I’m Mina, founder of Business Path. I help senior professionals and founders leave corporate and build a consulting practice that actually pays. Score your fit below — then let’s talk about what to do with it.
Score yourself honestly. If it's not the right time, I'll say so — and point you at what is. About a third of the people who take this land on 'not yet.' That's the point.
People in my network already ask for my help on this specific problem — unprompted.
I've been the go-to person for one specific problem for 10+ years.
I can name who signs the cheque and which budget line it comes from.
I have 6+ months of cushion (severance, savings) to build without panic.
In the last 30 days I ran a real test — a discovery call, a pitch, a paid pilot. Not research.
I'd rather price on the cost of the client's problem than defend an hourly rate.
I'm willing to flip my LinkedIn to 'Founder / Consultant' inside 30 days.
When you have your score, bring it to a call — I'll walk you through what to do next.
Book a call with me →Your practice is a sentence before it's a company. Draft yours live. If it doesn't fit in one paragraph, it isn't sharp enough yet — and that's exactly what we'll fix together on our first call.
Specific enough that you could name three people who fit.
The one that costs them real money if it stays broken.
The specific thing no checklist can replace.
I help [a specific buyer] solve [a specific expensive problem] using [my specific edge].
Have a draft? Send it to me on a call and we'll pressure-test it live.
Book a call with me →Value pricing sounds abstract until you run the math on your own numbers. The floor, anchor, and ceiling below are the same model my clients use to sign their first contracts with confidence.
Software, insurance, marketing, admin.
Most solo consultants bill 50–60% of a full-time year (~1,000–1,200 hrs) — the rest goes to business development and admin.
Anchor to consequence, not effort. A $2M problem justifies a $160k engagement.
Below this you're subsidizing the client. Walk away.
Where recent launches signed their first contracts.
Cap the first three deals here. Learn the value before you chase it.
My clients typically sign their first contract between $350–$500+/hr — and that’s priced on value, not hours. One anchored his intro rate with a written escalator: “$350 through Dec 31, standard $450 at renewal.” The discount became a scheduled raise. That’s the pattern I’ll help you install.
Rule of thumb if you’re stuck on your internal floor: take your last full-time salary and divide by 1,000 — that’s a reasonable MVR starting point (e.g., $360K salary → $360/hr). Then price the client engagement on value from there.
Not sure where you should really price? Let's walk through your numbers together.
Book a call with me →Five moves. Built for traction, not theatre.
A discovery call, a pitch, a paid pilot — not more reading. The fastest way to know if consulting is for you is to try selling it, not to study it.
Inside hours, not days. Nearly every client I work with came through a three-way intro, not a cold channel. Speed is the marketing.
What we agreed to, who owns it, and when it's due — in your inbox before the day ends. This single habit is what turns conversation into momentum.
This protects your hours from becoming talk therapy — and it filters for the people who will actually build something.
Incorporation, banking, LinkedIn — free. The part that actually moves the needle is what we do together: packaging your expertise and pricing it with courage.
Curious whether my method fits your situation? Let's find out on a quick 15-minute call.
Book a call with me →Names removed, industries kept. The honest no matters most: without it, referrers stop referring — and my practice runs on referrals.
Referred to me on a Monday. Three sessions together: structure, package and price, close and protect. He incorporated, opened the business account, and signed his first contract before session three.
SWOT, offer design, and SOW discipline over four months together. His LinkedIn now reads Founder. We kept the practice deliberately LinkedIn-only for year one — no website until the offer was proven in three signed engagements. A good template for anyone who needs structured support past their runway.
Three sessions turned a lifelong passion into a registered company running paid discovery interviews. Retirees exploring encore ventures are a real category I work with, not an edge case. The 'am I too old' question answered itself once she had a live buyer conversation on the calendar.
One senior professional tested the idea for a single session and took a job three weeks later. A 25-year HSE veteran sharpened his positioning and accepted a contract role instead. A government-relations transitioner chose corporate. Roughly a third of the people I meet land on 'not yet,' quickly, with no hard feelings. This is why my referrers keep referring.
Roughly two-thirds of my roster comes from energy and pipelines — a real Alberta restructuring wave, not a coincidence. Sector depth compounds: the second HSE director I coach takes half the time of the first.
If you see yourself in any of these stories, that's a good sign we should talk.
Book a call with me →One quick 15-minute meet and greet. Bring your score, your niche paragraph, or just the questions keeping you up. I’ll tell you honestly whether working together makes sense — and what to do next either way. If you already know you need more than 15 minutes, email me at mina@businesspath.ca and we’ll book a longer slot.
I’m based in Calgary and work with founders across Alberta and beyond.