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OutcomeTypes
A standalone lookup table whose rows (Billable, Pre-Revenue, Learning, Ops) power the dropdowns in Ventures ⟶ Primary Outcome, Projects ⟶ Outcome, and Tasks ⟶ Outcome.Ventures
Your distinct money-engines (Agency, CS50 learning track, SaaS idea, job search, etc.).Areas
Functional buckets (Marketing, Learning, Development) that Projects sit in.OKRs
A table of Objectives + their 1–3 Key Results + progress %, linked conceptually to Ventures/Projects but not required as a hard relation.Projects
Discrete bodies of work (e.g. “Build analytics dashboard,” “Finish CS50 p-set 1,” “Client proposal X”) that live in one Venture + one Area, and inherit or override an Outcome type.IdeasInbox
A rapid-capture table for raw thoughts: “Podcast idea,” “Look into GPT-agent integration,” etc. You later groom rows into Opportunities (or delete/incubate).Opportunities
Your triaged list: scored and enriched versions of Ideas that are candidates to become Projects.Tasks
The atomic action items you time-block and complete. Each Task points to exactly one Project and one Sprint (once scheduled), has its own Outcome, estimate, and context tags.Sprints
Weekly buckets (“2025-W24”) where you group Tasks, set capacity, and check your Billable ≥ 60 % rule.Resources & Templates
Reusable assets (docs, links, checklists). Store them here and link to whatever Venture, Project, or Area they belong under.
Brainstorm / CaptureIn IdeasInbox, you jot:
Triage into an OpportunityIn your weekly Backlog Grooming, you convert that Idea into an Opportunity. You score it (Impact = 4, Effort = 2) and tag its Venture as CS50 & Core Programming Skills.Promote to ProjectYou decide P-Set #1 deserves its own Project row:Break into Tasks & ScheduleUnder that Project, you create 2 Tasks:During Sprint Planning, you have 20 hr capacity; the Billable floor is 12 hr. You slot these two Learning tasks for 5 hr total into your calendar. Your remaining 15 hr of Billable tasks fill the other blocks.Execute & LogAs you work, you fill in Actual (hrs) on each Task, switch Status to Doing/Done, and let Coda roll up total Learning vs Billable hrs for the Sprint.Review & AdjustWhen the Sprint starts, the Billable Floor Check warns you if you accidentally dropped below 12 hr of Billable work.Mid-Sprint, glance at the Venture Dashboard to confirm you’re not over-allocating Learning time relative to runway.Archive & LearnOnce all Tasks are Done, you mark the Project Completed. You might link a Resource—say, your annotated CS50 notes—to the Project for future reference.
❗ SUPERSEDED This document has been superseded. See Coda Field List — FounderOS v0.2.3 (Working Formula Fixes) and FounderOS v0.2.3 — Context & Day‑1 Build Checklist (Working Formula Fixes) for the latest schema and formulas. Reference: coda_formula_guide.md.
What Each “Thing” Is
+-----------------+ +---------------+ +-------------+
| OutcomeTypes |<──┐ | Ventures | ┌──>| Projects |
| (lookup table) | └───| – PrimaryOutcome |–┘ | – Outcome |
| – Outcome | | – … | | – … |
+-----------------+ +---------------+ +-------------+
↑ ↓
| +– (reverse lookup: Projects)
|
+-------------+ +-------------------+ +-------------+
| OKRs | | Areas (Domains) | | Sprints |
| (table w/ | | (table) | | (table) |
| Objective, | | – Name | | – Sprint ID |
| KRs, % ) | | – … | | – Capacity |
+-------------+ +-------------------+ +------+------+
↑ related via Tasks
|
+----------------+ +-------------------+
| IdeasInbox | | Opportunities |
| (table) | | (table) |
| – Title | | – Links to Venture|
| – Tags (Topic) | | – Scores |
+--------+-------+ +--------+----------+
| |
| convert to | spawns
+──► Projects +──► Tasks
|
+--------▼----------+
| Tasks |
| (table) |
| – Project |
| – Outcome |
| – Role/Context |
| – Estimate/Actual |
+-------------------+
Workflow Example
Let’s run through capturing and executing a new learning task in your CS50 venture:
Title
Tags (Topic)
“Finish CS50 P-Set #1”
CS50, Python
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