Method & work

Put the pattern in the right sequence

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Krama · order

01The methodConsultant, founder, marketer, product builder — those are containers. The act underneath has never changed.

The same act, four domains

I go beneath the surface of a messy system, find the pattern that explains it, and build the structure that makes the pattern usable by other people.

True of the outbound engine that failed for reasons the dashboards couldn’t explain. True of the Coda work ecosystem shipped without a line of production code. True of the GRC positioning. True of OrgIntel.

The first domain you do this in is always the slowest, because you’re building the machine, not just the skill.Self-mastery · the vault

Don’t mistake the surface for the substance. The number behind the number is the reason. The CRM record behind the CRM record is the context.

02The workOutcome attached to each. Where something failed, it says so. No metric here that was not measured.

Lead with the scar

  1. Buildr Base

    FastrBuild

    A Coda-based operating system for FastrBuild's internal ops — visibility and coordination in one place.

    Runs the company day to day. No production code was written for it.

    Shipped · Coda · No-Code · Systems Design

  2. Dapp

    Self-built

    A hyperlocal dating app for a closed college community, built on GlideApps.

    100+ paying users. Shut down in month two — the unit economics did not work.

    Shut down · GlideApps · No-Code · Community

  3. CollectiveOS / iCreate

    Self-built

    A no-code operating system for freelance collectives, assembled from Coda and Typeform.

    Full working OS. Zero lines of production code.

    Shipped · Coda · Typeform · No-Code

  4. Events-Led Marketing

    Atom11

    Events-led marketing, awards presence, and the messaging and decks behind them.

    Shipped. Events carried the demand generation, not paid channels.

    Shipped · Events · Messaging · Decks

  5. Publishing & CRM Rebuild

    Soffit

    A cybersecurity publishing programme, a Zoho CRM rebuild, and an IT Maturity Assessment as the entry point.

    Shipped. The assessment became the front door to the pipeline.

    Shipped · Zoho CRM · Content · B2B

  6. Relationship-Led Sales System

    Soffit

    Relationship-led sales funnels on a rebuilt Zoho instance, with automated follow-ups behind them.

    Shipped. Follow-up stopped depending on someone remembering.

    Shipped · Zoho CRM · Automation · Sales

  7. Enterprise Pivot

    Client engagement

    Automated prospecting into a Zoho CRM, with an Organizational Maturity Assessment as the hook.

    Shipped. The assessment did the qualifying before a human joined the call.

    Shipped · Zoho CRM · Automation · Prospecting

  8. Internal Automation

    FastrBuild

    N8N workflows covering the repeatable internal work — capture, follow-up, reporting, sync.

    Automated roughly 30% of internal work. Became the precursor to Vajra.

    Precursor · N8N · Automation · Ops

  9. Fundraise Narrative & ABM

    Speedlegal

    The fundraise narrative, a LinkedIn ABM motion, and the newsletter that carried both.

    Newsletter reached ~1.5k subscribers. Product Hunt launch finished #2 for the day.

    Shipped · ABM · LinkedIn · Newsletter

  10. UI/UX & Design System

    GRAC

    A design system and the case study documenting it.

    In progress. Not finished, not shipped.

    Advisory role. No equity held.

    In progress · Design System · UI/UX · Figma

  11. Fundraise Narrative

    GRAC

    The real-time compliance operations narrative behind the raise.

    Live and unclosed. No round announced.

    Advisory role. No equity held.

    Live · Narrative · Fundraise · Positioning

On relationships: I consult for Acsia (on LiLA) and advise GRAC. I hold no equity in either company, and none in LiLA.

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