Strategy Is Scaffolding Not the Building
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Quick Take
This hits Brian's sweet spot of practical, anti-buzzword thinking about building products. As someone shipping multiple side projects while working at a fintech startup, he's living the "test fast, iterate strategy" approach daily and has concrete stories to back it up.
Relevant Domains
Side projects/automation/earning from skills - Primary fit Engineering craft/architecture/productivity - Secondary fit
Blog Angles
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"How I Killed Three Side Projects By Over-Strategizing"
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"Strategy vs. Architecture: What Startups Get Wrong About Technical Planning"
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"The 48-Hour Strategy Test"
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Key Quotes
Strategy is a simple guess: you want X, something blocks you, here's how you think to get past it
Writing a strategy down is not having one
Keep strategy simple so people can test and learn together
Tags
#strategy
#side-projects
#mvp
#experimentation
#startup-lessons
#shipping
#product-management