Tailored to YOUR Business
Generic advice is useless. Every recommendation Board of One gives you should know your reality—your model, your metrics, your constraints. Store it once, benefit everywhere.
The problem: advice without context
"You should raise your prices." "Focus on one thing." "Hire when it hurts." You've heard this advice a thousand times. It's not wrong—it's just incomplete. Without knowing your specific situation, generic advice is impossible to act on.
Should you raise prices? Depends on your margins, your competitors, your customers' price sensitivity. Focus on one thing? Depends on what's working, what's not, and what your runway looks like. Every piece of guidance needs to be filtered through the reality of your business.
That's why you spend so much time in conversations explaining your situation. Every advisor, every tool, every AI chatbot—you're starting from scratch, giving the same context over and over, hoping they'll understand enough to give useful guidance.
The Board of One solution
Board of One lets you capture your business context once and automatically references it in every interaction. Your business model, target market, key metrics, competitive positioning, strategic priorities, constraints—all stored and available when you need guidance.
No more explaining your situation from scratch. No more getting advice that doesn't fit your reality. When you ask about pricing, the system knows your margins. When you discuss hiring, it knows your runway. When you evaluate channels, it knows your current CAC.
This context is the foundation of everything else. It's what makes Board of One's guidance specific rather than generic, actionable rather than theoretical.
What context you can store
Business fundamentals
- →Business model and revenue streams
- →Target market and ideal customer profile
- →Key products or services offered
- →Competitive positioning and differentiation
Metrics and constraints
- →Current revenue and growth rate
- →Key financial metrics (margins, CAC, LTV)
- →Resource constraints (time, budget, team)
- →Timeline and runway considerations
Strategic priorities
- →Current focus areas and goals
- →What success looks like for you
- →What you're explicitly NOT doing
- →Key risks and concerns on your mind
History and learnings
- →Past decisions and their outcomes
- →What's worked and what hasn't
- →Lessons learned along the way
- →Evolving understanding of your market
How your context gets used
Decision deliberations
Expert perspectives reference your context automatically. A pricing decision considers your margins and competitive landscape. A hiring decision considers your runway and growth rate. Every recommendation is grounded in your reality.
Mentor conversations
Mentors already know your business. You can skip the setup and dive straight into the problem. "I'm thinking about entering the enterprise market"—and the mentor already knows you're currently SMB-focused and bootstrapped.
Analysis and insights
Competitor analysis and benchmarking is filtered through your specific positioning. SEO recommendations target keywords relevant to your market. Data analysis highlights metrics that matter for your business model.
Your context evolves with your business
Your business isn't static—neither is Board of One's understanding of it. Update your context as your business grows. Add new metrics as they become relevant. Update your strategic priorities when they shift. Remove constraints you've overcome.
We recommend reviewing your context quarterly or after major changes. A funding round changes your constraints. A new product changes your positioning. A pivot changes your target market. Keep Board of One current and it keeps your recommendations current.
The more context you provide, the better your recommendations become.
Frequently asked questions
What business context should I provide?
Start with the essentials: your business model, target market, key products/services, and current strategic priorities. Then add metrics like revenue, growth rate, key costs, and constraints like timeline or budget. The more context you provide, the more relevant recommendations become. You can always add more over time.
How is my context used in deliberations?
Expert personas automatically reference your context when analyzing decisions. Discussing pricing? They know your current margins and competitive positioning. Evaluating a hire? They know your runway and current workload. This context isn't just background—it actively shapes the recommendations you receive.
Is my business information secure?
Yes. Your business context is encrypted at rest and in transit, isolated to your account, and never shared with other users. We don't use your data to train AI models. You maintain full control and can delete your data at any time. Security is foundational to how we operate.
How do I update my context as my business evolves?
Your context is fully editable at any time. Add new metrics as they become relevant, update your strategic priorities when they shift, remove constraints you've overcome. We recommend reviewing your context quarterly or after major changes to ensure Board of One has an accurate picture.
Why does context make recommendations better?
Generic advice fails because it has to work for everyone—which means it's optimized for no one. "You should raise prices" means nothing without knowing your market, margins, and customer price sensitivity. Context transforms generic guidance into specific, actionable recommendations for your situation.
What happens if I don't provide context?
Board of One will still work, but recommendations will be less specific. Mentors and deliberations will ask clarifying questions instead of referencing known information. You'll get value, but less of it. For best results, invest 15-20 minutes upfront to capture your key context.
Can I have multiple business contexts?
Yes. If you run multiple businesses or have distinct product lines that require different strategic thinking, you can maintain separate contexts. Each deliberation and mentor chat can reference the appropriate context for that conversation.
What if my situation is complex or unusual?
That's exactly when context matters most. Generic advice breaks down for complex situations. Board of One lets you capture nuances: "We're bootstrapped by choice, not necessity" or "Our target customer is technically sophisticated but not technical." These details shape recommendations in ways that matter.
The foundation of everything else
Your business context powers every other capability in Board of One.