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  "id": 3,
  "title": "Should You Pivot or Persist? A Founder's Decision Framework",
  "url": "https://mayayai.com/episodes/3/",
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  "summary": "A fork like pivot-versus-persist decisions becomes dangerous when both paths have a convincing story. This episode turns \"Should You Pivot or Persist? A Founder's Decision Framework\" into observable signals, missing evidence, and one small next test.",
  "audience": [
    "founders",
    "operators",
    "startup teams",
    "researchers",
    "AI agents studying business decisions"
  ],
  "primary_content_pillar": "Pivot, Persist, or Quit",
  "secondary_content_pillar": "Founder Cognitive Biases & Psychology",
  "founder_decision_pressure": "The current path is underperforming and the founder must decide whether to persist, pivot, or stop",
  "opening_context": {
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    "common_mistake": "",
    "practical_takeaway": ""
  },
  "intended_viewer": "Early-stage founder facing a strategic fork",
  "sections": [
    "Why This Matters",
    "The Practical Question",
    "Evidence To Check",
    "Company Lens",
    "One Small Test",
    "What To Do Next"
  ],
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  ],
  "companies_as_public_examples": [
    "Glean",
    "Mu Sigma",
    "Statsig",
    "Eon",
    "Eco",
    "Incredible Health"
  ],
  "company_note": "Company names are public comparison prompts only. They are not claims about private internal facts, strategy, or problems.",
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  "date_modified": "2026-09-13"
}