About

Why this exists

I'm Kevin Wong — a software engineer who pivoted into startup ownership in 2025. The pivot wasn't strategic at first; it was survival. AI was rapidly compressing engineering as a wage-earning skill, and I realized the only durable position in the AI era is owner, not worker.

Once I made the switch, I discovered something nobody told me: there's almost no operating framework for solo founders in the AI era. The existing playbooks were written for venture-scale teams or for hustle-culture creators — neither fits a one-person company actually trying to build durable revenue.

So I built one. Sagacycles is the 33-point framework I wish I had when I started.

The framework in 4 verbs

Everything compresses to 4 actions:

• ① OWN · 自立 — From labor side to capital side. Become the owner, not the worker.
• ② BET · 押注 — Bet on what AI can't replace: care, soul, trust, judgment, taste, calling.
• ③ MOAT · 守城 — Public VOICE accumulates audience (wide). Private METHOD builds owner network (deep).
• ④ SURVIVE · 存活 — You are the company's single point of failure. Spouse alignment, legal protection, daily discipline.

Each verb expands into ~8 specific principles. Each principle has a quantified ROI and a concrete "genius solution" (天才解) you can act on this week.

What you'll get

• 33 actionable principles organized in 7 layers (world view → survival → moat → defense → offense → operations → scale)
• Crisis playbooks — 10 common founder crises mapped to specific chapters
• Quarterly OKR templates — 18 critical principles you can convert to objectives, 3 per quarter
• Weekly insights via email — one deep dive per week, no fluff

Who this is for

If you're a one-person company / solo SMB founder navigating AI's deflationary wave on labor — this is for you.

If you're trying to build a venture-scale unicorn, look elsewhere — the math here is different.