Decide Your Operating Model Before You Commit Capital.
EOR, Managed Operations, Build–Operate–Transfer, or your own Philippine entity? The Diagnostic is a fixed-fee working engagement, led by Chico Inong, that tells you which model fits, what it will cost, and what the path to ownership looks like — before you hire employee #1.
Choosing an offshore model is a capital decision. Get it wrong and you either stay dependent on a vendor for a function that has become core, or you set up an entity before the operation is proven. The Diagnostic applies what Chico learned leading seven entity transfers to your plans, so the destination is designed before the first hire.
$10,000 fixed fee · 4–8 weeks. You pay for the analysis, so you keep the recommendation whether or not you work with Marquee — and if you move forward with a BOT engagement, $5,000 credits toward it.
The Risks You're Already Carrying:
As an informal Philippine workforce becomes larger and more business-critical, the priority shifts from finding talent to formalizing employment, governance, infrastructure, and long-term control. The Diagnostic pressure-tests your current setup against where you actually want to go — then hands you a clear, actionable roadmap to get there.
And if you're planning a new operation, these are the risks you avoid by designing it properly from day one.
If you're on this page, something about your current setup already feels unresolved. Here's what that instinct is usually pointing to.
Compliance & Regulatory Exposure
Contractors and freelancers sit outside a clean legal structure — until an audit, a labor dispute, or a client's own compliance review asks questions you don't have documented answers to.
No Institutional Continuity
Contractors have no structural reason to stay. When they leave, so does the process knowledge, client context, and momentum they were carrying.
Knowledge Concentrated in Individuals
Workflows, decision logic, and reporting standards live in someone's head — not the organization's. That's a single point of failure, not a system.
A Scale Ceiling You Can't See Yet
Informal arrangements work at five people. At twenty, the cracks — inconsistent management, fragmented vendors, unclear ownership — start affecting the business itself.
Due Diligence Red Flags
An unformalized offshore workforce is exactly what surfaces as a risk in investor due diligence or an acquisition — right when you can least afford the distraction.
Locked Out of Legitimate Vendors
Group healthcare, insurance, leasing, even laptop suppliers — most vendors won't set you up as a proper account without a registered business entity to invoice. Without one, you're paying retail, improvising workarounds, or getting turned away outright.
This is built for:
Planning a Philippine Operation for 2027
You want to choose between EOR, Managed Operations, BOT and your own entity — with real numbers, not vendor pitches.
Dependent on an Outsourcing Vendor
The function has become strategic and you want a plan to bring it in-house without losing the team.
Running an Informal Team
You have contractors or freelancers in the Philippines and need a compliant structure that can grow into something you own.
What the Diagnostic Covers:
Operating Model Recommendation
EOR, Managed Operations, BOT or your own entity — with the reasoning behind it.
Ownership & Control
Who holds the team, the knowledge, and the decisions under each model.
Indicative Economics
Cost of each model over three years, including the cost to transfer.
Entity & Regulatory Path
What you’d need to set up a Philippine entity, and when to do it.
Transfer Plan
Timing, triggers, and what moves at handover.
Risk Review of Your Current Setup
If you already have contractors, freelancers, or an outsourced team in place.
What the Fee Actually Buys You.
This isn't a generic consulting engagement or a cookie-cutter assessment. The fee buys four specific things:
Expert Scrutiny
Labor-law, tax, accounting and corporate specialists review the findings before you see a recommendation.
Decision Confidence
You make a consequential Philippine investment based on a tested recommendation, not a guess.
Risk Reduction
Legal, financial, and accounting implications are considered before implementation — not discovered afterward.
An Executable Direction
You receive a recommended path forward, not a collection of observations.
From Conversation to Roadmap.
1. BOT Readiness Conversation. Free, 30 minutes with Chico Inong. Tell us what you're planning in the Philippines, and we'll tell you whether it's worth a deeper look.
2. Discovery Call. Free, 60 minutes. Discovery goes both ways: you get to know Marquee, how we operate and what we've built, and we get to know your requirements, size, scale, time horizon and any operation you already run. For many companies, this is enough to choose the right model.
3. Ownership Diagnostic. When the decision needs deeper analysis: leadership interviews, workforce review and entity options over 4–8 weeks. It ends in a recommended model, economics, transfer plan and roadmap, walked through with your leadership.
Design the Destination Before You Hire Employee #1.
Choosing your operating model shouldn’t be a guess. Get a decision-ready recommendation before you commit capital.