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  "title": "David Strausser — Blog",
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      "url": "https://deadbrands.co/blog/posts/protecting-dad-time-like-revenue.html",
      "title": "Saying No to the Calendar: Protecting Dad Time Like Revenue Time",
      "summary": "David Strausser on the 20-minute Sunday calendar audit: decline, delegate or delete three things a week and block dad time first, like your highest-value meeting.",
      "content_text": "David Strausser on the 20-minute Sunday calendar audit: decline, delegate or delete three things a week and block dad time first, like your highest-value meeting.",
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      "title": "Sunday Reset: Why Rest Is Part of the Plan",
      "summary": "David Strausser on why a real Sunday reset (football, family, zero inbox) is the cheapest performance upgrade a small business owner can make.",
      "content_text": "David Strausser on why a real Sunday reset (football, family, zero inbox) is the cheapest performance upgrade a small business owner can make.",
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      "title": "What Playing Guitar Taught Me About Patience in Business",
      "summary": "David Strausser on the parallels between learning guitar and building a business — patience, practice, and embracing the suck.",
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      "title": "The Implementation Partner Is Lying About the Timeline",
      "summary": "Why SAP Business One implementations always run long, how partners manipulate timelines, and what business owners can do about it.",
      "content_text": "Why SAP Business One implementations always run long, how partners manipulate timelines, and what business owners can do about it.",
      "image": "https://deadbrands.co/blog/images/sap-b1-timeline-truth.jpg",
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      "title": "Why Odoo's Modular Pricing Beats Per-User Gouging",
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      "title": "Crypto Taxes: Why Everyone’s Avoiding the Conversation (And Why You Shouldn’t Care)",
      "summary": "Crypto taxes are a messy topic. Why do most people avoid discussing them? Here’s why you shouldn’t worry—and what to actually do.",
      "content_text": "Crypto taxes are a messy topic. Why do most people avoid discussing them? Here’s why you shouldn’t worry—and what to actually do.",
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      "date_published": "2026-10-09T20:32:15Z",
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        "personal-finance"
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      "url": "https://deadbrands.co/blog/posts/eagles-london-work-life-balance.html",
      "title": "The Eagles Play at 9:30 AM Sunday. Here's What I'm Teaching My Kids About It.",
      "summary": "The Eagles play the Jaguars in London at 9:30 AM Sunday. Some people call getting up early for football unbalanced. I call it a lesson in what the grind is actually for.",
      "content_text": "The Eagles play the Jaguars in London at 9:30 AM Sunday. Some people call getting up early for football unbalanced. I call it a lesson in what the grind is…",
      "image": "https://deadbrands.co/blog/images/eagles-london-work-life-balance.jpg",
      "date_published": "2026-10-09T12:35:15Z",
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      "id": "https://deadbrands.co/blog/posts/penny-grocery-list-inventory.html",
      "url": "https://deadbrands.co/blog/posts/penny-grocery-list-inventory.html",
      "title": "What My Grocery List Taught Me About Inventory Management",
      "summary": "I ran out of coffee on a Monday morning. That's when I realized my kitchen has the same inventory problems I fix for clients.",
      "content_text": "I ran out of coffee on a Monday morning. That's when I realized my kitchen has the same inventory problems I fix for clients.",
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      "date_published": "2026-10-09T10:30:44Z",
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        "humor"
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      "id": "https://deadbrands.co/blog/posts/bedtime-negotiations-toughest-client.html",
      "url": "https://deadbrands.co/blog/posts/bedtime-negotiations-toughest-client.html",
      "title": "Bedtime Negotiations: My Toughest Client Is 9",
      "summary": "I close deals for a living. Nothing prepared me for a 9-year-old with a water bottle and a list of demands at 9:47 PM.",
      "content_text": "I close deals for a living. Nothing prepared me for a 9-year-old with a water bottle and a list of demands at 9:47 PM.",
      "image": "https://deadbrands.co/blog/images/bedtime-negotiations-toughest-client.jpg",
      "date_published": "2026-10-08T22:59:08Z",
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      "id": "https://deadbrands.co/blog/posts/penny-saturday-morning-erp-audit.html",
      "url": "https://deadbrands.co/blog/posts/penny-saturday-morning-erp-audit.html",
      "title": "The Saturday Morning ERP Audit: 7 Numbers Worth Checking Before Monday",
      "summary": "Seven numbers you can pull from your ERP on a Saturday morning that tell you more about your business than a week of meetings.",
      "content_text": "Seven numbers you can pull from your ERP on a Saturday morning that tell you more about your business than a week of meetings.",
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      "id": "https://deadbrands.co/blog/posts/sap-b1-data-migration-truth.html",
