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about operations.

Practical writing on business structure, data, processes, and the operational challenges that come with growth.

October 4, 2026

Build or buy: the answer changed, the risk moved

Building used to be the expensive part. Now it isn't — which means the risk moved to knowing what's actually worth building.

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September 20, 2026

The reporting cadence problem

A metric has a natural speed. When your review rhythm doesn't match it, the review stops being useful — in one of two opposite ways.

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September 6, 2026

The cost of the undocumented process

Tribal knowledge feels free, but it shows up as slow onboarding, repeated errors and key person risk. How to put a number on it — and where AI actually helps.

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August 2, 2026

What breaks first when you double the team

Going from twenty people to forty breaks four things, almost always in the same order. Knowing the sequence lets you build the structure before it costs you.

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July 1, 2025

AI doesn't fix broken processes. It amplifies them.

Most companies adopt AI before diagnosing their processes. The result: faster broken processes. Here's what to fix first — and why order matters.

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June 3, 2025

How to run a business diagnosis in 4 weeks

Most companies that feel stuck don't need a strategy consultant. They need someone to look at how the business actually works — and be honest about what they find.

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May 7, 2025

The handoff problem: why growth breaks between Sales and Operations

The most common failure point in scaling companies isn't in Sales or CS. It's in the dead zone between them — the moment a deal is signed and responsibility shifts.

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April 2, 2025

When to hire and when to restructure

The instinct when something breaks is to hire. But hiring into a broken system just gives you a more expensive broken system. Here's how to tell the difference.

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March 5, 2025

What good reporting actually looks like (and why most dashboards fail)

Most business dashboards have a fundamental problem: they show data without telling you what to do. They answer 'what happened' but not 'what does it mean' or 'what next'.

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February 10, 2025

The 5 numbers every growing company should be tracking — and almost none do

Everyone tracks revenue. The good ones track costs too. But almost nobody bothers to measure the numbers that actually predict where the business will be in 90 days.

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January 15, 2025

Why your business feels chaotic even when revenue is growing

Most early-stage companies grow on instinct and determination. Then growth hits — and what worked with 5 people breaks with 20. It's not a people problem. It's a structure problem.

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