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Draft sprint charter

90-day AdamOS proof sprint.

A draft charter to test whether Adam's operating system can become portable.

Written to be reacted to and edited, not signed. It scopes one focused sprint, prices it, and names the single decision it is built to inform.

Prepared for

Adam, Eric, Lil

Horizon

90 days, one decision gate

Status

Draft charter, not binding

The crux this answers

Can Adam's operating system be made explicit enough for a non-Adam operator to use, before we recruit, launch, acquire, or scale?

The $15M north star is right. The first solvable move is not finding an operator or launching the platform. It is making Adam's operating system portable, so it can live outside his head and be tested by someone else. Codify before recruit.

What we propose

Run a 90-day proof sprint with two tracks that move together. Eric extracts and codifies AdamOS. Lil tests the operator market against it, inside a clear guardrail. At week 12, one decision: does this earn the next 90 days.

Track A · Eric · AdamOS extraction

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Track B · Lil · operator discovery

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Guardrail: Lil scouts, she does not sell. She can build the market map before AdamOS v1 is complete, but makes no compensation, equity, employment, partnership, use-of-name, or opportunity commitment in outreach without Adam's approval.

What each of us commits

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Deliverables by week 12

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Week 12 acceptance criteria

The sprint succeeds if, by the end, we can answer these with evidence.

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Fixed sprint fee

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Success fee

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Expenses require written pre-approval. This sprint creates no employment, equity, partnership, securities, or investment commitment.

Ownership and confidentiality

Adam retains ownership of his underlying business knowledge and company-specific materials. Dark Horse Works retains ownership of its pre-existing frameworks, tools, templates, and methods. Project-specific playbooks created during the sprint may be used by Adam, Uncommon, and the proof-wedge business, subject to a final agreement.

What this is not

Not a commitment to launch Uncommon, hire an operator, name a final wedge, or set any equity or compensation structure. Those decisions wait for the evidence this sprint is built to produce.

Lil's seat, scoped honestly

Lil's work is strategically valuable and the family has a near-term cash need, so her role is named and paid, not treated as volunteer help. The sprint fee includes a scoped project stipend for her operator-discovery work, with any success fee tied to operator placement or first revenue. This sprint is the near-term shape; the intent is that Eric and Lil grow into full-time roles as the relationship and the proof progress. Longer-term economics are a separate conversation, with advisors, as that happens.

Prepared by

Eric, Lil

Reviewed by

Adam

Status

Draft charter; not binding until documented in a signed SOW.

Conceptual only. This charter is a first-pass conversation starter, not an agreement. Nothing here is legal, tax, accounting, securities, employment, or investment advice. Any role scope, fee, success pay, equity, or partnership structure should be reviewed with the right advisors before implementation.