Business Frameworks

Business Frameworks · business-frameworks/value/why@1.5 — why value is the objective a business is run against, and what moves it. Call before using the value scale bands or the two value decisions (reinvest-or-distribute, build-or-run-for-cash); returns 290 tokens of original synthesis citing two published works, with child handles — free layer at /catalogue.

Business Frameworks · business-frameworks/risk/why@1.3 — why r, the cost of capital used as the discount rate, is a price and not a feeling about danger, and how it is set. Call before using the risk scale bands or the two risk decisions (hurdle, concentration); returns 494 tokens of original synthesis citing one published work, with child handles — free layer at /catalogue.

Business Frameworks · business-frameworks/growth/why@1.3 — why growth is conditional on earning more than r, and where its ceiling is. Call before using the forecast and self-financeable nodes, the $25–50M scale band or the three growth decisions (pace, price, adjacency); returns 298 tokens of original synthesis citing three published works, with child handles — free layer at /catalogue.

Business Frameworks · business-frameworks/market/decide/verdict@1.2, applied — POST whether the node is short inside the horizon, lead time and horizon, whether suppliers are building, documented relief and how the price is set; get the node's verdict — binding, transient, pass-through or open — and the fact that decided it. Deterministic (the node's rule, no model): figures, verdict, action and c

Business Frameworks · business-frameworks/value/decide/reinvest-or-distribute@1.3, applied — POST r, the screen (default 30%), the cash available, the runway target and each candidate use with its return; get the uses ranked, which to fund, where to stop and what to distribute. Deterministic (the node's rule, no model): returns figures, verdict, action and check with the 283-token node text and it

Business Frameworks · business-frameworks/value/decide/build-or-run-for-cash@1.3, applied — POST whether the position is durable and the founder-free and repeating shares of revenue; get build-for-transfer or run-for-cash (exit or income), the matching actions and the quarterly check. Deterministic (the node's rule, no model): returns figures, verdict, action and check with the 165-token node text

Business Frameworks · business-frameworks/cash-flow/decide/cash-cycle@1.3, applied — POST the three day-counts of the cash conversion cycle and the cost shares per sales dollar; get the cycle, the cents of working capital tied up per sales dollar and the lever to pull first. Deterministic (the node's rule, no model): returns figures, verdict, action and check with the 209-token node text and its p

Business Frameworks · business-frameworks/cash-flow/decide/runway@1.3, applied — POST a period-by-period cash forecast and the reserve (one month of operating cash); get the first period that breaches the floor (the next period's must-pay plus the reserve) and the order of actions with amounts. Deterministic (the node's rule, no model): returns figures, verdict, action and check with the 343-token

Business Frameworks · business-frameworks/cash-flow/decide/owner-pay@1.3, applied — POST the owner's hours, the market wage for that work and the reported cash flow; get the cash flow after a market wage, and whether the business is a job that loses money. Deterministic (the node's rule, no model): returns figures, verdict, action and check with the 98-token node text — schema free at GET /apply/c

Business Frameworks · business-frameworks/risk/decide/concentration@1.3, applied — POST the largest customer's and supplier's shares and the functions only the owner performs; get which dependencies are priced risks and what to do first. Deterministic (the node's rule, no model): returns figures, verdict, action and check with the 137-token node text — schema free at GET /apply/risk/decide/concent

Business Frameworks · business-frameworks/growth/decide/pace@1.3, applied — POST the planned growth rate, r, the cash cycle and margin (or the ceiling itself) and any outside-capital terms; get how fast the business can afford to grow on its own cash and whether outside money is worth taking. Deterministic (the node's rule, no model): returns figures, verdict, action and check with the 146-token n

Business Frameworks · business-frameworks/growth/decide/price@1.3, applied — POST the reference price of the competing product, the differentiation value per segment and the incremental cost; get the price ceiling and floor per segment and the room between them: pricing a product against a competing one. Deterministic (the node's rule, no model): returns figures, verdict, action and check with the

