Opening Gambit: Interactive Flowchart

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ASCII Flowchart (Static Version)

                    ┌─────────────────────┐
                    │   PHASE 0: SETUP    │
                    │   ───────────────   │
                    │ • Configure systems │
                    │ • Select First 10   │
                    │ • Test automation   │
                    └──────────┬──────────┘
                               │
                               ▼
                    ┌─────────────────────┐
                    │ Alpha Test Posts    │
                    │ alpha0001-0003      │
                    └──────────┬──────────┘
                               │
          ┌────────────────────┼────────────────────┐
          │                    │                    │
          ▼                    ▼                    ▼
    ┌───────────┐       ┌───────────┐       ┌───────────┐
    │ Ignored   │       │ Engagement│       │ Problems  │
    │           │       │           │       │           │
    │ Continue  │       │ Amplify   │       │ Fix/Delay │
    └─────┬─────┘       └─────┬─────┘       └─────┬─────┘
          │                   │                   │
          └────────────┬──────┴───────────────────┘
                       │
                       ▼
          ┌────────────────────────────┐
          │     PHASE 1: OPENING       │
          │     ─────────────────      │
          │  Move 1: Scott Letter      │
          └────────────┬───────────────┘
                       │
     ┌─────────────────┼─────────────────┐
     │                 │                 │
     ▼                 ▼                 ▼
┌─────────┐     ┌─────────────┐    ┌─────────┐
│Ignored  │     │Connection   │    │Negative │
│         │     │             │    │         │
│Proceed  │     │Follow up    │    │Address  │
│to Move 2│     │immediately  │    │publicly │
└────┬────┘     └──────┬──────┘    └────┬────┘
     │                 │                │
     │    ┌────────────┘                │
     │    │                             │
     ▼    ▼                             │
┌─────────────────────────────┐         │
│  Move 2: Wait for 100       │◄────────┘
│  members (Buffett trigger)  │
└────────────┬────────────────┘
             │
    ┌────────┴────────┐
    │                 │
    ▼                 ▼
┌───────────┐   ┌───────────┐
│ <100 in   │   │ 100+      │
│ 60 days   │   │ reached   │
│           │   │           │
│ Adjust    │   │ Send      │
│ trigger   │   │ Buffett   │
└─────┬─────┘   └─────┬─────┘
      │               │
      │       ┌───────┴───────┐
      │       │               │
      │       ▼               ▼
      │  ┌─────────┐    ┌─────────┐
      │  │Response │    │Ignored  │
      │  │         │    │         │
      │  │Prioritize    │Proceed  │
      │  │follow-up│    │to 300   │
      │  └────┬────┘    └────┬────┘
      │       │              │
      └───────┼──────────────┘
              │
              ▼
    ┌─────────────────────┐
    │ Move 3: The 300     │
    │ Crown Letters       │
    │ (batch at 300       │
    │  identified)        │
    └──────────┬──────────┘
               │
      ┌────────┴────────┐
      │                 │
      ▼                 ▼
 ┌─────────┐      ┌─────────┐
 │<10%     │      │>10%     │
 │response │      │response │
 │         │      │         │
 │Personalize     │Continue │
 │follow-up│      │outreach │
 └────┬────┘      └────┬────┘
      │                │
      └────────┬───────┘
               │
               ▼
    ┌─────────────────────┐
    │   PHASE 2: MIDDLE   │
    │   ─────────────────  │
    │ • First Node        │
    │ • First Harper      │
    │ • First Initiative  │
    └──────────┬──────────┘
               │
    ┌──────────┼──────────┐
    │          │          │
    ▼          ▼          ▼
┌───────┐ ┌───────┐ ┌───────┐
│Node   │ │Harper │ │Init   │
│Launch │ │Certify│ │Fund   │
└───┬───┘ └───┬───┘ └───┬───┘
    │         │         │
    └─────────┼─────────┘
              │
              ▼
    ┌─────────────────────┐
    │   PHASE 3: ENDGAME  │
    │   ─────────────────  │
    │ • Break-even (500)  │
    │ • Profitable (1000) │
    │ • Asteroid-Proof    │
    └──────────┬──────────┘
               │
               ▼
    ┌─────────────────────┐
    │    SELF-SUSTAINING  │
    │    ───────────────  │
    │  Founder optional   │
    │  Platform continues │
    └─────────────────────┘

Interactive Version (Hugo Shortcode)

{< flowchart id="opening-gambit" >}
  {< node id="setup" title="Phase 0: Setup" link="/contingencies#setup" >}
  {< node id="alpha" title="Alpha Test Posts" link="/contingencies#alpha" parent="setup" >}
  {< node id="scott" title="Move 1: Scott Letter" link="/contingencies#scott" parent="alpha" >}
  {< decision id="scott-response" parent="scott" 
      option_a="Ignored → Proceed" link_a="/contingencies#scott-ignored"
      option_b="Connection → Follow up" link_b="/contingencies#scott-connection"
      option_c="Negative → Address" link_c="/contingencies#scott-negative" >}
  {< node id="buffett" title="Move 2: Buffett (at 100)" link="/contingencies#buffett" parent="scott-response" >}
  ...
{< /flowchart >}

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