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06Free playbooks
18Articles
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01Playbooks and guides

Free, for the price of an email.

Each one is a working document, not a teaser. Pick a guide, tell me where to send it, and it lands in your inbox.

Startups · Free
The Startup Playbook
No. 01
Startups · Playbook + calculators

The Startup Playbook

Idea to first round. The idea scorecard, validation, growth, 30 revenue quick wins, default-alive and unit economics calculators, the one-minute pitch builder, the ten-slide deck and the 40 questions investors ask.

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35 min
For
Founders, idea to Series A
Pillar
Startups
AI · Free
The Brick-and-Mortar AI Audit
No. 02
AI · Web guide

The Brick-and-Mortar AI Audit

Twenty questions to figure out where AI actually belongs in a physical-economy business, and where the vendors are selling theatre.

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18 min
For
Non-tech ops
Pillar
AI for the physical economy
Agency · Free
The AI Agency Playbook
No. 03
Agency · Web guide

The AI Agency Playbook

How non-tech agencies adopt AI without losing margin. Pricing, hiring, the new stack, the client conversations.

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22 min
For
Agency founders
Pillar
AI-native agency
GTM · Free
GTM for the Physical Economy
No. 04
GTM · Diagnostic + worksheets

GTM for the Physical Economy

A founder's diagnostic. Channel-by-channel assessment with worksheets for logistics, retail, services and manufacturing.

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16 min
For
Founders, GTM leads
Pillar
GTM
AI · Free
The Operator's AI Stack
No. 05
AI · Stack + prompt templates

The Operator's AI Stack

Tools, prompts and workflows we run at Rope, the architecture, the prompt templates, and the weekly review loop that makes them compound.

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17 min
For
Builders, marketers
Pillar
AI
Visa · Free
Digital Nomad's Malaysia Visa Guide
No. 06
Visa · Apply + move guide

Digital Nomad's Malaysia Visa Guide

Malaysia's DE Rantau Nomad Pass, end to end, the application that gets approved, then choosing an apartment (even from abroad), the lease, and settling into Kuala Lumpur. Cross-promotion for NomadsVisa.

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22 min
For
Anyone applying, worldwide
Pillar
Cross-audience
02Articles

Filed by practice.

Field notes from the operator side of the table. Pick a practice to read only that shelf.

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