People search for a business consultant when they want someone to tell them whether an idea is worth pursuing and where to start. Part of that job is research; part is judgement and hand-holding. Neur automates the research part.
What a consultant does
- Interviews you about goals, budget and experience.
- Researches the market: demographics, industry trends, competitors.
- Estimates costs and revenue.
- Writes it up and walks you through it.
- Stays available for questions, introductions and the next decision.
What Neur does
- Asks the same interview questions in a six-step form.
- Pulls the same public data — Census, BLS, competitor listings — for your city and industry automatically.
- Scores the opportunity on five pillars and estimates startup and operating costs by industry and operating model.
- Delivers a dashboard and a PDF built to be handed to a lender.
- Costs $59.99 per report and takes minutes.
What Neur does not do
- It does not know your landlord, your lender or your local council.
- It does not negotiate, introduce or coach.
- It does not write your full business plan; it provides the evidence section.
- It does not cover markets outside the United States.
How to use both
Many people run a Neur report first, then bring it to a consultant, an SBA-backed Small Business Development Center (free) or a lender. The report answers the "is this viable, and where?" question so the paid conversation can start at "how do we do it?".
The honest summary
If the question is whether and where, Neur is the cheaper and faster route to the same data. If the question is how, and you want a person in your corner, hire one, and hand them the report.