Notes from the work.

Short pieces on funding, operations, and the unglamorous work of making technology stick inside real organizations.

• 01There was no structure to inheritWhat it takes to turn a donor-managed project into an institution that can carry its own weight.1 min
• 02AI adoption is not a demo problemThe demo always works. Adoption happens when someone who does not consider themselves technical uses the thing on a Tuesday.2 min
• 03The spreadsheet is a decision you keep makingEvery manual workaround is a choice renewed daily. Most organizations have stopped noticing they are making it.2 min
• 04Grants teach the wrong disciplineGrant money trains founders to optimize for reporting. Venture capital asks a harder and more useful question.2 min