FBA Rollout Take 1

The Sequencing Principle

You do not launch all tracks at once. You launch them in the order that reduces founder load fastest.

The correct sequence is not intuitive.

Phase 0 (Now → 60 days): Institutionalize You

Objective: Extract the founder from daily execution.

What launches in this phase

Only two things:

1. Civilization Engineering Canon (Minimal)

This is not a curriculum.

It consists of:

• Canonical problem statements
• System boundaries
• Interface definitions
• Quality bars
• Clear definitions of “what good looks like”

Artifacts:

• 10–20 canonical documents
• Not polished
• Authoritative

Purpose:

• Stop repeated questions
• Create a single source of truth

2. Staff Role: Canonical Editor / Systems Scribe (1–2 people)

This role is more important than instructors.

Responsibilities:

• Sit with the founder
• Extract decision logic
• Convert it into canonical documentation
• Maintain version control
• Eliminate ambiguity

They do not teach. They do not build. They institutionalize the founder’s mind.

Without this role, nothing scales.

Phase 1 (Months 2–4): Launch CET Without Teaching It Yourself

Objective: Allow serious participants to enter without consuming founder time.

What CET is at launch

Not:

• A class
• Lectures
• “Content”

It is:

• Problem-driven
• Document-driven
• Review-driven

Participants:

• Work from canonical documents
• Produce research artifacts
• Publish findings
• Self-organize

Staffing

• 1 CET Facilitator (not a subject expert)
  • Enforces process
  • Runs reviews
  • Maintains cadence

Founder role:

• Weekly office hours (capped)
• Final arbiter only

If CET requires daily founder involvement, it is premature.

Phase 2 (Months 3–6): Launch EFT Access (Not EFT Direct)

Objective: Channel energy outward instead of inward.

Purpose:

• Prevent CET from becoming an internal idea factory that consumes time

EFT Access provides:

• Standards
• Templates
• Procurement requirements
• Public review lanes

It does not provide:

• Promises
• Services
• Mentoring

Staffing

• Zero dedicated staff
• CET Facilitator routes questions to documentation

Enterprises self-succeed or self-fail. This phase buys enormous founder time.

Phase 3 (Months 5–9): Launch EFT Direct (Paid)

Objective: Fund staff so the founder does not have to.

Only launch when:

• CET runs without founder dependency
• EFT Access is stable
• Demand is proven

Staffing (Lean)

• 1 Enterprise Lead
  • Screens ventures
  • Enforces milestones
  • Protects staff time
• 1–2 Reviewers (part-time, paid per review)

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