The solo bottleneck
Building decks for yourself is vanity work.
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Stack that stays small
Sheet data sources + Looker Studio or Notion embeds.
Tools named here: Google Looker Studio, Sheets, Stripe. Prefer official docs and native features before adding another SaaS.
Ship the automation
Pick 5 numbers max: revenue, expenses, pipeline, traffic, delivery load.
Pipe Stripe + analytics into Sheets nightly.
Build one Looker Studio page; bookmark it.
Review Monday with the finance digest — not hourly.
Keep it honest
If a metric does not change a decision, delete it.
Automations should reduce decisions and errors — not hide broken processes. If a Zap fails weekly, fix the process or delete the Zap.
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