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The Operator’s Brief.
Practical writing on running a company that scales past its founder — operations, hiring, technology, and the numbers. One idea at a time, from people who run these systems for a living.
ISSUE N°012 · PUBLISHED WEEKLY · NO TREND-CHASING, NO LISTICLES
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N°007AI is an accelerator, not a strategy: where AI actually pays off in a 50-person company
Read the brief →: AI is an accelerator, not a strategy: where AI actually pays off in a 50-person companyAt around fifty employees, almost every founder gets asked some version of the same question — by a board member, an investor, a peer at a conference — “what’s your AI strategy?” It’s a fair question asked at the wrong altitude. AI isn’t a strategy…
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N°006
Fixed-price software builds: how to buy development without buying hours
Most software gets bought by the hour, one way or another. Even when the invoice says “project,” the estimate underneath it is somebody’s guess at hours multiplied by…