We find your most expensive problem — and remove it.

Ergebnispartner — nicht Beratung. StrategyMinds is an outcome partner, not a consultancy. Diagnosis in two weeks. A working prototype in six. Fixed price, not billable hours. We work in German, English and Spanish across DACH, the United States and Latin America.

The problem we solve

Most companies do not have an AI problem. They have one expensive bottleneck — a process that leaks money, a decision that takes six weeks, a team drowning in work that a machine should be doing. Consultants map it and hand you a roadmap. We remove it and hand you the working thing. You pay for the result, at a price agreed before we start.

How we work: engpasskonzentriert

Bottleneck-focused. We put all our force on the one constraint that costs you the most — and ignore the rest until it is gone.

1. Find the bottleneck (two weeks): we interview your people, follow the money and the minutes, and name the single problem worth solving first. You get a decision, not a deck.
2. Build the fix (four to six weeks): concept and a working prototype on your real data. If it cannot be proven, we say so and stop.
3. Ship it (into live operation): we put it into live operation with your team, with the controls, handover and documentation your organisation needs.
4. Prove the number (measured): we measure against the baseline agreed in step one. If the number is not there, we keep working.

Where the bottlenecks usually are: sales and go-to-market, customer service, operations and supply chain, finance and back office, knowledge work.

What you can buy: three steps, three prices

Bottleneck Diagnosis — USD 12,500 fixed, 2 weeks

Two weeks. We name your most expensive bottleneck, quantify what it costs you per year, and tell you whether it is worth solving. Deliverable: a written decision with the number, and a build plan if the answer is yes. Fifty percent is credited against the Proof of Concept if you continue within 30 days. If the diagnosis does not find a bottleneck worth at least ten times our fee to remove, you do not pay for it.

Proof of Concept — from USD 48,000 fixed, 4 to 6 weeks

Concept and a working prototype on your real data and inside your real constraints. Fixed scope, fixed price. You own everything we build.

MVP, Go-to-Market & Scale — from USD 7,000 per month, from 6 months

From the prototype to live operation and beyond: production build, rollout, enablement of your team, and the go-to-market work if the result is something you sell. USD 14,000 per month for months 1–3, then USD 7,000 per month. Monthly, cancellable, no lock-in, minimum term six months.

No billable hours. No open-ended engagements. Every step has a price and an end date before it starts.

Craft over hype

We work like a Manufaktur, not an assembly line: few clients, hand-built solutions, one person accountable for the result — and that person answers the phone. We will also tell you when AI is the wrong answer. Roughly half the bottlenecks we find are fixed with a better process, a removed handover or a single integration. We would rather lose the larger project than sell you a model you do not need.

Where we have worked

Bosch, Berkshire, ICETEX, Toyota, Sojitz, EAFIT, FIU, Satrack USA, ACE Technologies, Chromatics AI, BMW. Logos indicate professional background, prior engagements and affiliations. They do not all represent StrategyMinds client relationships.

About

StrategyMinds is Thomas Treutler. Twenty-five years across automotive, enterprise software and venture building — Bosch, Berkshire, and three companies of his own. Author of The Accidental Strategist and The AI Strategy. Works in German, English and Spanish, across DACH, the US and Latin America. He has also killed his own products when the evidence said to — which is why a diagnosis can end with "do not build this".

Tell us your problem

Six questions, about four minutes. You get a written first assessment within three working days — free, and yours to keep whether or not we work together. Strategyminds UG, Kolonnenstraße 8, 10827 Berlin, Germany. Email info@strategyminds.co.