Business Frameworks · business-frameworks/growth/decide/adjacency@1.3, applied — POST the four screens (one of them that the offer creates value for a defined segment) and the failure-pattern checks for a candidate move; get approve or refuse, with the failing screens and flagged patterns named. Deterministic (the node's rule, no model): returns figures, verdict, action and check with the 257-toke

Business Frameworks · business-frameworks/value/decide/reinvest-or-distribute@1.3 — the decision rule for reinvesting or distributing cash: capital allocation against r with an IRR screen (default 30%) above it, as inputs, rule, action and check. Call when a business holds cash and has candidate uses to rank; returns 283 tokens of original synthesis citing one published work — to run it on your ow

Business Frameworks · business-frameworks/value/decide/build-or-run-for-cash@1.3 — the decision rule for building the business for transfer or running it for cash (exit or income), as inputs, rule, action and check. Call when an owner must choose which of the two the business is; returns 165 tokens of original synthesis citing one published work — to run it on your own numbers, POST /apply/value/d

Business Frameworks · business-frameworks/cash-flow/decide/cash-cycle@1.3 — the decision rule for managing the cash cycle (the cash conversion cycle and the working capital each sales dollar ties up), as inputs, rule, action and check. Call when receivable, inventory and supplier-credit days are known and you need the lever to pull first; returns 209 tokens of original synthesis citing one publish

Business Frameworks · business-frameworks/cash-flow/decide/runway@1.3 — the decision rule for keeping the runway, as inputs, rule, action and check: cash stays above the next period's must-pay outflows plus a reserve of one month of operating cash. Call when a period-by-period cash forecast may fall below that floor; returns 343 tokens of original synthesis citing four published works — to run it

Business Frameworks · business-frameworks/cash-flow/decide/owner-pay@1.3 — the decision rule for paying the owner first, as inputs, rule, action and check. Call when an owner-run business reports cash flow before a market wage for the owner's work; returns 98 tokens of original synthesis — to run it on your own numbers, POST /apply/cash-flow/decide/owner-pay.

Business Frameworks · business-frameworks/risk/decide/hurdle@1.3 — the decision rule for setting the hurdle rate r (the cost of capital, the discount rate), as inputs, rule, action and check. Call when a business needs its own discount rate from a long-bond yield and comparable asset betas; returns 170 tokens of original synthesis — to run it on your own numbers, POST /apply/risk/decide/hurdle.

Business Frameworks · business-frameworks/risk/decide/concentration@1.3 — the decision rule for limiting concentration, as inputs, rule, action and check. Call when one customer, one supplier or the owner carries a large share of the business; returns 137 tokens of original synthesis — to run it on your own numbers, POST /apply/risk/decide/concentration.

Business Frameworks · business-frameworks/growth/decide/pace@1.3 — the decision rule for the pace of growth: how fast the business can afford to grow on its own cash and when outside money is worth taking, as inputs, rule, action and check. Call when a planned growth rate must be tested against the self-financeable ceiling and outside-capital terms; returns 146 tokens of original synthesis citing

Business Frameworks · business-frameworks/growth/decide/price@1.3 — the decision rule for setting the price: pricing a product against the competing one the customer would otherwise buy, as inputs, rule, action and check. Call when you have a reference price, the differentiation value per segment and the incremental cost; returns 196 tokens of original synthesis citing one published work — to run

Business Frameworks · business-frameworks/growth/decide/adjacency@1.3 — the decision rule for approving or refusing an adjacency, as inputs, rule, action and check: four screens, one of them that the offer creates value for a defined segment, and seven failure patterns. Call when a move beyond the core is proposed and has to pass the screens; returns 257 tokens of original synthesis citing three p

Business Frameworks · business-frameworks/cash-flow/why@1.3 — why profit is not cash, and where the cash goes. Call before using the cash-flow scale bands, the pro-forma node or the three cash decisions (cash-cycle, runway, owner-pay); returns 318 tokens of original synthesis citing three published works, with child handles — free layer at /catalogue.

Business Frameworks · business-frameworks/value/band/sub-1m@1.3 — value below $1M revenue, where the owner is the business and a buyer pays only for what runs without the owner. Call when the business you run or advise is under $1M; returns 292 tokens of original synthesis citing one published work — free preview in business-frameworks/value@1.3.

