Notes
Working notes from the studio.
Short essays on the kinds of decisions our work tends to land on. Occasional, unscheduled, written for the operators and founders we end up working with most often.
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- Reading a technical diligence reportFor the partner who has never had to sign one. What a defensible diligence report should contain, and what its absences tell you.Reading a technical diligence report
For the partner who has never had to sign one. What a defensible diligence report should contain, and what its absences tell you.
- The second-opinion engagementOne decision, one defensible read. The shape of a technical-SOS engagement.The second-opinion engagement
One decision, one defensible read. The shape of a technical-SOS engagement.
- Fractional CTO vs engineering counselThey are priced similarly. They do different jobs. The difference decides which one a founder actually needs.Fractional CTO vs engineering counsel
They are priced similarly. They do different jobs. The difference decides which one a founder actually needs.
- Judgment before codeThe most expensive thing a founder can buy is a correctly built wrong thing.Judgment before code
The most expensive thing a founder can buy is a correctly built wrong thing.
- AI readiness without the vendor pitchHow a non-tech firm begins with AI without committing to a three-year contract it cannot evaluate.AI readiness without the vendor pitch
How a non-tech firm begins with AI without committing to a three-year contract it cannot evaluate.
- Technical diligence — the quiet questionsThe questions a senior diligence asks that the deck does not answer.Technical diligence — the quiet questions
The questions a senior diligence asks that the deck does not answer.
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