2020

The opening volume: family houses, fried potato wedges, Mirtazapine, enterprise pitches, prestige TV, religion, and Iran-war nerves.

Read it for the start of the product: Cyberspace Command trying to sell while tools break, lockdown closes in, and documents become leverage.

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January 2020: House, Hunger, and the First Deal

A full January inside family houses, fried potato wedges, Mirtazapine, enterprise deals, prestige TV, religion, and Iran-war nerves.

February 2020: McSpicy, Mirtazapine, and the $70mn Dream

A Mirtazapine-sedated Colombo founder tries to push a $60-70mn cyber-security dream through Sri Lankan banks while living on McDonald's, PTSD flashbacks, Trump, and Freddie Mercury.

March 2020: Cold, Contracts, and Covid Panic

A bad cold, first-wave Covid panic, and a live cyber-business push collide inside one Sri Lankan house.

April 2020: The Lockdown Deal Room

Lockdown becomes operational through a dying Samsung, food scarcity, Ron, SIERRA, Easter memory, Hiram Key, and 39+ deals.

May 2020: The Machine Starts Moving

The company starts feeling real while the laptop is gone, the phone is dying, Dialog heats up, and Dr Hans returns.

June 2020: Customer 9 and the Team Page

Customer 9, the team page, Facebook return, hacking fear, and website survival turn June into proof work.

July 2020: Fourth of July, Hamilton, AI CEO

America, Hamilton, Army pressure, People's Bank, Temasek wishes, Jeff/Amazon fantasy, and AI CEO language become startup mythology.

August 2020: Cold-Blooded Business, No Rest

Thilanga rain, employment agreements, Charith pressure, Rs 100mn logic, father grief, and Dialog pen tests make business colder.

September 2020: Year Review War Room

Year-review drafts pull Jacques, Thilanga, Moratuwa, SIERRA, Trump, The Art of the Deal, red thread, and scripture into one company story.

October 2020: Captain's Log Takes Command

Captain's Log takes over as SIERRA pressure, Ron strategy, Thilanga letters, the National Security report, and Bond grief turn writing into control.

November 2020: Letters, Locks, Who Gets In

Letterheads, Thilanga customer letters, printer runs, Facebook blocking, China routes, Jonathan, broken A/C, and trust filters decide who gets in.

December 2020: Chess, Medicine, Last Reset

Chess, Mirtazapine dosage fear, Facebook cuts, Jonathan, Bhante Saranapala, Sarah Nazeem's decision tree, and work-from-home strategy close the year.