Business Frameworks · business-frameworks/value/band/5-25m@1.3 — value at $5–25M revenue, the scale band where the business becomes an asset with buyers, lenders and comparables. Call when the business you run or advise is in that band; returns 197 tokens of original synthesis — free layer at /catalogue.

Business Frameworks · business-frameworks/value/band/25-50m@1.3 — value at $25–50M revenue, the scale band where value is position and the decisions are about scope. Call when the business you run or advise is in that band; returns 243 tokens of original synthesis citing three published works — free layer at /catalogue.

Business Frameworks · business-frameworks/cash-flow/band/sub-1m@1.3 — cash flow below $1M revenue: pay the owner a market wage first, then read what the business generates. Call when a business under $1M is being judged on reported profit; returns 202 tokens of original synthesis citing one published work — free preview in business-frameworks/cash-flow@1.3.

Business Frameworks · business-frameworks/cash-flow/band/1-5m@1.3 — cash flow at $1–5M revenue, where the operating cash cycle (the cash conversion cycle: inventory days plus receivable days less supplier-credit days) and the working capital it ties up are the dominant term. Call when sales growth at that size is tying up cash; returns 272 tokens of original synthesis citing two published works —

Business Frameworks · business-frameworks/cash-flow/band/5-25m@1.3 — cash flow at $5–25M revenue, the scale band where the question becomes capital allocation. Call when the business you run or advise is in that band; returns 194 tokens of original synthesis citing two published works — free layer at /catalogue.

Business Frameworks · business-frameworks/cash-flow/pro-forma@1.3 — how the forward view is built: the pro formas that turn a plan into a cash figure, with cash as the balancing item. Call when you need to price one decision rather than rank several with the equation; returns 278 tokens of original synthesis citing one published work, with a link to growth/forecast — free layer at /catalogue.

Business Frameworks · business-frameworks/risk/band/sub-5m@1.3 — risk below $5M revenue, where the rate is mostly the chance of survival and a "venture rate" is a success probability in disguise. Call when discounting a plan for a business under $5M; returns 290 tokens of original synthesis — free preview in business-frameworks/risk@1.3.

Business Frameworks · business-frameworks/risk/band/5-50m@1.3 — risk from $5M revenue up, where r is referenced to the market and capital structure enters deliberately. Call when setting a discount rate for a $5–50M business; returns 193 tokens of original synthesis — free layer at /catalogue.

Business Frameworks · business-frameworks/growth/forecast@1.3 — how to get from a revenue forecast to a g you can defend. Call when a growth rate has to carry a valuation or a plan; returns 232 tokens of original synthesis citing one published work, with a link to cash-flow/pro-forma — free layer at /catalogue.

Business Frameworks · business-frameworks/growth/self-financeable@1.3 — how fast the business can afford to grow on its own cash: the self-financeable growth rate, set by how long cash is tied up per cycle, how many cents each sales dollar ties up and how many it generates. Call when deciding whether a growth plan needs outside money; returns 358 tokens of original synthesis citing one published w

Business Frameworks · business-frameworks/growth/band/25-50m@1.3 — growth at $25–50M revenue as a scope decision: the ceiling is management span and the core's reach, no longer cash. Call when a business of that size weighs a move beyond its core; returns 285 tokens of original synthesis citing three published works — free preview in business-frameworks/growth@1.3.

Business Frameworks · business-frameworks/risk/decide/hurdle@1.3, applied — POST the long-bond yield and two or three comparable asset betas; get r for this business — its cost of capital, the discount rate — with the sub-$5M probability rule and the concentrated owner's stated premium applied. Deterministic (the node's rule, no model): returns figures, verdict, action and check with the 170-token

Business Frameworks · business-frameworks/market/decide/binding-node@1.2, applied — POST a chain from end demand to the upstream limit with each node's tightness and each edge's weight and lag; get effective tightness along the path, the binding node, the dominant transmission and the lag to each seat. Deterministic (the node's rule, no model): figures, verdict, action and check with the 256-token

