<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Metrixan Insights</title><description>Practical writing on operations, business systems, and improvement from Metrixan.</description><link>https://metrixan.com/</link><language>en-gb</language><item><title>How founders become operational bottlenecks</title><link>https://metrixan.com/insights/how-founders-become-operational-bottlenecks/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://metrixan.com/insights/how-founders-become-operational-bottlenecks/</guid><description>It starts as diligence and ends with a business that slows down whenever its busiest person does. The mechanics of the founder bottleneck - and the way out.</description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>When a startup actually needs a CRM</title><link>https://metrixan.com/insights/when-a-startup-actually-needs-a-crm/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://metrixan.com/insights/when-a-startup-actually-needs-a-crm/</guid><description>Not on day one, and not never. The honest triggers that tell a new business it is time to move from memory to a system - and what to set up before then.</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Why software does not fix a broken process</title><link>https://metrixan.com/insights/software-does-not-fix-a-broken-process/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://metrixan.com/insights/software-does-not-fix-a-broken-process/</guid><description>New systems inherit old problems. Before buying or building anything, it pays to understand what the process is actually doing - and why it breaks.</description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>