Archive - Deacon Bradley

Why your dashboards disagree

Brand owners need clarity when it comes to their numbers, not confusion. Here's the crux and how to fix it...

Aug 3 • Deacon Bradley

July 2026

Which of Your Ecommerce Products Deserve to Scale?

Flywheels, bridges, and treadmills.

Jul 13 • Deacon Bradley

June 2026

My (new) AI-First Knowledge Base

Why your company wiki dies, and the one change that keeps it alive.

Jun 22 • Deacon Bradley

We cut ad spend dramatically. Nothing happened.

There’s a wave of new MCP tools hitting the market right now — Shopify MCP, Meta MCP, email service provider MCPs.

Jun 3 • Deacon Bradley

May 2026

The Truth About Shopify AI connectors

There’s a lot of excitement right now about connecting AI to your e-commerce stack.

May 26 • Deacon Bradley

August 2025

Why I spent 5 hours rebuilding my website on Astro

I just spent 5 hours completely rebuilding my business website from scratch.

Aug 12, 2025 • Deacon Bradley

Why it took me weeks to fill out a simple vendor form

I just wrapped up one of the most painful vendor applications I've ever encountered.

Aug 1, 2025 • Deacon Bradley

January 2025

What I've learned going deep in operations

It's been a while since my last update, and I wanted to share what I've been up to...

Jan 9, 2025 • Deacon Bradley

November 2024

The Operations Mistake that's Killing Your Growth

I just wrapped up my first month as a Fractional COO for a growing brand, and I noticed something that might sound familiar...

Nov 12, 2024 • Deacon Bradley

October 2024

Why I Don't Recommend EOS (anymore)

I want to share a bit of a controversial opinion with you.

Oct 1, 2024 • Deacon Bradley

September 2024

Lessons from a $250MM precision operation...

I've become a huge fan of Formula 1 over the last few years.

Sep 20, 2024 • Deacon Bradley

The surprising fluffy center of the Boeing disaster

In the 2010s AirBus came out with a mega-leap forward in commercial aviation.

Sep 10, 2024 • Deacon Bradley

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