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The company's reference library: decisions, meetings, playbooks, and the businesses they belong to.

Recently decided

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2026-10-15	Hockey Stick Workshop Signups: Auto-Add to Attio, Michael as Default Owner	Hard CallsRye Valley	MHMichael Houck	decided
2026-10-15	GovGrid: Pursue Wide (30+ States, Shallow) and Deep (Single Agency) Data in Parallel	Rye Valley	EBEmil Barr	decided
2026-10-15	Creator Campaign Dashboard: Hold Until a Campaign Comes In	MegaphoneRye Valley	MHMichael Houck	decided
2026-10-14	Studio: allow LinkedIn and X as simultaneous channel selection for drafts	Megaphone	MHMichael Houck	decided

Open decisions

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2026-10-12	JOLT prices raised: Deploy $18,000, Studio $6,000/mo	JOLT!	?Unrecorded	active
2026-09-02	Megaphone Studio becomes the recurring expansion model after Deploy	Megaphone	?Unrecorded	ruled
	2026-08-11	Doctours: Michael Pitched Launch Video Around Upcoming Announcement	JOLT!Megaphone		waiting
	2026-08-06	Goodword: 2FA blocking Lore content posting	Lore		waiting
	2026-08-05	Emil Barr one-liner positioning being finalized	LoreMegaphone		waiting
	2026-08-02	Audiopool BD: Meeting Confirmed for Post-Aug 4	Rye Valley		waiting
	2026-07-31	WWR Reddit Proposal - Written Proposal Sent	Rye Valley		waiting
2025-05-13	The AI writing test decides whether Megaphone Studio goes up for sale (later reversed)	MegaphoneRye Valley	MHMichael Houck	reversed	Nudge
2024-11-12	Start a newsletter growth service arm (later wound down)	Rye ValleyHard Calls	MHMichael Houck	reversed	Nudge

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Recent meetings

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2026-10-15	Chat w Emil (GovGrid): wide vs. deep data collection - Oct 15, 2026	Rye Valley	Michael Houck, Emil Barr
2026-10-14	Staff (Project Omega) content interview	Megaphone	Blake Stewart, Stafford Sheehan
2026-10-14	[Weekly] JOLT! Sync	JOLT!MegaphoneRye Valley	Michael Houck, Blake Stewart, Tatem Lindner
2026-10-14	Houck & Ben (Ben Gusberg, Cape)	MegaphoneJOLT!Hard CallsRye Valley	Michael Houck, Ben Gusberg

Businesses

RV	Rye Valley	Holding company
HC	Hard Calls	Flagship newsletter + products
MP	Megaphone	Ghostwriting agency + Studio
J!	JOLT!	Founder TikTok agency
LR	Lore	White-label SEO content

Ledgers

Decisions	One record per call, with rationale and consequences	199
Meetings	Transcribed and searchable	763
Playbooks	Repeatable processes	14
Inbox	Your private threads and notes	282
Entities	One page per business, kept current	11
People	Roles, contact, ownership	22

Published 2026-10-15 · 199 decisions · 763 meetings · 14 playbooks · 11 entities · 282 inbox notes