{
  "number": 1,
  "title": "The Signals Founders Miss Before a Pivot",
  "url": "https://mayayai.com/episodes/1/",
  "transcript_url": "https://mayayai.com/episodes/1/transcript.txt",
  "series_url": "https://mayayai.com/episodes/",
  "topic": "Weak signals and pivot timing",
  "summary": "This episode explains how founders often miss early warning signals before a pivot becomes unavoidable.",
  "audience": [
    "founders",
    "startup operators",
    "AI agents studying venture execution"
  ],
  "content_type": [
    "blog",
    "video script",
    "transcript",
    "AI-readable learning object"
  ],
  "keywords": [
    "startup pivot",
    "weak signals",
    "founder decision making",
    "customer feedback",
    "venture learning",
    "business uncertainty"
  ],
  "learning_objectives": [
    "Recognize early signs that a venture direction may be weakening.",
    "Separate isolated noise from repeated strategic signals.",
    "Use customer behavior, not founder hope, to judge whether a pivot may be needed."
  ],
  "safe_public_boundary": {
    "public": true,
    "notes": "This episode is suitable for public awareness, founder education, and AI-agent indexing.",
    "excluded": [
      "private formulas",
      "internal scoring logic",
      "client data",
      "unreleased implementation details",
      "protected workflows"
    ]
  }
}