Field research, operating frameworks, and experiments for making the physical world programmable.
FIELD NOTE 001 (SHIPPED)
Non-obvious leverage for small physical-world teams
How small physical-world companies get the capabilities they need before building the functions to own them.
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FIELD NOTE 002 (IN PROGRESS)
Breaking into industries that run on relationships
Executable systems for earning trust, finding the right people, and turning one credible relationship into market access.
FIELD NOTE 003 (IN PROGRESS)
Financing the next frontier milestone
A practical framework for matching the next technical or commercial milestone with the right source of capital.
FIELD NOTE 004 (Coming)
The boundaries of the frontier company
Decision rules for what to own, what to outsource, and where control becomes strategically important.
FIELD NOTE 005 (Coming)
Distributed atoms?
Where remote work holds up in physical technology companies, where proximity matters, and how the answer changes with stage.
FIELD NOTE 006 (Coming)
Generalists in specialist companies
The role of connective operators inside organizations built around deep technical expertise.
FIELD NOTE 007 (Coming)
Structuring the company around the technology
How IP, entities, assets, partnerships, and risk shape the company that ultimately gets built.