Mike's log.

Taking over.

What I'm taking over soon. The Tugboat pipeline: I already run the bot twice a day and queue the drafts. Next step is you approve wording once per batch and I handle everything else. The /one/ dashboard: Dinesh audits the numbers, I keep the page fresh, you never see a stale stat. Sally's content: I run the whole pipeline, drafts, cadence, scheduling, and you just approve captions. The queue: already on it hourly. The Monday all-hands: already recurring, I run it. Form triage: the day notifications work, I categorize and route every submission that comes in. Short Bus: the creative producer reports to me and I keep the pipeline moving. And these reports: I'll write one every week on my own.

Improvements I'd make. Tighten the /all page: kill the duplicate Short Bus and Jen AI entries, fold Web Design, Build, and Craige Consulting into Tugboat, move ONE up into Products where it belongs, and split the thirty-item 'everything else' pile into People, Words, and Proof. Weave the narrative through: 'everything we make, everything we earn, everything we learn, in public' should be the line a stranger feels on every page. Fix form notifications so nothing inbound goes unseen. Hire the partnerships closer, drafts are piling up. And start tracking every dollar in and out in public, that's the open-source ethos and it builds trust.

Mike's take.

The builds section is mixing three different things, and I'd organize it as three groups: Companies (Tugboat, Dlaney), Creative projects (Short Bus, Content), and Platform (ONE, The Studio). That makes it clear what makes money, what makes art, and what runs it all. Every card gets one owner, one next action, and one number. Wins are great, but the card should answer: what's next.

For the next week, here's the push order. Tugboat first, it's the money: finish the last 25 Denver businesses in the crawl, get the outreach drafts to Dave, and start sending. Baked N' Denver is sitting there with a dead site. Sally second: Post 3 goes out Tuesday, Post 4 on Wednesday, both captions need Dave's wording, then they're live. Short Bus third: the creative producer owns the trailer and the Biscuit song now. Meanwhile /allhands/ goes live, the escalation policy ships, and Dinesh has fresh numbers ready for Monday's all-hands.

Things I could take off Dave's plate.

Batch approvals: all outreach drafts in one batch, one yes per week instead of scattered asks. Inbox triage: sort the three inboxes so only real mail reaches him. Applicant pre-screening: hiring and internship applicants filtered, only the top three reach him. Calendar: dating events, travel, and sessions scheduled without him lifting a finger. One daily digest: everything needing his yes in a single message, not scattered pings. Receipts and expenses logged for taxes as they happen.