The Edit: The Vivid Operational Advisors Newsletter (Issue 7)

A Newsletter from Vivid Operational Advisors | Issue 7: October 15, 2026

The Edit exists for the space between the plan and what actually runs on a Monday morning. Every other Thursday: one link worth your time, a person worth knowing, a resource to leverage, and an outside perspective to take with you.

I Took My Own Advice

I tell clients to start by taking things out. So this weekend I did it to my own website. Here is how working with us looks now.

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Q4 Review and Planning with Claude

My quarterly business retreat turned into a two-page plan and fifteen Claude skills cut down to five. Here is how to run your own review, no tech person required.

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In the Studio

Vivid is proud to partner with men and women across the sector. Meet someone who finds the donors already sitting in your database, waiting to be asked.

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Build it in Stages

Nobody gets AI right on the first try. You build it one stop at a time. Each stop works a little, shows you what is missing and points you to the next one.

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That’s issue six. If any of this pulled at something you’re carrying right now, hit reply and tell me. I read every one.

Until next time,

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