Foundry · noun: a place where strategy is forged

Build a real strategy:
an action agenda,
not a wish list.

Foundry is a guided wizard that walks you through building one: diagnose the hard problem, name your unfair advantage, choose a focused policy, ship concrete actions.

Based on Richard Rumelt's Good Strategy / Bad Strategy. A built-in critic flags fluff, restated goals and incoherent actions as you type.

Open library
Bad: wish list
  • Grow revenue 3x
  • Be world-class in customer experience
  • Maximize engagement
  • Build a high-performance team

No diagnosis. No focus. Goals dressed as plans.

Good: action agenda
  • Crux: Churn week 2: onboarding hides core feature.
  • Power: Only product with feature X built in.
  • Policy: Make X the first thing users touch.
  • Action: Rewrite onboarding to lead with X by Friday.

One challenge. Diagnosed. Concrete.