METRONOME · Sep 11 · Block 2

Mentor flywheel

Mentorship only compounds when it runs both directions. Here is the ledger: what Byron gets, and what a mentor gets back.

Raise your hand — Sep 11

Byron gets: code · §6022 · sub-2ms · pricing · market

Mentor gets: SAFE · NOLA legacy · 16 properties · 1hr/wk

Left column

How Byron benefits from a mentor

Code validation

CPT against LA Medicaid DME
Confirm the fee schedule reads the way the model assumes.
§6022 pre-certification
25% credit plus 85% rebate, validated before spend.

Certification

Sub-2ms verification
1.42ms typical, 1.85ms worst case, independently checked.
WSDG NC20
Acoustic envelope signed off against the standard.

Pricing

Ladder pressure-test
Audit $250–500 · Metanate $2,500 · Maintain $49–149.
Recurring over transactional
Lock the model that compounds instead of the one that spikes.

Market access

Inner circle
Tipitina's, the Jazz Museum, Loyola, Ellis Marsalis, Trombone Shorty, Buckjump, MCCNNO.

Avoid three traps

CPT, Camouflage, LUTSA
The three failure modes that quietly end programs like this.

Right column

How a mentor benefits from mentoring Byron

Financial upside

Blue ocean
$79.5B → $123.4B · $11.6B → $20.7B · $413M → $595M.
SAM and SOM
SAM 50k · SOM 1,200 labs · $14.4M ARR before DME.
Full Box
100 Full Box engagements at $1.2M per year.

Subsidized asset

Class A asset
Government-subsidized structure through Louisiana §6022.

Equity

Early SAFE
SAFE with a trust equity kicker on the Perpetual Trust.

Cultural legacy

NOLA node
The $500M black box problem solved where the music is actually made.

Talent pipeline

Reach already built
DUS10 536K · Duke Relly 225K · Crybaby Cash 291K · Ray$av · Grammy Academy.

Network and lift

16 properties
One connected network, one inbox.
One hour a week
Low lift, plus the Idea Village halo.

Summary: move fast, avoid the three traps — CPT, Camouflage, LUTSA — de-risk the $2.5M Black Edition, lock recurring revenue over transactional, and get the first mentor hand raised on September 11.