# Strategic Board Advisory — Dan Shipper Validation Email

**Status:** READY TO SEND — awaiting Assaf approval

**Context:** Dan Shipper (Every.com) is ideal first validation contact for Strategic Board Advisory service. He's building a media company, understands strategic complexity, and has board experience.

**Email for Assaf to send:**

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**Subject:** Quick strategic advisory question (peer research)

Hi Dan,

Hope you're crushing it with Every. Quick question for some peer research I'm doing:

If you could hire a strategic advisor for $25K/month who would:
- Run monthly strategy sessions with your leadership team  
- Prepare quarterly board presentations
- Be available for urgent strategic decisions via Slack
- Bring frameworks from scaling 20+ companies

Would that be compelling at your stage? Too expensive? Not the right model?

I'm exploring this as a service between full-time strategic hires ($300K+) and one-off consulting projects. Basically "strategic advisor as a service" for companies in growth mode.

Any quick thoughts? Would love to hear your take.

Best,
Assaf

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**Why this works:**
- Positioned as peer research, not sales
- Specific service description with pricing
- Clear value proposition  
- Easy to respond to
- Tests price sensitivity
- Validates market positioning

**Next steps after send:**
- Track response timing and interest level
- Note pricing reaction (too high/low/right)
- Document specific feedback for service refinement
- Move to next validation contact based on response

**File:** `/root/.openclaw/workspace/strategic-board-advisory-dan-shipper-email.md`