Wow - 2024! It’s a) the future. Anything past Y2k is the future, as far as I’m concerned; 2) the first compliance year for LL97. Hard to believe it’s finally here; 3) the year we hit our stride – the GGRF opportunity, HPD+NYSERDA, and scaling up w CPC and NYGB. It’s all pretty heady!
New revenue this week: 0 - still waiting for Related Cos.
2024 ARR: 0
2024 New customers: 0
Old revenue collected this week: 0
Outstanding invoices as of today: $33,020.61 (Most if not all are on their way to us.)
360s. I thought Henry’s and François’ 360s this week were interesting and informative–I especially appreciated that both of them had to break new ground in their own ways since we are still pretty light on guidance. These also got me thinking again about having staggered 360s for everyone. I’ll put something on paper.
Recurring topic: understanding how our users are using the software. This came up in at least three conversations this week, and then there is the related topic of utilization metrics. It must be the right time to start having a plan!
Design talent: I spent some time putting a proposal on paper to have an open RFP for a design talent pool, and then spoke to the two designers who may be the first joiners. We’ve come a long way without professional design help (largely thanks to Jason’s ramp-up in Figma!) and I’m excited at the prospect of fixing some of the things that will help us move faster with with better quality.
Slack, Bluedot, and videos: I spent a bunch of time on documenting how we use videos for asynch meetings (see also draft video policy), cleaning up Slack (see channel naming convention), and reorganizing Bluedot and connecting collections to Slack channels. I hope it’s all helpful in the long run – I welcome your feedback!
GGRF Webinar: Mon. Jan 8. This is Marc’s show, but François and I will be there as back-up singers. Somewhat intimidating list of attendees – a who’s who of GGRF, but also many friends of Cadence.
Willdan 2024 contract. Payment terms still being negotiated - the latest we have is that they would like the payments to ramp up over the course of the year, which would be challenging for us.
(Really) wrapping up fundraising - We still have ~$300K in soft commits that have SAFE agreements out for signature, and a $500k loan that hopefully will close soon.
And here’s what’s on my radar screen - what am I forgetting?
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