Hi — I'm Dan

I build tools and systems for solo operators and tiny teams.

Some of what I've built is below — tools for solo operators, products I've taken to market, and a couple of personal experiments. I send a daily email about the work.

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Build strong solo systems. Test ideas before going all in.
A short email each day on building, shipping, and operating as a solo or tiny team — written from inside the work, not from the sidelines.
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What I've built

Things I've built.

A mix of tools I've built for my own agency, products I've taken to market, and personal experiments. Each one solves a real problem.

Lead Magnet Wizard
A tool that analyzes a business and tells you what interactive lead magnet would actually convert for them.
Live Stick & Grow product Visit →
Pipegrind
Daily outreach + AI lead enrichment for solo operators running their own pipelines.
Live Stick & Grow product Visit →
Project Big Board
A task management system for tiny teams — daily prioritization, project rollups, and a journal layer baked in.
Live Stick & Grow internal projectbigboard.com soon
LinkedIn Audit
An audit for founder LinkedIn profiles — what's working, what to fix, what to publish next. Renaming soon.
Live Stick & Grow product Visit →
Positioning Analyst
A tool that reads a company's website and scores their positioning across the dimensions buyers actually care about.
Building Stick & Grow product
Stick & Grow content platform
The internal system I built to run founder-led content programs for B2B SaaS clients — research, drafts, calendar, brand voice, all in one place.
Internal Stick & Grow Agency →
Dreamkeeper
A personal dream journal with multi-lens AI analysis and cross-dream pattern detection. The first of my non-S&G experiments.
Live Personal Visit →
Outcrop
A junior mining intelligence platform — newsletter and database covering drill results from public exploration companies.
Building Personal

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What I'm writing

A daily email from inside the work.

I write about what it actually takes to build, ship, and operate as a solo or tiny team. Positioning. Productizing. Pricing. AI workflows that respect your taste. The lean ops layer that holds it together. Honest teardowns of what's working.

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