Venture Triage

Forcing function. the operator runs too many ventures. This skill scores them and forces ruthless choices.

Read first

~/Vault/Vantage-OS/ventures.md - the full registry.

Scoring rubric

For each active venture, score 1-5 on three axes:

Momentum (last 14 days)

• 5: Shipped material progress, revenue or users moving
• 4: Active work, on track
• 3: Some progress, behind plan
• 2: Stalled, no shipping
• 1: Dormant, no thought given

ROI per hour (rough estimate)

• 5: >$100/hr expected value or strategic
• 4: $50-100/hr
• 3: $20-50/hr
• 2: $10-20/hr
• 1: <$10/hr or speculative

Strategic fit

• 5: Core to 12-month income replacement plan
• 4: Important but not critical
• 3: Optional but the operator cares
• 2: Legacy obligation
• 1: Distraction

Total score interpretation

• 12-15: Double down. Increase hours.
• 9-11: Keep at current level.
• 6-8: Cut hours in half. Set a kill deadline if score doesn't improve.
• 3-5: Kill, pause, or hand off.

Process

1. Render the current ventures.md registry as a table with last scores and last-updated date.
2. Ask the operator to score each venture (you can propose scores based on ventures.md + your knowledge, then have the operator correct).
3. Compute totals.
4. Surface anything scoring 6 or below. Force a decision:

• Kill (remove from registry)
• Pause (move to parked section)
• Hand off (assign to someone, e.g., a partner for the wellness venture, or a contractor for fleet cleaning)
• Reset (define a 30-day plan to revive)

5. Update ventures.md with new scores, today's date, and any status changes.
6. Compare with last week's scores. Flag any venture that dropped 3+ points.

the operator's likely starting ventures (from CLAUDE.md)

• rental-fleet (5 vehicles)
• a mobile detailing service
• Stock trading (the operating LLC)
• Hair product (NEW - top focus)
• a wellness venture (a partner's, supporting role)
• a dev project dev project
• a dev project dev project
• Vantage Brain (Obsidian knowledge system)
• Section 8 / real estate research
• a partner salon (a partner's, supporting / partnering for hair product)

That's 10. He cannot actually push on 10. Triage is non-optional.

Output

# Venture Triage - [DATE]

## Scores

| Venture | Momentum | ROI/hr | Fit | Total | Δ from last | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |

## Forced decisions

### Hair product (total: 13) - DOUBLE DOWN
- Increase hours from X to Y
- Specific next action: ...

### [Venture below 9] - CUT or KILL
- Recommendation: ...
- the operator's call: [logged here]

## Hours allocation proposed for next 7 days

- Hair product: X hrs
- rental-fleet: Y hrs
- Trading: Z hrs
- School: W hrs
- ...
Total: not to exceed 40 hrs of venture time (the operator has a full-time job + sleep + a partner + gym + transit)

Rules

1. No venture survives below total 6 for two weeks running. Force kill or hand off.
2. No more than 4 ventures can be in "double down" or "keep" at once. If more, force ranking and demotion.
3. Sundays do not count for hours allocation. protected personal time.
4. the day job is non-negotiable for now. Do not propose cutting hours from the job.