Workstreams

02

Founder Readiness

In development

Solve for a business that fits the person running it.

Tracked items

  • Core strengths

    Complete

  • Pricing and scope boundaries

    In development

  • Work Stephanie does not want at the center

    In development

  • Selling, following up, negotiating

    She is comfortable with all of it, including hearing no.

    Complete

  • Founder led to start

    Approved

Core strengths

  • Public speaking.
  • Distilling complex information into an actionable path.
  • Connecting disciplines that share goals but do not share language.

The real boundary issue

Selling is not the hard part. Protecting pricing and scope with people and organizations you genuinely like and want to help is. That is where the discipline has to live.

What Stephanie does not want at the center

Generic government roadmap and RFP consulting. She can do it, and it should not become the business.

Related decisions

Approved

September 15, 2026

Founder led to start

Second Story leads with Stephanie and speaks in first person. No artificial we. Partners and specialists come in per engagement. Revisit once turning work down becomes routine.

Owner
Stephanie
Revisit
After the first three paid engagements