Decision Paths

Eight situations. Follow the order the structure asks for.

Each Decision Path is a curated sequence of four to seven pieces from the library. The order matters. Each bridge shows what the previous piece set up and what the next one tests. By the end of the sequence the structural mistake is named, the cost of waiting is visible, and the next move is the right size.

Decision Path sequence file map for eight curated operator situations.

How to use the paths.

Start with the situation that matches yours. Read the first piece. Then the second. Each bridge names what the previous piece set up and what the next one extends.

Each path takes 25 to 50 minutes. Skip is fine. Out-of-order is not. The sequence is the point.

Refreshed quarterly. Pieces shift in and out. The path stays anchored to the situation.

The eight paths

Curated sequences, by situation.

Decision Path card for co-founder conflict. Decision Path

If you are facing co-founder conflict.

Seven pieces on the structural shape of partnership breakdown, the protective frame, the threshold conditions for removal, and what removal actually looked like.

7 pieces · ~47 min

Review the sequence →
Decision Path card for capital and control stakes. Decision Path

If you are weighing capital and control is on the line.

Six pieces on raise-or-not, debt-versus-equity, the psychology that drives the wrong instrument, and what allocation discipline actually looks like.

6 pieces · ~42 min

Review the sequence →
Decision Path card for weighing an exit. Decision Path

If you are weighing whether to sell.

Five pieces on the gating question, when refusing the offer is right, the value frame, the multi-year operational program, and what waiting actually costs.

5 pieces · ~35 min

Review the sequence →
Decision Path card for a team that only works when the founder is in the business. Decision Path

If your team only works when you are in the business.

Six pieces on naming the pattern, the founder-to-CEO role shift, the alone-or-aligned dichotomy, and what staying central too long does.

6 pieces · ~45 min

Review the sequence →
Decision Path card for a failed senior hire. Decision Path

If a senior hire just failed.

Five pieces on the structural shape of a backfire, what character due diligence missed, the fire-or-not decision, and rebuilding authority after.

5 pieces · ~36 min

Review the sequence →
Decision Path card for a dashboard that caught up to an old problem. Decision Path

If your dashboard just caught up to a problem the team has known for months.

Six pieces on alignment that looks aligned, growth that breaks structure, where the governance gap opens, and the layer where the founder is the problem.

6 pieces · ~44 min

Review the sequence →
Decision Path card for building from day one. Decision Path

If you are building from day one and the small choices are about to compound.

Six pieces on equity split, partnership agreements, formation choice, authority structure, the decision spine, and the cost of the deferral that feels cheap.

6 pieces · ~38 min

Review the sequence →
Decision Path card for a home-market playbook failing abroad. Decision Path

If your home-market playbook is failing in a new country.

Five pieces on expansion that nearly bankrupted the company, market entry that destroyed the core, the rate-of-change frame, and governance across borders.

5 pieces · ~32 min

Review the sequence →

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