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The toolkit
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- 01Cost AuditEvery subscription, retainer and manual job on one page, ranked biggest first, with honest annual figures.
- 02Time AuditA week in fifteen-minute blocks, tagged into the four kinds of work, with the LLM hand-off prompt built for you.
- 03Build-vs-Buy DeciderOne cost at a time through the four questions, in order, first yes wins. With the cheaper-to-run-than-rent check.
- 04Market Brain + Operating BrainThe two halves of the brain of the business as guided worksheets, exported in a form a machine can read.
- 05SOP to SkillA rambling voice-note transcript in, a clean machine-runnable skill file out, guardrails included.
- 06PRD BuilderWhat it must do, what it must never do, what done looks like. Plus the stress-test prompt that pokes holes before you build.
- 07Build ChecklistThe seven build moves and nine go-live gates as a working tick-list, security prompts written out word for word.
- 08Prompt + Security LibraryEvery paste-this-to-your-AI instruction from the book, one card each.
- 09First Builds by Business TypeThe starter pick for eight kinds of business, each with risk, data needed, the likely win and a starter prompt.
- 10Exit-Sequence PlannerSafety scores, notice windows, the sorted cut order, and warnings before you cancel anything. Overlap, never gap.
- 11Financial ModelThe monthly nut before and after, line by line, with the proof block to write back against the audit.
- 12Team Doorway BlueprintOne door, plain English, a human on the approvals. Hand the tools to the team without becoming the bottleneck.
- 13Idea Parking ListCapture, do not chase. Three honest questions before anything gets built.
- 14Website KitBrain first, then the build prompt that carries all of it. One honest warning included: the demo is not the job.
- 15The Method (one-pager)Expose, Decide, Lay, Build, Compound. The five steps on one page, printable.
- 16What We Recommend Right NowThe software and services we recommend for planning, building and running your tools.
The book
Not out yetBuild, Don't Rent
Build, Don’t Rent covers the approach behind these tools, based on rebuilding a distribution business.
Community
Not open yetThe Operators' Room
The Operators’ Room is for owners building tools for their businesses.
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