Field guide 8
The Famine Month
Why lumpy funding makes every recurring commitment feel like a risk
Every ecosystem that builds ventures
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7 pages

What it argues
The question is almost never whether something is worth it. The question is whether you can commit to it now, in this part of the cycle, with what you have. Those are completely different questions and only one of them gets asked.
What you take away
Cost nothing to start
Be stoppable without penalty
Require no window that does not exist
Have a path to paying for itself
Preserve capability across the reset
Make the cycle visible to the board
Reduce the volatility that lands on staff
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