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Business & Strategy

Decide with a method, not a hunch. Market sizing, competitive analysis, pricing models and the thinking tools we lean on under pressure.

The discipline is method before opinion: the facts go on the table first, the judgement comes after. These are the same approaches large consultancies use, scaled down to a decision a small business can actually make this week.

12 skills

Who this shelf is for
  • Founder sizing a market with a guess instead of a method
  • Owner planning a launch with no structure behind it
  • Operator who needs a clear read on competitors, not a gut feeling
Where to start

There is no kit; start with the decision in front of you. Validating demand? Begin with Market Sizing Analysis. Launching? Start with Launch Strategy.

Skills 12

Business & Strategy Skill

Brand Strategy Framework

Audit and build a brand's identity with five academic frameworks (Brand Onion, Trust Equation and JTBD) producing a scored assessment instead of guesswork.

$15
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Competitive Landscape

Map who you're up against and where the white space is, with Porter's Five Forces, Blue Ocean and positioning frameworks.

$15
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Internal Comms

Write internal corporate communications with tone calibration.

$15
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Launch Strategy

Plan a product launch, feature announcement, or release strategy.

$15
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Market Sizing Analysis

Size any market with TAM, SAM and SOM from three cross-checked methods, numbers investors actually trust.

$15
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Mental Models OS

Orchestrate decision-making with 80 mental models organized as a lattice model selection…

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SaaS Finance Metrics

Turn raw revenue data into a one-glance health picture across seven canonical metrics, MRR/ARR, LTV/CAC, Magic Number, Rule of 40, NRR/GRR, Burn Multiple and Quick Ratio.

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Startup Financial Modeling

Build 3-5 year startup financial models with cohort revenue, layered costs and runway that hold up in investor diligence.

$15
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Startup Metrics Framework

A stage-aware playbook for the startup metrics that actually decide your fate, with exact formulas and benchmark ranges.

$15
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Team Composition Analysis

Design the right team structure, hiring plan, compensation and equity, mapped role-by-role to revenue milestones.

$15
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  1. Frameworks instead of hunches, what is actually inside?

    Working decision structures: Market Sizing Analysis, Competitive Landscape, Launch Strategy and Brand Strategy Framework. Each one forces the inputs on the table before the opinion forms.

  2. Is market sizing useful for a small business?

    Most useful there, big companies buy reports, small ones bet their runway. The skill scales the method down: local market, real constraints, a number you can defend to yourself.

  3. Do these help with pricing decisions?

    Yes: pricing sits where strategy meets psychology, and the shelf covers the strategy side: positioning, willingness-to-pay logic and the trade-offs between models, before any number goes on a page.