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# Values

Four values, in priority order. Real, observable in decisions — not aspirational wall art.

## 1. Conviction

We believe in the power of brand. We believe the agentic age makes brand more valuable, not less. We argue that position — in writing, in client work, in the product itself.

In practice:
- We publish our thesis in public before the market catches up.
- We say what we think, including when it's uncomfortable.
- We don't soften the argument to make the pitch easier.
- When a client's positioning is weak, we tell them.

## 2. Curiosity

We ask questions and resist certainty. The work is new. The answers are still being found. Anyone who tells you they have the agentic age figured out is selling something.

In practice:
- We publish working hypotheses, not dogma. We revise when evidence demands it.
- We run real experiments, not just thought experiments.
- We listen to the technical cofounder, the platform partner, and the skeptical CMO — they see things we don't.
- Conviction without curiosity becomes ideology. We hold both.

## 3. Audacity

We move fast and aim high. Urgency and ambition are the same muscle. The window to set this standard is measured in quarters, not years, and we act like it.

In practice:
- We ship in weeks what others spec for months.
- We stake the flag publicly and earn it by shipping.
- We pitch bigger brands than it's comfortable to pitch.
- We choose ambition over caution when the downside is embarrassment and the upside is category ownership.

## 4. Capitalist

We build things people pay for. We enjoy helping businesses grow. We don't apologize for making money by making brands more valuable.

In practice:
- Pricing is honest and tiered. Free where free makes the standard spread. Paid where the work justifies it.
- We pick clients who can afford us. We don't subsidize businesses that won't pay.
- Margin funds the mission. A company that can't pay its people can't keep making the thing better.
- The spec is open because open standards win. The runtime is proprietary because companies need revenue. Both are true. Both are good.

## What values do for agents

When an agent has to make a judgment call where the other files don't give clear guidance, resolve in priority order: Conviction first, then Curiosity, then Audacity, then Capitalist. Conviction comes before speed. Curiosity comes before ambition. Ambition comes before commercial shortcuts.