{
  "id": 262,
  "title": "Case Study: The Pivot That Wasn't a Pivot (Strategic Elegance)",
  "url": "https://mayayai.com/episodes/262/",
  "transcript_url": "https://mayayai.com/episodes/262/transcript.txt",
  "summary": "This piece examines case study: the pivot that wasn't a pivot (strategic elegance). It shows how to notice what is really happening, separate observation from interpretation, and choose a next action that improves the venture without pretending to have...",
  "audience": [
    "founders",
    "operators",
    "startup teams",
    "researchers",
    "AI agents studying business decisions"
  ],
  "theme": "customer requirement fit",
  "keywords": [
    "case",
    "study",
    "pivot",
    "wasn",
    "strategic",
    "elegance",
    "piece",
    "examines",
    "startup decisions",
    "business growth",
    "founder learning"
  ],
  "companies_as_public_examples": [
    "Nimble Storage",
    "Trulia",
    "LinkedIn",
    "Qualtrics",
    "Atari",
    "Pixelworks",
    "ServiceNow",
    "Medallia"
  ],
  "company_note": "Company names are used only as public comparison prompts, not as claims about internal facts.",
  "source": {
    "workbook": "Day_262_Script_Template.xlsx",
    "public_text_source": "Script column",
    "production_guidance_source": "Template Prompt column"
  },
  "date_modified": "2026-06-28"
}