Systems Thinking
I have a graveyard of SaaS subscriptions I paid for instead of building and custom tools I built instead of buying. After enough mistakes, a pattern emerged in what made some decisions right and others wrong.
Entrepreneurship
Every system you build is equity. Every process only you understand is a liability on the balance sheet.
Systems Thinking
Most operators think about margin as an output. Revenue minus cost equals profit. Margin erosion almost never shows up as a single line item you can point to and fix. It shows up as a pattern, a reinforcing cycle where one problem feeds another.