# 716 Ventures

> Founder consulting with Chris J. Davis in Buffalo, New York. The Blueprint helps founders make business and AI decisions before code, with a business review, AI opportunity map, and written execution plan. We also build independent software and websites for Western New York businesses.

- [Contact Chris J. Davis](https://716ventures.com/contact): Consulting inquiries and questions about our offers.

## Offers

- [Mainstreet](https://716ventures.com/mainstreet): Fixed-price website for Western New York local businesses, $2,500 flat
- [The Blueprint](https://716ventures.com/blueprint): Business review and AI execution plan, $5,000 flat
The Room is closed. Membership, signups, and member login are no longer available.
- [Chroma Server](https://716ventures.com/chroma): Local-first personal media server and ChromaTV. Founding Membership is $60 once, limited to 10,000 lifetime licenses. After that, the planned price is $60/year. Media stays on hardware you control.
- [The Factory](https://716ventures.com/factory): Shipped and in-progress products

## Chroma details

- [Founding Membership details](https://716ventures.com/chroma/membership): License, included updates, and purchase terms
- [Roadmap](https://716ventures.com/chroma/roadmap): First beta includes remote access via Tailscale; future milestones have provisional dates

## The Writing

- [The Writing index](https://716ventures.com/articles): All articles (HTML)
- [Article catalog](https://716ventures.com/articles/index.json): Machine-readable JSON catalog with markdown URLs
- [Atom feed](https://716ventures.com/articles/feed.xml)
- [JSON Feed](https://716ventures.com/articles/feed.json)

## Articles

- [You Don’t Need Permission Anymore](https://716ventures.com/articles/you-dont-need-permission-anymore.md): AI is collapsing the cost of going from idea to working software. When saying yes gets cheap, you don’t need anyone’s permission to start.
- [The Answers Are Getting Cheap](https://716ventures.com/articles/the-answers-are-getting-cheap.md): AI made answers cheap. Experience still teaches us which questions matter — and how to keep the Why from becoming the most expensive mistake.
- [An Audience of One](https://716ventures.com/articles/an-audience-of-one.md): AI could make it possible to build software for any audience size, including one. That future is exciting — and risky.
- [If Agents Are Going to Build Software, They Deserve Better Software Too.](https://716ventures.com/articles/agents-deserve-better-software.md): If agents are becoming real participants in building software, what should their working environment look like?
- [The Problem Isn't How. It's Why.](https://716ventures.com/articles/why-not-how.md): Why skills and principles matter more than prompt tricks — and why the next discipline is learning to think alongside agents.

## The Principles

- [The Principles index](https://716ventures.com/principles): All principles (HTML)
- [The Principles catalog](https://716ventures.com/principles/index.json): Machine-readable JSON catalog with markdown URLs

- [Context Over Prompts](https://716ventures.com/principles/context-over-prompts.md): A prompt is only as good as the context surrounding it.
- [Humans Make Decisions](https://716ventures.com/principles/humans-make-decisions.md): People create value by applying judgment, not by performing repetitive execution.
- [Agents Do Work](https://716ventures.com/principles/agents-do-work.md): Once direction is clear, agents should carry as much execution as possible.
- [Preserve Human Flow](https://716ventures.com/principles/preserve-human-flow.md): Human attention is one of the scarcest resources in modern software development.
- [Verify Before Trust](https://716ventures.com/principles/verify-before-trust.md): Trust should be earned through verification, not assumed because of the source.
- [Repository First Thinking](https://716ventures.com/principles/repository-first-thinking.md): Knowledge compounds only when it's preserved.
- [Systems Over Tools](https://716ventures.com/principles/systems-over-tools.md): Individual tools matter far less than the systems they support.
- [Intent Before Execution](https://716ventures.com/principles/intent-before-execution.md): Understanding the objective is more valuable than immediately beginning the work.
- [Progressive Autonomy](https://716ventures.com/principles/progressive-autonomy.md): Autonomy should be earned rather than granted.
- [Capture Before Understanding](https://716ventures.com/principles/capture-before-understanding.md): Capture information before trying to interpret it.
- [Remove Translation Layers](https://716ventures.com/principles/remove-translation-layers.md): Every unnecessary translation between people, systems, and agents introduces friction.
- [Software Is for Agents Too](https://716ventures.com/principles/software-is-for-agents-too.md): Software is no longer designed exclusively for human users.
- [Invisible Complexity](https://716ventures.com/principles/invisible-complexity.md): Complexity should be absorbed by the system rather than transferred to the user.
- [Memory Compounds](https://716ventures.com/principles/memory-compounds.md): Every project should make the next project easier.
- [Calm Software Wins](https://716ventures.com/principles/calm-software-wins.md): The best software isn't the software demanding the most attention.

## Policies

- [Privacy](https://716ventures.com/privacy)
- [Membership terms](https://716ventures.com/terms)
- [security.txt](https://716ventures.com/.well-known/security.txt)