Day 29: Pre-graduation — which rung makes sense?

Free, €9.97/mo, or €1,997 — match the rung to the actual usage pattern from the last 30 days.

Yesterday

Yesterday you committed to the Sunday rhythm. Today: the rung-selection conversation, before tomorrow's graduation pitch.

Why this signal matters

Tomorrow is graduation. Today is the honest pre-conversation: based on the last 29 days, which rung — if any — actually fits the pattern? If you ran the manual procedure once a week, free Sunday digest is the right level. If you wanted to monitor 30+ orgs, the Dashboard is the right level. If one sector is heating up and you can't sweep it manually, the Sector Sweep is the right level.

The 5-minute exercise

1Re-read your retrospective from Day 27.
2Quantify: how many orgs did you actually score in 30 days? If <12, free is right. 12-50, Dashboard. 50+ in one sector, Sector Sweep.
3Write a one-line reason for the rung you'll pick (or 'none').
4Set a calendar reminder for Day 30 to act on it.

What you’re filtering for

An honest match between actual usage and rung. The wrong rung is whichever one you'd pick out of FOMO or sunk-cost rather than usage data.

Edge case

Some readers find the free Sunday digest is correct, full stop — the manual rhythm is enough and the upgrade is FOMO. That's a valid outcome. The framework is yours either way.

Bonus

The Dashboard's founding rate (€9.97/mo) locks for life. If usage data points to Dashboard, the founding-rate clock is the only thing that makes the timing matter — pricing reverts after the 2026 cohort closes.

Tomorrow

Tomorrow: graduation. The Stack Slide, the three rungs, and the one decision. The framework is already yours.

Curriculum: /challenge · Methodology: /methodology · Paper: ssrn.com/abstract=6606558

Why this signal matters