Coowoolf
@Coowoolf
Public Skills
explore-exploit-cycles
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Use when managing growth experiments, when a product area faces diminishing returns, or when deciding whether to generalize or specialize in career or product strategy
4P Opportunity Framework
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Evaluate opportunities by assessing Potential BEFORE Probability, then check Passion and Prowess. Prevents risk aversion from killing high-upside ideas.
Builder Operating Model
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Shift from rigid roles (PM, Designer, Engineer) towards a model where individuals use AI to bridge skill gaps, enabling smaller and flatter teams. Use in early-stage startups or innovation units where speed is critical.
organism-conversion-loop
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Use when building AI-native products where user data can fine-tune performance, when static software fails to improve with usage, or when designing products that learn from interaction
gardening-mindset
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Use when dealing with ecosystems, network effects, or high-uncertainty environments where the right answer cannot be known in advance, when rigid planning consumes more value than it creates
Hierarchy of Engagement
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A three-level framework to gauge growth quality. Level 1: Core Action completion. Level 2: Retention via accruing benefits and mounting loss. Level 3: Self-perpetuating loops. Don't optimize for MAU—optimize for engaged users.
LNO Time Management Framework
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Categorize tasks into Leverage (10x), Neutral (1x), and Overhead (<1x) to escape the trap of treating all tasks as equally important. Apply perfectionism only to L tasks.
Frontier of Understanding (NCTs)
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Before setting outcome goals, identify your understanding level. If you don't know the levers, set a learning goal, not a revenue goal. Don't commit to outcomes you can't control.
three-layer-agent-stack
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Use when building AI-powered products or agents, when raw model intelligence isn't enough to solve user problems, or when designing the architecture for agentic workflows
Hierarchy of Marketplaces
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A roadmap for marketplace domination. Level 1: Focus on a "thimble" to maximize Happy GMV. Level 2: Tip the market via growth loops. Level 3: Dominate to capture economic rents. Not all GMV is equal.
Product-Led Marketing Loop
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Treat product usage costs (even high LLM costs) as marketing expenses. Remove all friction to access, let users create social proof. COGS becomes CAC. Ship to create noise.
ai-teammate-model
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Use when designing AI agent products, defining roadmaps for agentic workflows, or evaluating how to evolve AI from passive tool to proactive partner in software development
inner-scorecard
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Use when deciding between a high-status opportunity and a riskier path that feels more aligned, when feeling trapped despite external success, or when auditing if your decisions serve your values or others' expectations
absolute-volume-framework
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Use in power-law businesses like platforms or VC, when conversion rate optimization shrinks your funnel, or when efficiency metrics block potential outlier winners
gamification-triad
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Use when designing retention mechanisms, habit loops, or auditing why users drop off despite engaging with core features, to structure gamification beyond superficial badges
marginal-user-framework
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Use when facing conversion plateaus, expanding to new markets, or when aggregate data fails to reveal growth bottlenecks, to identify high-leverage improvements by focusing on worst-case users
Pre-Mortem Framework
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Instead of waiting for a post-mortem after failure, imagine the project has already failed spectacularly and work backward to uncover hidden risks. Use before kicking off any major initiative, product launch, or high-stakes project.
historian-decision-model
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Use when joining a new company, taking over legacy products, or proposing strategies that were previously attempted to avoid repeating past mistakes
taste-driven-core
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Use for core product areas defining long-term brand value, when A/B tests are fragmenting product vision, or when short-term optimization threatens architectural integrity
Minimum Lovable Product (MLP)
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In an era where AI lowers the cost of building software, viability is obsolete. The differentiator is joy and emotional connection. Prioritize "Wow" over "Aha"—brand is product interaction.
Fear and Anger Decision Filter
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Fear creates exaggerated negative predictions. When gripped by fear, bet that the opposite will happen if you act against it, then take action. Use for high-stakes decisions that feel emotionally dangerous.
Energy Audit and Zone of Genius
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Review your calendar, color-code activities by energy impact (Green/Red), and systematically delegate draining tasks to maximize time in your Zone of Genius.
Four Forces of Progress
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A behavioral model defining the opposing forces in switching decisions—Push, Pull, Anxiety, Habit. Change happens only when (Push + Pull) > (Anxiety + Habit). Core to Jobs-to-be-Done theory.
shortening-feedback-loops
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Use when decisions seem to require years to evaluate, when hiding behind long-term vision to avoid accountability, or when struggling to learn from venture/product bets in real-time