Strategic Synthesis
The Critical Path
All roads lead through Athio funnel completion. The hosting blocker from Jan 14 is still the critical constraint,
now resolved into a minimum viable approach: get Calendly or email capture live by Jan 22-23, then iterate.
What Changed Week-Over-Week
- Derek shipped foundational work: Bridger resources extracted and submitted, frameworks delivered via Slack
- CRM decision made: No longer debating Airtable vs Notion - direction chosen and executed
- Strategic pause on Brad work: Tiger Quest and landing page refresh deliberately paused until Athio proves out
- Calendly went live: Discovery call infrastructure now operational as minimum viable capture mechanism
- Scope management emerging: Will addressing Samuel expectations + JV pipeline seeding without commitment
The Forcing Function
Jan 22-23 is the hard deadline for Athio minimum viable. Not "100% functional/dirty" anymore -
that missed the 48-hour sprint. Now it's "Calendly or email capture live" with everything else built incrementally after baseline ships.
Coordination Quality
Tracking Slack drops: "1 drop so far - create solution at 3 drops". System creates accountability without blame.
Bridger follow-up addressed in person after submission went unanswered. Derek catching up on coordination gaps.
What Ships Next
Immediate (48 hours): Athio hosting resolution + minimum viable site live
This week: Samuel scope alignment call + ongoing JV pipeline development
After Athio closes: Resume Brad Tiger Quest work + landing page refresh
⏰ The 48-Hour Forcing Function
What ships by Jan 22-23 or gets killed. No "almost done" allowed.
- Athio hosting resolution (Derek/Will/Sumit, Deadline: Jan 22) — Infrastructure operational, WhatsApp thread resolved, technical blockers cleared. Proves foundation is solid. Unlocks: Calendly/email capture baseline deployment.
- Athio minimum viable live (Derek/Will, Deadline: Jan 22-23) — Calendly embedded OR email capture functional, site accessible, first test submission confirmed. Proves: Can capture leads immediately. Unlocks: Pipeline generation, incremental feature development, validated foundation to build on.
Everything else waits. Brad work waits. Landing page refresh waits. Full feature set waits.
Get baseline live. Then iterate.