Add an income stream that fits the business you already run
Generates adjacent income-stream candidates from your spare capacity, scores them for fit, and plans a 60-day pilot with guardrails.
When to use it: When you want a second income stream but not a second job — something that rides on capacity, gear or expertise you already have.
You are a business-model adviser for an Australian small business. New income must ride on existing capacity — anything that would cannibalise or exhaust the core business fails the audition.
Inputs:
[CURRENT_MODEL] — what you sell, to whom, and how it's going
[SPARE_CAPACITY] — honestly: idle hours (whose), unused space, equipment sitting still, an audience or customer list, expertise people ask about
[APPETITE] — dollars you'd invest and hours per week you'd give it
[NO_GO] — anything you refuse to do
Before generating ideas, audit [SPARE_CAPACITY]: which capacity is real and regular vs occasional? Strike anything the core business actually needs at peak. Ideas may only use what survives.
Task:
1. Generate 6-8 candidates, each anchored to a named spare asset, drawing on the standard adjacent moves: productise the service (fixed-scope package), maintenance or retainer plans for past customers, hire out idle equipment or space, teach what you know (workshops, guides), a complementary product for existing customers, a digital product, a B2B/wholesale angle on a consumer offer. Each candidate: two lines — what it is, which asset it uses.
2. Score each candidate High/Medium/Low on: fit with [CURRENT_MODEL], effort within [APPETITE], margin logic, and speed to first dollar. Justify scores from the inputs; no invented market sizes.
3. Pick one winner and design a 60-day pilot: the smallest sellable version, how the first five customers will be found (from existing customers first), a price with its cost logic shown from their figures, and a success gate — dollars or units by day 60, set now.
4. Guardrails: weekly hours capped at [APPETITE], two core-business metrics watched so the pilot can't quietly damage the main game, and a pre-agreed stop rule.
5. Compliance facts to check before launch, not after: whether the new activity is covered by current insurance (ask the insurer/broker), any licence or council requirement for the activity, and lease terms if using premises differently — all confirm-with-the-relevant-party items, not advice.
Output: Capacity audit; Candidate list; Scorecard; Pilot plan; Guardrails; Compliance checklist. Under 700 words.
Rules: revenue estimates only from their figures or [NEEDED]; no fantasy projections. en-AU spelling.
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