I run three ventures from one Obsidian vault. Here's the 13-folder template.
Why a markdown vault outperforms a Notion plus Asana plus Drive plus Slack stack when AI agents are part of the work. Battle-tested across QC, MHG, and Parley.
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Find your next useful idea.
Field notes, research, playbooks, and lessons. One place to follow the threads that matter to your work.
I'm starting a publication. Here's what it is and why.
Field notes from an operator running three ventures on Claude Code. Biweekly. No theory. Receipts only.
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How I run six AI agents across three ventures without them stepping on each other.
The routing model that holds up under load. Built for TruPath, tested on Mile High Golf, Quantum Caddy, and Parley.
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I tried to build my own AI-native business OS. Here's why I scrapped it.
A 20-agent Electron app that didn't ship. The decision to throw it away. What I'd tell anyone tempted to build the same thing.
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Long-Context vs Targeted Retrieval for Compliance Drafting: An SBA Loan Packet Case Study
Modern long-context language models (1M-token windows) make it tempting to load an entire reference corpus and draft against it; the implicit premise is that more context is always better when accuracy matters.
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Provisional Patent Draft Accuracy: Measured Rework Rates vs Human Baseline
LLM-assisted provisional patent drafting promises faster cycle time at the inventor-startup phase, but the question for operators is how much of the LLM draft survives attorney review.
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Real-Estate Site-Search Automation: Hours-Saved and Filter-Accuracy in a Pre-Launch Venue Search
Pre-launch entertainment-venue site searches are constrained by an unusual cocktail of filters: zoning compatibility, square-footage and ceiling-height fit, ABC-license geography (in NC, alcohol licensing depends on municipal jurisdiction and proximity to schools/churches), and proximity to demand.
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Vault Structure
13-folder Obsidian template that scales across multiple ventures. The operating system around your AI agents.
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The Security & IP Discipline Playbook
Five gates that keep a fast-moving AI shop from leaking its secrets, its source license, or its patent rights. Written the day I pasted my session tokens into a chat.
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Vault as operating system — the 13-folder convention
Numbered folders. Single source of truth per concern. Why a markdown vault beats a SaaS stack.
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What public disclosure does to your patent rights
Pitch without an NDA, publish a write-up, prompt a consumer LLM — each can be a disclosure. The grace period, the foreign-filing trap, and what to check before anything goes public.
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Multi-venture portfolio operations
Cross-venture routing, shared agents, isolation rules. Running 3+ ventures from one operator.
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SBA loan packet drafting with agents
The 12-document SBA 7(a) packet, agent-assisted, with rework rate measured.
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