https://stern-capital.com/ Research & Execution. en Mon, 07 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT https://stern-capital.com/bottom-up-market-sizing/https://stern-capital.com/bottom-up-market-sizing/Fri, 04 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMTBottom-up market sizing starts with a defined buyer and transaction, then counts eligible buyers, buying frequency and net price. https://stern-capital.com/business-metrics-from-day-one/https://stern-capital.com/business-metrics-from-day-one/Sun, 06 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMTA new business should measure demand, delivery, cash, and quality from day one. Start with the decisions each number must change. https://stern-capital.com/marketplace-unit-economics/https://stern-capital.com/marketplace-unit-economics/Mon, 07 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMTA marketplace should measure unit economics from a completed transaction. https://stern-capital.com/pricing-research-before-setting-a-price/https://stern-capital.com/pricing-research-before-setting-a-price/Mon, 07 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMTResearch pricing by defining the buyer, offer, unit, scope, and terms first. Record real alternative prices with dates and exclusions. https://stern-capital.com/test-demand-business-idea-14-days/https://stern-capital.com/test-demand-business-idea-14-days/Sat, 05 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMTTest demand by asking a defined buyer to take a costly action for a specific offer. https://stern-capital.com/build-vs-buy-business-software/https://stern-capital.com/build-vs-buy-business-software/Tue, 01 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMTBuild software when a capability creates real margin, speed, trust, or something hard for a competitor to copy, and the expected advantage justifies… https://stern-capital.com/how-fake-accounts-beat-detection/https://stern-capital.com/how-fake-accounts-beat-detection/Sun, 19 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMTFake accounts still get through because detection and evasion are a moving fight, and most defenses catch last quarter's attack. https://stern-capital.com/how-we-work/https://stern-capital.com/how-we-work/Sun, 19 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMTStern Capital works by four principles earned over twenty years of running digital businesses. Start with reality, meaning evidence before story. https://stern-capital.com/keeping-adult-content-away-from-minors/https://stern-capital.com/keeping-adult-content-away-from-minors/Sun, 19 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMTAdult or harmful content reaches minors not because of one broken control but because of a chain of weak links. https://stern-capital.com/reverse-engineering-a-business/https://stern-capital.com/reverse-engineering-a-business/Sun, 19 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMTReverse engineering a business means figuring out how it works from the outside, by watching what it does. You almost never get the manual. https://stern-capital.com/track-record/https://stern-capital.com/track-record/Sun, 19 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMTStern Capital's method comes from more than twenty years of operating. Twelve years founding and leading a global digital platform company as CEO and CTO. https://stern-capital.com/trust-safety/https://stern-capital.com/trust-safety/Sun, 19 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMTStern Capital runs a Trust and Safety practice built on operating experience, not just defensive theory. https://stern-capital.com/what-breaks-when-you-scale-ai-content/https://stern-capital.com/what-breaks-when-you-scale-ai-content/Sun, 19 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMTAI content operations fail in five predictable ways as volume rises. The defect rate hides inside the average so spot-checking looks clean. https://stern-capital.com/what-we-do/https://stern-capital.com/what-we-do/Sun, 19 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMTStern Capital is a research and execution firm for owners, companies and investors. https://stern-capital.com/work-with-us/https://stern-capital.com/work-with-us/Sun, 19 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMTWorking with Stern Capital starts with a direct conversation.