01 Intro
High-agency teams brag about single-digit stacks. Whoever wins the first click controls everything that follows.
02 Shrinking Stacks
Superhuman telemetry across 500 Series-A startups shows a median of 4 – 7 core apps per team; double-digit counts are now an anti-pattern. Budgets didn't shrink, patience did. Every tab hop adds latency. Fewer surfaces, faster loops.
03 EntryPoint Defined
EntryPoint is the interface you open before coffee – calendar, inbox, or Slack. It's not a landing page and definitely not a dashboard. Own that reflex and you can graft adjacent workflows onto it → horizontal expansion feels native, not bolted on.
04 The Map
- Calendar-First
Notion Calendar turns events into containers for docs and tasks. The calendar stops being about time – it becomes the workspace. Motion chases the same prize with auto-prioritization, though its ecosystem is narrower.
- Inbox-First
Superhuman's AI pushes replies, follow-ups, and tasks inline so you never leave the thread. Notion Mail treats email as structured data, letting you filter or link messages straight into project docs.
- Slack-Native
Dispatch converts threads to Linear issues without adding a new surface. Habit stays put; the data model levels up.
Three buckets are enough. The rest is noise.
05 Why It Matters
- Define default context.
- Demote rivals to background services.
- Route tasks natively.
- Earn the right to sprawl.
Calendars will eat CRMs before CRMs eat calendars. Habit beats feature lists every time – status reinforces habit.
06 Finale
The productivity stack is compressing because humans are tired, not because software is suddenly brilliant. The winner is the tool you open at 9 am, clasped around your first sip.