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The Stuck Professional
You're 28–42, well-paid, well-respected, and quietly sick of it. The Sunday-night dread is real.
For: salaried mid-career professionals in Bangalore / Mumbai / Pune / Delhi.
"I make ₹35 LPA. The work has no meaning anymore. I've been thinking of leaving for two years but the EMIs and the parents and the spouse and the optics keep me in."
Signs this is you
- You browse "how to start consulting" tabs during stand-up.
- You can teach what your CEO does, but you call yourself "just" an XYZ.
- Every offsite ends with the same internal monologue: I should just quit.
- You have ₹6–24 lakh in savings and you've already done the math.
The honest truth
Freedom isn't quitting. Freedom is having a paying client before you quit. The Stuck Professional who waits for "perfect timing" is still stuck five years from now.
Your 90-day plan
- 1Weeks 1–4: Self-audit. Pick one niche (industry × problem you've solved repeatedly at work).
- 2Weeks 5–8: Build the LinkedIn presence + three-tier rate card. Soft-launch to your network.
- 3Weeks 9–12: 20 warm conversations → 5 discovery calls → 1 signed proposal with GST invoice.
- 4After Day 90: You give 60-day notice with a client already paying — not before.
Your three-tier rate card
Starter
₹40k / project
Your first 2 clients — case-study fuel
Standard
₹1.2L / project
Months 3–6 — repeatable scope
Premium
₹3L+ / retainer
Month 7+ — anchor client tier
The biggest pitfall
Quitting first, figuring out clients later. "Sabbatical to start a consultancy" without a single paying conversation = 9 months of cash burn and a return to corporate at lower compensation.
Ready to do this?
The 12-week batch takes you through the full 90-day plan with Captain on every session.