Foundations - Abundance, Allocated

An empty cinema seat illustrates a hypothetical $7 ticket, $2 incremental cost, $5 contribution and a $2 contribution floor, connecting marginal costing to unit economics at scale.

Alloconomy 7 Nov 2026

The Economics of an Empty Seat

What cheap Tuesday tickets teach us about marginal costing—and the unit economics of operating at scale.

Fictional order contributions of $2,400 and $100, less $1,500 shared costs, reconcile to $1,000 operating profit. Detail informs price, promise, process and capacity.

Alloconomy 1 Nov 2026

Why Unit Economics? The Next Decision Needs More Than an Average

A profitable month can hide very different economics underneath. Connect the books to decisions about price, promises, processes, and capacity.

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Daily unit economics connects unit, timing, missing amounts, shared costs, and revisions. Conceptual illustration; inferred workflows.

Alloconomy 28 Oct 2026

Unit Economics: The Discipline of Close, Every Day, Every Unit

Five questions connect accounting discipline to daily decisions at scale.

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AI expands the journey we can help shape: customer need, domain knowledge, AI and specialists, a useful product, and measured value, connected by understanding and ownership.

Alloconomy 19 Oct 2026

AI Lets Us Own More of the Outcome

A new layer of capability can expand what we imagine, learn, and deliver. Connecting deep expertise to a larger customer and business outcome.

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Alloconomy 18 Oct 2026

What Alloconomy Makes

Why I am investing my own money, time, and judgment in an AI-assisted learning business—and why access to information is only the beginning of understanding.

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Ten books in one box take 2 minutes and $1 to check and label; ten separate boxes take 20 minutes and $10. Assumes $0.50 per minute; books, boxes and delivery excluded.

Alloconomy 9 Oct 2026

Activity-Based Costing: Follow the Work

Two orders can bring in the same money and create very different work. Ten simple ideas help us see why, from Prime and streaming to delivery and software.

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11-part series · Explore the ten ideas

Alloconomy 4 Oct 2026

How Understanding Happens

A correct answer can hide a wrong rule. Fifteen ideas for finding out what someone understands—and choosing a better next teaching move.

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16-part series · Browse How Understanding Happens

A period-zero result becomes a period-one result through volume, mix, and rate, while timing and attribution remain in a separate measurement lane.

Alloconomy 3 Sep 2026

The Anatomy of Change: Rate, Volume, and Mix Without the Hand-Waving

A rigorous, intuitive guide to diagnosing period-over-period movement: how many, which ones, what per unit, what belongs to timing or attribution—and when an exact bridge is not valid.

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