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A map of what I’m thinking about.

Notes, questions and frameworks on building businesses and brands from the roots. Six territories, one way of thinking — and a few seeds still waiting to grow.

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Lines are shared ideas. A good place to get lost.

A map of what I’m thinking about.

A stagnant business becomes a marsh

Questions to ask a business consultant before you hire one

How to create a small business strategy: three questions to answer first

If Your Business Disappeared, Who Would Miss It?

Building a brand from the roots — starting with my own

If your business disappeared, who would miss it?

Busy is not a strategy

What are your customers actually paying for?

A logo is the last answer, not the first

Don't automate the confusion

Is your offer clear enough to be repeated by a customer?

What does your brand promise that operations can't keep?

Which customer are you secretly building for?

Why most rebrands should start with a strategy meeting

Purpose statements that actually change decisions

The cost of saying yes to every opportunity

Where AI belongs in a small team — and where it doesn't

Notes from building TiM's go-to-market

Growth that the foundations can't carry