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A forecasting model that handles site selection end to end and hands a human the exceptions rather than the queue. Aimed at childcare program directors, going after the low-value tail everyone else skips.
In short: Forecasting-Powered Site Scorer for Program Directors is a forecasting model aimed at childcare program directors, covering site selection. It scores 74/100 on AltF Ideas, carried by open field (94) and held back by feasibility (30). Typical pricing is $3.1k–$66k per customer per year, with a first version reachable in six to twelve months for $38k–$109k.
Childcare teams lose location decisions made on instinct and a drive-by. A typical childcare operation runs this on people, memory, and a shared spreadsheet. Whoever knows how it works becomes a single point of failure.
A narrow forecasting model scoped to site selection alone — no platform, no migration, no six-month rollout. Revenue is per-outcome, which suits a buyer who wants the cost to track the value rather than the seat count.
| Total addressable market | $231M |
|---|---|
| Category growth (CAGR) | 16% |
| Annual contract value | $3.1k – $66k |
| Pricing model | Per-outcome |
| Time to first revenue | 72 days |
| Startup cost to MVP | $38k – $109k |
| Build effort | 6-12 months |
Forecasting that used to need a data team now runs on off-the-shelf models. Childcare is growing at roughly 17% a year, and this job has not been re-tooled since it was designed around paper.
| Who | The gap |
|---|---|
| An internal hire | Works until volume doubles, then breaks again |
| A spreadsheet | The real incumbent in most of the market, and it is free |
| A vertical competitor | Priced and scoped for enterprise accounts, not this segment |
The buying cycle is slower than the build, so runway assumptions matter more than code.
An idea you cannot act on is entertainment. Four concrete steps, wired to tools already running on AltFTool.
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