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The decisions product founders actually get stuck on, worked through with the unit math. What to fix first, and what it costs to get the order wrong.
Weighing cost as well? The pricing ladder lays out what each step costs and includes.
Comparison4 min readBuildYourBzns vs using a 3PL on its own
A 3PL gets you out of the warehouse but never touches landed cost, supplier terms or pricing. Not competing choices: Foundations First already includes one.
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Comparison5 min readBuildYourBzns vs an Agency or Fractional COO
A fractional COO runs your operations. We rebuild them, then hand them back. Here is which one your business needs, and what each costs over a year.
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Comparison4 min readBuildYourBzns vs a Business Coach
A coach works on you. Foundations First works on the business. Which to hire when, and what each actually changes about margins, inventory and operations.
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Comparison4 min readBuildYourBzns vs doing it yourself in spreadsheets
A spreadsheet can absolutely give you your real margin. The problem is that it decays, and rebuilding it every quarter is the tax nobody prices in.
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Comparison4 min readBuildYourBzns vs Dropshipping
Dropshipping removes the inventory risk and most of the margin with it. The honest trade, and what it takes to run the same way while owning your products.
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Comparison5 min readBuildYourBzns vs hiring an operations person
A hire starts from zero on your numbers and can leave with everything they learned. A rebuild has an end date and leaves the systems behind. When each fits.
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Comparison9 min readShould you hire a marketing agency or fix your margins first?
Most product founders at $100K hire an agency next. The unit math on when that works, when it burns cash, and the revenue floor an agency needs to make sense.
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