Eight Levels. Every Level leaves you with something you own.
AeroRev's Co-Pilot takes you through simple business planning phases: the complimentary Discovery Flight, your Readiness Report, Research, Planning, Go-to-Market, and In-Market. Each Level clears at your direction; each has a gate review scored on actual deliverables you keep for a lifetime.
Phase Discovery Flight
You produce: Capability profile · Exposure map · Network list · Aptitude scores · Readiness Report (PDF)
Phase Research
You produce: Vertical shortlist · Market Selection Scorecard · Local market map · Revenue-model choice · Market Commitment
To clear it: Market Selection Scorecard complete with local evidence (named companies, real posted prices) · One primary vertical committed in writing with a kill-criterion · Knowledge check on the economics of the chosen revenue model · and more
You produce: Buyer map · Ranked hypotheses · Interview script + booking sequence · 5 logged interviews · Pain & Buyer Brief · Value hypothesis
Hard gate: 5 interviews logged with named contacts and dated timestamps - no AI-generated substitutes
To clear it: Pain & Buyer Brief scores at or above rubric threshold on specificity · Prediction-vs-reality gap acknowledged in writing
Phase Planning
You produce: Commercial drone certification · Compliance Checklist · Insurance quotes on file · Equipment plan with total cost · Pipeline spec · Skill gap plan · SOP v1 (safety)
To clear it: Commercial certification on file, or exam scheduled with a date · Insurance quotes obtained (evidence on file) · Compliance checklist reviewed with the client's own attestations · and more
You produce: Service Specification · Time study (hours per job) · Cost Model (exportable .xlsx) · Price Book · Price validation · Offer sheet · Viability statement
Hard gate: Commercial drone certification on file
To clear it: Cost model complete with no placeholder values · Price at or above the modeled floor · Break-even reachable within stated runway · and more
Phase Go-to-Market
You produce: Company name + domain secured · Positioning statement · Brand sheet, logo files · Portfolio plan, 1 demo deliverable
You produce: Website audit + prioritized fix list · Sitemap · Website copy · Live Website · Listings live · Listing copy
You produce: Target list (50 accounts) · Sequences · 20 logged touches · Call framework · Proposal Template + 1 sent · Content plan
To clear it: 50-account target list built · 20 logged touches with dates · 1 real proposal sent · and more
You produce: Contract Pack · Lifecycle SOP · Scheduling system live · Invoicing live, first invoice template · Data policy · QA checklist · Ops dashboard configured
To clear it: Contract pack complete and attorney-review acknowledged · Invoicing operational (test invoice sent) · QA checklist applied to one real deliverable · and more
Phase In-Market
You produce: Delivered job · Revised cost model · Case Study · Referral requests sent · 90-day plan
Hard gate: Signed contract on file · Insurance evidence current · One invoice issued (paid preferred; issued required)
To clear it: Cost model reconciled against actuals · Case study drafted
The Discovery Flight routes you to the right entry Level - most people do not start at Level 1.