Business Frameworks · business-frameworks/market/decide/rent@1.2, applied — POST pricing power, the crossing year, the base year and the horizon — or a list of nodes to rank; get durability (the years before new supply crosses demand) and rent over the horizon, ranked where several nodes are sent. Deterministic (the node's rule, no model): figures, verdict, action and check with the 186-token node

Business Frameworks · business-frameworks/market/decide/shock@1.2, applied — POST the shock type, the node's marginal buyer tiers, the propensity read, the driver share, lead time and horizon, and an analog if one exists; get the verdict steps and the lag that reach the seat, with the transfer test applied. Deterministic (the node's rule, no model): figures, verdict, action and check with the 298-

Business Frameworks · business-frameworks/market/decide/verdict@1.2 — the decision rule for a node's verdict — binding, transient, pass-through or open — from capacity, lead time against the horizon, suppliers building, documented relief and how the price is set, as inputs, rule, action and check. Call when a node's position has to be ruled before any price is read; returns 234 tokens of original

Business Frameworks · business-frameworks/market/decide/pricing-power@1.2 — the decision rule for scoring pricing power 0–10 from tightness, structure and the strongest downstream weight, with the buyer-tier and propensity adjustments and the evidence cut above six, as inputs, rule, action and check. Call when a node's margin to plan on has to be scored; returns 291 tokens of original synthesis (t

Business Frameworks · business-frameworks/market/decide/binding-node@1.2 — the decision rule for finding the binding node of a chain: constraint propagated along weighted, lagged edges, the peak of effective tightness, and the chain's dominant transmission, as inputs, rule, action and check. Call when a mapped chain has to be read for where rent accrues; returns 256 tokens of original synthesis (t

Business Frameworks · business-frameworks/market/decide/rent@1.2 — the decision rule for pricing rent over the horizon: durability as the years to the crossing, capped at the horizon; rent as pricing power held for those years; nodes ranked by it, as inputs, rule, action and check. Call when pricing power has to become a margin plan with an end date; returns 186 tokens of original synthesis (terse

Business Frameworks · business-frameworks/market/decide/shock@1.2 — the decision rule for transferring a shock to a seat: an analog carries only when its buyer tiers match today's, otherwise the shock type's prior sets the verdict steps and the lag, as inputs, rule, action and check. Call when a forecast's bad case has to carry a named shock with a magnitude and a lag; returns 298 tokens of origin

Business Frameworks · business-frameworks/market/why@1.2 — why the constraint is read before the price: a node's position is what is committed, how far lead times have stretched and whether it is on allocation; a price only checks that read. Four rules follow. Call before any market scale band or decision; returns 372 tokens of original synthesis (terse variant 147) with related handles; free laye

Business Frameworks · business-frameworks/market/map@1.2 — map the chain as markets, not companies: walk from end demand to the upstream limit, apply the market test at each stage (its own buyers, constraint and lead time), split only on different markets, merge on a shared buyer and constraint. Call when the chain a business sells into and buys from has to be drawn; returns 426 tokens of original

Business Frameworks · business-frameworks/market/edges@1.2 — draw the edges: a weight from 0 to 1 for how irreplaceable the upstream good is, a lag in months, pull travelling down the chain and constraint travelling up, and effective tightness as the larger of own and reaching. Call once the chain is mapped, before the binding node is read; returns 357 tokens of original synthesis, citing one publ

Business Frameworks · business-frameworks/market/structure@1.2 — score the market around a node on the five competitive forces and composite them, then read the principal sellers' restraint against the structure: rent in a concentrated stable market, ceded ground in a fragmented shifting one. Call when pricing power is to be scored; returns 344 tokens of original synthesis, citing two published wo

Business Frameworks · business-frameworks/market/balance@1.2 — balance supply against demand in physical units year by year: effective capacity adjusted for yield and ramp, the balance B = D/S − 1, and the crossing year read from allocation ending, not from price. Call when durability — the years before new supply crosses demand — has to be dated; returns 348 tokens of original synthesis, citing o