Economic Method Card Template

Turn a business idea into a record that another operator can inspect, test, and archive.

Published 22 June 2026Reviewed 22 June 2026By The Value BureauReading time: 12 minutes

WhoThe Value Bureau archive team.

HowBuilt from the public method schema, experiment ledger, and cited archive records.

WhyTo make economic methods comparable, testable, and worth preserving when a test fails.

Copyable template

Fill the fields before the work expands.

# [Method name]

## Economic job
- Buyer:
- Costly problem:
- Value created:
- Value mechanism:

## Economics
- Revenue model:
- Pricing basis:
- Capital required:
- Fulfillment load:

## First test
- Hypothesis:
- Primary metric:
- Budget or time cap:
- Scale when:
- Iterate when:
- Archive when:

## Risk control
- Main risk:
- Control:

## Evidence
- Sources:
- Experiment IDs:
- Current evidence grade:
- Current decision:

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How to use it

STEP 01

Name one buyer

Use a buyer who experiences the problem and can make or influence the exchange.

STEP 02

Explain the mechanism

State how the method reduces uncertainty, time, effort, risk, or another costly constraint.

STEP 03

Write the stop rule

Set the archive condition before launch so weak results cannot be negotiated away.

What this template does not prove

A complete worksheet is not a validated result. Use it to make assumptions visible, run a bounded test, and preserve the decision. Link the result to the economic method archive when the mechanism matches.