The Frameworks
How I think about
shipping the next thing.
Two umbrellas. Founder's Cut for builders past the build stage. Lean AI for operators figuring out where AI fits. Each sub-framework is a specific decision the work always ends up requiring.
The Umbrella
Founder's Cut: A Founder Coaching Framework for Builders Past the Build Stage
Founder coaching for the awkward stage between shipping something real and scaling. Founder's Cut is a 90-day framework — Clarity, Systems, Velocity — for founders and builders who already proved they can build but don't yet know what to build next.
The 90-Day Arc
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Clarity
Cut before you build.
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Systems
Install the repeatable stuff.
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Velocity
Measure, decide, delegate.
The Sub-Frameworks
The Clarity Filter: How to Beat Feature Creep and Know What to Stop Building
Feature creep is a clarity problem, not a discipline problem. Here's the 4-question filter I run when a roadmap is bloated and the founder can't tell what to cut.
The Prioritization Formula: A Product Prioritization Framework for Solo Founders
RICE, ICE, Kano, MoSCoW, Lean Prioritization — every prioritization framework was built for product teams, not solo founders. Here's a 5-input formula that synthesizes the best of all five for the 1-person company.
The Delegation Decision: When to Hire Your First Employee as a Founder
Most founders hire too late, then hire too generic. The Delegation Decision is a 3-question test for figuring out what to take off your plate first — and whether the answer is a fractional, a contractor, or a full-time first hire.
The Other Umbrella
Lean AI
Five frameworks for operators who want AI as infrastructure, not as a $200K platform contract. For founders shipping with Cursor and Lovable, for owners running $1M–$50M businesses figuring out where AI actually pays off, for anyone tired of vendor decks.
Vibe Debt
Every line of AI-generated code you don't understand is a payment due to your future self.
3 forms — Drift, Dependency, Comprehension
The Crash Cart
Triage a broken codebase the way an ER triages a trauma patient — bleeding first, scars later.
5 layers — Stop the Bleed → Stabilize → Survey → Strip → Ship
The Stack Tax
Every SaaS subscription is a tax on your runway. Your Bleed Rate tells you when to evict.
Formula — (monthly SaaS spend ÷ headcount) ÷ MRR per employee
The Operator's Ladder
There are 5 kinds of business owners on the AI curve. Skip a rung and you fall.
5 archetypes — Tourist → Tinkerer → Embedded → Augmented → AI-Native
The Build Order
Vibe-code the prototype. Hire to ship the v1. Bring in a fractional CTO before you scale. Never reverse the order.
3 stages × 4 approaches decision matrix
Methodology, not theory
Frameworks are scaffolding for decisions you already have to make.
Every founder past the build stage runs into the same four questions: which customer am I serving, what should I stop building, which feature comes next, and what do I take off my plate. Founder's Cut exists because most founder advice answers those questions generically. These frameworks are how I answer them with the specific founder in front of me.