Sunday, May 24, 2026·Operations
Document the boring parts.
“Operations are the unsexy reason businesses survive year two.”
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Why this matters
Repeatable processes turn personal heroics into a company. Without them, every new customer or hire restarts the learning curve.
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Write down every step of your current customer onboarding, even the awkward ones.
Founder question
Which task would break if you took a week off?
Operations
Document the boring parts.
“Operations are the unsexy reason businesses survive year two.”
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