. Strategic Fit runs against the new SKU; Performance runs only on the cohort that touched it. Same engine, scoped correctly.
What you get

Four interlocking assets. One closed loop.

CORE The ICP Definition two evidence layers · one targeting framework
defines
01
ICP Report
40+ pages, board-grade
02
Sales Deck
Executive PPTX
03
3-Level Scorer
Account-level grading
04
Analytics
Wired to the scorer
Operating signal loops back to the definition. Tier-weighted performance, persona × tier wins, and signal-tag distribution feed the refresh. The thesis sharpens every cycle.
01 · The ICP Report

40+ pages, board-grade

The strategic source of truth. Answers who, why, and how, backed by evidence rather than assertion. Every section traces to source.

  • Market viability modeled against NAICS, U.S. Census CBP, and BEA GDP data
  • Industry intelligence sized against client company-size bands
  • Competitive landscape with battle cards from G2 review evidence (up to 10 competitors)
  • Customer intelligence and lookalikes, real sentiment, real comparable accounts
  • Need–solution mapping scored against persona affinity
  • Buyer-decision profiles drawn from a library of 292 pre-modeled buying behaviors
  • Persona intelligence drawn from a 91-role behavioral library
  • Six-dimension fit scorecard: Market Size, Growth, PMF, Competitive Position, Buyer Accessibility, Proven Success
  • 90-day roadmap, qualification gate, and messaging preview
Landscape PDF / HTML · ~32 pages typical · narrative per section
02 · The Sales Deck

Executive PPTX, 19+ pages

The boardroom version of the strategy. Built to defend the ICP in front of a CRO, a CFO, or a buying committee. Not a glossy pitch.

  • Cover · Executive Summary · ICP Snapshot · Outreach Strategy
  • Personas · Persona Comparison · Battle Cards (up to 10 competitors)
  • Market Leaders & TAM Distribution · Sentiment Analysis
  • Value Propositions by Persona · Discovery Questions · Objection Handling
  • 12-Week Outreach Cadence · Sample Outbound Emails
  • Framework Rankings · KPI Targets · Lookalike Targets
  • Risk Assessment · Data Provenance · Sources & Methodology
PPTX · 19 + N personas + B battle cards · boardroom-grade
03 · The 3-Level ICP Scorer

Strategy converted into account-level decisions

Every account is graded on three layers, with a transparent score and an evidence trail.

  • L1, Company. Firmographic fit: industry, company size, geography, revenue, tech stack.
  • L2, Account Signals. Hiring velocity, social activity, product signals, price-point alignment, org structure, financial health, competitive displacement, optional Bombora intent overlay.
  • L3, Prospect. Role match, buying archetype, champion potential, composited with L2.
  • Tier A (80–100) work now · B (65–79) work next · C (50–64) qualify before investing · D / F sub-threshold or disqualified.
  • Disqualification is codified — blacklist domains, excluded verticals, minimum headcount and revenue, named triggers. Every “no” has a reason.
  • Shape lens. Scorer reads the Targeting Framework by default; the Performance Shape is available as a parallel scoring lens for sales-leadership review.
L1 + L2 + L3 · tiered A–F · codified disqualification gates
04 · Analytics, Wired to the Scorer

Closed-loop measurement

Bound to the same ICP definition and tier the scorer assigns. Performance is always measured against the strategy that produced it.

  • Account audit — score, tier, layer depth, enrichment status, dimension breakdown, disqualification reason
  • Tier-weighted performance — engagement, response, and conversion by Tier A / B / C
  • Persona × tier — which personas respond inside which tiers
  • Framework × tier — which messaging frameworks win where
  • Signal-tag distribution — which buying signals concentrate in best-fit accounts
  • Time-to-response and time-to-conversion by tier — proof that A-tier really is faster
A measured thesis, revised every cycle, not a one-time opinion
How the work is built

Built on evidence, not opinion

Each asset is triangulated from product truth, buyer-role intelligence, market structure, customer voice, competitive pressure, and GTM research. The rigor is structural, not stylistic.

Customer voice
Real sentiment from actual buyers

What buyers praise, what they complain about, which company sizes are satisfied, where competitor products create frustration. So sellers know what to say, and to whom.

Industry grounding
Market, TAM, and methodology checks

Firmographic qualification, TAM viability, buyer-committee logic, need–solution mapping, competitive positioning. Benchmarked against Gartner, McKinsey, Forrester, GTMnow, Census, BEA, and NAICS. So the thesis defends itself in front of a CFO.

USP validation
Claims tested before they become messaging

Each claim is tested against buyer pain, role relevance, proof strength, customer sentiment, competitor capability, and market validation. So sellers carry claims that hold up under pressure.

Conjoint-style analysis
Buyer trade-offs across a broad review surface reveal which capability combinations actually drove the win.
Data provenance
A traceable evidence trail

Every output traces to a source family: company context, capabilities, pains, value props, USPs, proof anchors, persona intelligence, buyer-decision patterns, customer evidence, competitor intelligence, benchmarks, TAM data, enrichment, and outcomes. So nothing is asserted without provenance.

Pre-Dossier Value

Before a single Dossier

The Foundation creates value before the first Dossier. It removes poor-fit accounts from the motion, clarifies which prospects matter, and gives your reps a pursuit standard they can actually operate against.

  • Firm ICP definition. Quantified, scored, and operationally enforceable.
  • Exclusion criteria for bad-fit accounts. Stop spending SDR time on prospects that should never have entered outbound.
  • Account & persona prioritization logic. Clear rules for who gets touched first, second, never.
  • Qualification gates. Company-fit, account-signal, and prospect-fit thresholds that surface which opportunities are worth going deep on, so your team puts that depth where it earns its keep.
SDRs reclaim significant focus before Dossier #1 ships
Not a deliverable. A foundation.
The next step

Operational ICP.
From Playbook to Prospect.

Tell us about your ICP, your motion, and your team. We'll scope the Foundation, recommend the operating plan that fits, and show how Dossier capacity maps to your reps.