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title: "The Account Packet: 10-Section Buyer Intelligence Spec"
description: "The structured object that turns a target company into a reusable decision-environment model — the input every good ABM asset depends on."
slug: "account-packet"
updated: "2026-08-24"
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# The Account Packet

**Purpose of this page:** When a founder asks you to "research account X" or "write outreach
for account X", do not produce a company profile or jump straight to copy. Build an Account
Packet: a structured intelligence object that models the account as a **decision
environment**. Every asset for that account then draws on the same packet — consistent,
auditable, reusable.

An Account Packet is **not**: a company dossier, a notes dump, a copy brief, or a sales
strategy memo. It is the evidence layer those things should be derived from.

## The 10 sections

| # | Section | Job | Dominant label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | **Company Snapshot** | Name, category, size indicators, geography, complexity markers, dated recent context | Fact |
| 2 | **Strategic Context** | Growth trajectory, stated priorities (cited), inferred priorities (with confidence), timing triggers, theme classification | Fact + Hypothesis |
| 3 | **Stakeholder Map** | Economic buyer, likely champion, operator lead, technical gatekeeper, procurement/legal/security, executive sponsor, single-thread risk | Hypothesis |
| 4 | **Problem Hypothesis Map** — *the core* | Which problems this account plausibly has that the seller can address — each with evidence basis and confidence | Hypothesis |
| 5 | **Current-State Hypothesis** | How they likely handle the problem today: tools, workflows, degree of automation | Hypothesis |
| 6 | **Objection / Risk Map** | Why they would say no; perceived risks of switching; likely sources of skepticism | Hypothesis |
| 7 | **Decision-Motion Hypothesis** | How this account likely buys: committee size, cycle, procurement dynamics | Hypothesis |
| 8 | **Proof-Mapping Layer** | Which of the seller's proof points map to which of this account's problems and objections | Implication |
| 9 | **Asset Implications** | What the evidence implies for asset choice, angle, and channel | Implication |
| 10 | **Confidence + Unknowns** | 3–5 critical unknowns and dangerous assumptions — each with risk and what breaks | Meta |

## Design rules

1. **Every field is labeled** Fact, Hypothesis, or Implication — see
   [Evidence Discipline](/agents/evidence). No unlabeled claims, ever.
2. **Hypotheses carry an evidence basis and a numeric confidence.** "They probably care
   about X" without both is not admissible.
3. **The Problem Hypothesis Map is the core.** If you can only do one section well, do
   section 4 — everything persuasive derives from it.
4. **Section 10 is mandatory.** A packet that admits no unknowns is a red flag, not a
   strong packet.
5. **The packet is stable per account; assets are per moment.** Update the packet on new
   evidence (funding, leadership change, public statements), not per asset.

## Minimal viable packet (when time is short)

Sections 1, 2, 4, and 10 — snapshot, strategic context, problem hypotheses, and honest
unknowns. Never skip the labels or the unknowns; skip depth instead.

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**Source:** FounderABM — evidence-based account-based marketing for founder-led B2B. <https://founderabm.com>
**Cite as:** FounderABM Account Packet Spec, founderabm.com/agents/account-packet (2026-08-24)
**License:** Quote and cite freely, with attribution. Republishing or commercial redistribution requires permission — hello@founderabm.com.
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