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Systems & Side-eyes

About the Substack

A field guide for cleaning up chaos, building smarter systems, and surviving early-stage silliness with your integrity intact.

Free Subscription Benefits

  • Honest startup ops insight, founder psychology, and real stories from messy companies.

Paid Subcription Benefits

  • Deep-dive startup breakdowns, operational patterns, and advisory-style insights.
  • Private office hours for founder + ops questions.
  • Real systems, audits, and tools pulled from client work.

Paid Subscription Plans

  • $8 a month
  • $80 a year

About Katie Barnes

Ops guidance for founders tired of duct-taping their way to growth. One weekly clarity drop to help you scale smarter. (with a side-eye ๐Ÿ‘€ and a system.)

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