First Principles

Break a business problem down to what is actually true, then build your answer back up. Get coached on how well you reasoned.

Industry

Difficulty

Attempt 1

Assumptions I'm challenging

What does everyone take for granted here? Which "rules" might not be true?

Fundamental truths

Strip it to basics: unit economics, raw input costs, the customer's real job, hard constraints. Use the numbers.

My solution, built up from those truths

Reason step by step from step 2. Say what you'd do and why it follows.