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A Note from Our Founder
The things that break companies rarely show up on a dashboard. They live in the assumptions nobody questioned, the expectations nobody named, and the misalignment nobody realized was there.
Most leadership problems don't begin as execution problems. They begin as thinking problems. Not because people lack intelligence. Because they're making good decisions based on entirely different assumptions about what success looks like and what the strategy actually means.
This week's Field Note is about making those invisible forces visible. And what becomes possible when a leader finally does.
Plan Your Week
New Hello Chaos Podcast
The moment your business finally takes off is usually the same moment you realize you can't keep up with it.
Megan Rosen, co-founder of Pallas OmniStack, built her agency around her own hours, then hit the wall every service founder eventually hits, no more hours to sell. Instead of hiring her way out of it, she turned the fix she kept building for clients into a patent pending AI platform, and she's pitching investors on it this week.
Hear how she turned chaos into her own operating system, and why it matters if you're building something of your own.
Is your voice missing? Speak Up.
Do you have an entrepreneur story to tell? A point to make? An idea to share? We want to hear from you! Sign up to be a Hello Chaos guest today.
How To: Be Ready to Retail
Keep the demand high and supply low. That's the advice Quintin Middleton got from the president of Pappy Van Winkle, and it changed how he ran his business overnight.
Middleton is the South's premier culinary bladesmith, and in his 17th year as an entrepreneur, he's built relationships with chefs, retailers, and buyers the same way he builds a knife. Patiently, carefully, and with total belief in what he's making.
This week's How To goes inside Middleton's approach to retail relationships, and why he'd rather say no to a sale than compromise on who he works with.
Resource Spotlight
Every business eventually outgrows what got it here. The instincts that worked at year one stop being enough by year five.
That's where South Carolina Small Business Development Centers come in. Seminars and workshops on cybersecurity, agribusiness, international trade, and working with government. A real look at whether your business can actually scale. In some cases, access to capital.
This week's Resource Spotlight highlights how SC SBDC helps established businesses and startups execute their ideas in a better way.
Ready for a new ride? Carolina Foothills Federal Credit Union offers auto loans with rates and payments built around your budget, not a big bank's bottom line.
AI made PMs faster. Multiplayer mode is still broken.
A PM can summarize research, draft a PRD, and mock up a prototype before lunch. The hard part starts when the team has to decide what actually gets built.
Jira Product Discovery gives product teams one place to capture insights, prioritize ideas with consistent frameworks, and build living roadmaps stakeholders can rally around.
And because it’s connected to Jira, the context behind every decision stays with the work—so developers and their agents know not just what to build, but why.
AI helps PMs move faster. Jira Product Discovery helps the whole team build with confidence.
