Business Planning
Build a competitor matrix that helps a real decision
Compare the same customer job, record official sources and unknowns, and turn differences into testable positioning. Includes a prepared downloadable matrix.
· 2 min read
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Operations
Practical operations guides and worked examples. Choose an article, check its sources and put the next step into practice.
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Business Planning
Explain market-sizing assumptions so another person can check them
Define a market boundary, keep accounts and annual spend consistent, and test reachable shares. Includes a worked TAM/SAM/SOM calculation with clear limitations.
· 2 min read
Business Planning
Check a basic scenario model before using the forecast
Trace driver cells, formulas, scenario changes, and cash balances in an editable XLSX. Use a worked service-business model and check its exclusions.
· 2 min read
Business Planning
Turn a business plan into a pitch without inventing traction
Choose an audience and ask, reduce the plan to one message per slide, and preserve evidence gaps. Inspect a prepared pitch deck aligned with a scenario model.
· 2 min read
Business Planning
Prepare a management report that separates facts from explanations
Report actuals, targets, variance, risks, and decisions with explicit missing data. Use a worked monthly review and a repeatable checklist.
· 2 min read
Operations
AI ROI calculator: build a business case your team can check
A faster task is a promising result. This guide shows how to turn that result into a measured pilot, a realistic budget, and a recommendation you can defend.
· 7 min read
Operations
Vendor evaluation scorecard: a template with a worked example
Put evidence beside every score, separate requirements from preferences, and see whether your preferred vendor survives a change in assumptions.
· 6 min read
Operations
Customer interview analysis: turn notes into a defensible product decision
Move from interesting conversations to a clear next experiment, with neutral questions, an evidence table, and a worked example that keeps conflicting findings visible.
· 6 min read
Operations
Standard operating procedure template: a complete onboarding example
A procedure earns its place when another person can follow it, handle the common exceptions, and tell whether the work is complete.
· 7 min read