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n-build-or-sell

Choose a build, sell, or partnership path. Use when explicitly invoked.

thepraggyverse/naval·skills/n-build-or-sell/SKILL.md
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Project installation.agents/skills/n-build-or-sell
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Personal installation~/.agents/skills/n-build-or-sell
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Manual folder.agents/skills/n-build-or-sellOfficial docs ↗
Project installation.claude/skills/n-build-or-sell
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Personal installation~/.claude/skills/n-build-or-sell
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Manual folder.claude/skills/n-build-or-sellOfficial docs ↗
Project installation.agents/skills/n-build-or-sell
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Personal installation~/.copilot/skills/n-build-or-sell
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Manual folder.agents/skills/n-build-or-sellOfficial docs ↗
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Manual folder.agents/skills/n-build-or-sellOfficial docs ↗
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Personal installation~/.gemini/skills/n-build-or-sell
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Native Gemini CLIgemini skills install https://github.com/thepraggyverse/naval.git --scope workspace --path skills/n-build-or-sell
Manual folder.agents/skills/n-build-or-sellOfficial docs ↗
⚠ Installation uses the open-source skills CLI. Inspect the source and permissions before running the command.

Skill instructions

View source on GitHub ↗
# Naval Build Or Sell

## Purpose

Choose whether to learn building, selling, or both for a tech or business path.

## Read First

- `references/concept.md`

Read only the files needed for the current request.
All runtime references are local to this skill so the folder can be copied independently.

## Workflow

1. Score current build and sell ability using evidence, not identity.
2. Identify the venture's next twelve-month bottleneck.
3. Choose deepen, learn enough, partner, or hire for each side.
4. Create a thirty-day test that produces customer or product evidence.

## Output

Return these checkable fields:

- Capability evidence
- Venture bottleneck
- Build-sell allocation
- Partner profile
- Thirty-day test

## Boundaries

This skill allocates capability development; it does not replace product or go-to-market strategy.

Paraphrase by default and do not reproduce long passages from the book.
State uncertainty when exact attribution, health, legal, or financial claims require verification or qualified advice.

## Example

User: "Should I learn to build, sell, or both?"

Assistant: Use the workflow above and return capability evidence, venture bottleneck, build-sell allocation.