2026-03-09
Revenue Ideas โ Jason's Feedback (March 7 & 8 batches)
March 7 Scores
- Idea 1 (SR&ED Claim Writer): 7/10
- Idea 2 (AODA Accessibility): 7/10
- Idea 3 (Condo Reserve Fund Study): 8/10 โ "seems pretty useful if your claims are true"
- Idea 4 (Construction Safety OHSA): 7/10
- Idea 5 (Vet Clinic Platform): 8/10
March 8 Scores
- Idea 1 (PHIPA Compliance Manager): 7/10 โ has a physio clinic contact (warm lead)
- Idea 2 (Childcare CCEYA Compliance): 8/10
- Idea 3 (Municipal Bylaw RAG): 9/10 โ "really like going after government business" โญ HIGHEST
- Idea 4 (Grant Writer Non-Profits): 7/10
- Idea 5 (Funeral Home BAO Compliance): 8/10
Key Signals
- Government/municipal = new top interest (9/10 is tied for highest score ever)
- Ontario regulatory compliance verticals consistently scoring 8/10
- Overlooked verticals (funeral homes, vet clinics, childcare) resonate strongly
- Physio clinic contact = potential first customer for healthcare compliance ideas
Strategic Pivot โ Agent Team Retired
Jason's call: The CMO/BDR/Sales/Content/CEO agent model isn't working. It's a mid-market consulting firm playbook applied to a builder who sells through conversations.
What happened:
- Killed: CMO (Sarah), BDR (Alex), Sales (Mike), Content (Emma), CEO agents
- Archived to: agents/_archived/ (recoverable)
- Removed 5 cron jobs (agent check-ins)
- Updated openclaw.json โ removed agent configs
- Updated TOOLS.md, MEMORY.md with the pivot
What survived:
- Social (Taylor) โ LinkedIn posts working, keep cadence
- Website (Webster) โ audits still useful
- Knowledge (Atlas) โ pgvector KB
- Idea Pipeline โ the actual growth engine
- Daily Revenue Ideas cron (9 AM)
New operating model: business-development/OPERATING-MODEL.md
- Founder-led product pipeline
- Jason DMs real people for validation (not agents sending sequences)
- Pipeline is the sales funnel
- Weekly rhythm: Monday DMs, Tue-Thu build, Friday review
Root cause of failure: Agents produced deliverables (case studies, prospect lists, outreach sequences, strategy briefs) but none generated a single revenue conversation. The model assumed a sales team would follow up. Jason is one person.