Five numbers tell you
the machine is holding.
Not a wall of vanity metrics. The handful of numbers that actually drive a decision, where each one lives, and a five-minute weekly rhythm to read them. Then the prompt to build it in Notion or Airtable.
"A metric you would not act on is not a metric. It is noise wearing a number."
Small enough to actually read every week.
Most founders either track nothing, or track forty things and read none of them. Five is the number you will genuinely check. Each one earns its place by driving a decision.
Metrics that drive a decision
For each number, name the decision it changes. If nothing changes when it moves, it is vanity. Cut it.
Sources you already have
Every metric names exactly where the number lives: your bank, your CRM, your calendar, a channel's analytics. No new tools to read it.
Minutes, once a week
A rhythm you can keep. Read each number against its healthy range, make one call, move on. The dashboard works because you actually open it.
Your founder dashboard
Add the numbers that matter for your stage. Aim for five. Tap the library below to add a proven one in a click, then make it yours.
Metrics library
Proven numbers by area. Tap to add, then edit the source and healthy range to fit your business.
Add a metric or tap the library - your dashboard builds here…
6 signs a dashboard will not survive contact with a busy week
Now you can look away.
A dashboard tells you the machine is holding. The Drain-to-System Mapper shows you what to systematise next, so fewer numbers ever go red.
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