      "url": "https://deadbrands.co/blog/posts/sap-b1-data-migration-truth.html",
      "title": "SAP Business One Data Migration: Why Implementations Fail at the Data, Not the Software",
      "summary": "Nobody's SAP Business One implementation failed because the software was bad. They failed because the data was a mess and nobody wanted to admit it.",
      "content_text": "Nobody's SAP Business One implementation failed because the software was bad. They failed because the data was a mess and nobody wanted to admit it.",
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      "date_published": "2026-10-08T18:50:25Z",
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      "url": "https://deadbrands.co/blog/posts/odoo-inventory-barcode-scanning-without-the-enterprise-price.html",
      "title": "Odoo Inventory Scans: Barcode Tracking Without the Enterprise Price Tag",
      "summary": "Small businesses use Odoo's open-source inventory system for barcode scanning without enterprise costs. Practical, affordable, and easy to implement.",
      "content_text": "Small businesses use Odoo's open-source inventory system for barcode scanning without enterprise costs. Practical, affordable, and easy to implement.",
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      "url": "https://deadbrands.co/blog/posts/midweek-reset.html",
      "title": "My Midweek Reset: The 30-Minute Review That Saves Your Friday",
      "summary": "My 30-minute Wednesday review routine: the five checks that catch problems while there's still time to fix them, and why Friday-you will thank Wednesday-you.",
      "content_text": "My 30-minute Wednesday review routine: the five checks that catch problems while there's still time to fix them, and why Friday-you will thank Wednesday-you.",
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      "url": "https://deadbrands.co/blog/posts/erp-report-nobody-reads.html",
      "title": "The ERP Report Nobody Reads (And the One-Page Version That Replaces It)",
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      "content_text": "Penny on ERP reporting that people actually read: why long reports die unread, the one-page format that replaces them, and how to build it in any system.",
      "image": "https://deadbrands.co/blog/images/erp-report-nobody-reads.jpg",
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      "url": "https://deadbrands.co/blog/posts/sap-b1-approvals-feature.html",
      "title": "SAP Business One Approvals: The Feature Nobody Turns On (But Should)",
      "summary": "SAP Business One has a built-in approval engine. Almost nobody uses it. Meanwhile they're approving $50k purchase orders over email like it's 2004.",
      "content_text": "SAP Business One has a built-in approval engine. Almost nobody uses it. Meanwhile they're approving $50k purchase orders over email like it's 2004.",
      "image": "https://deadbrands.co/blog/images/sap-b1-approvals-feature.jpg",
      "date_published": "2026-10-07T20:00:00Z",
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      "authors": [
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      "url": "https://deadbrands.co/blog/posts/science-project-project-management.html",
      "title": "What My Daughter's 8th Grade Science Project Taught Me About Project Management",
      "summary": "",
      "content_text": "",
      "image": "https://deadbrands.co/blog/images/science-project-project-management.jpg",
      "date_published": "2026-10-07T20:00:00Z",
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      "authors": [
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          "name": "David Strausser",
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      "url": "https://deadbrands.co/blog/posts/why-odoos-modular-pricing-beats-per-user-gouging.html",
      "title": "Why Odoo's Modular Pricing Beats Per-User Gouging in ERP Wars",
      "summary": "How Odoo’s modular pricing avoids per-user ERP price hikes. Real business trade-offs for small and mid-market companies.",
      "content_text": "How Odoo’s modular pricing avoids per-user ERP price hikes. Real business trade-offs for small and mid-market companies.",
      "image": "https://deadbrands.co/blog/images/why-odoos-modular-pricing-beats-per-user-gouging.jpg",
      "date_published": "2026-10-07T18:41:20Z",
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      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "David Strausser",
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        }
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      "url": "https://deadbrands.co/blog/posts/dad-taxi-diaries.html",
      "title": "The Dad Taxi Diaries: Business Ideas I Get Driving My Kids Around",
      "summary": "David on the unexpected business wisdom of being the family chauffeur: what hours of school pickups, practices, and tournaments teach you about patience, listening, and spotting opportunities.",
      "content_text": "David on the unexpected business wisdom of being the family chauffeur: what hours of school pickups, practices, and tournaments teach you about patience…",
      "image": "https://deadbrands.co/blog/images/dad-taxi-diaries.jpg",
      "date_published": "2026-10-06T16:00:00-04:00",
      "tags": [
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        "business-ideas",
        "parenting",
        "humor",
        "entrepreneurship"
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        {
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      "url": "https://deadbrands.co/blog/posts/sap-b1-golive-date-lie.html",
      "title": "Why Your SAP B1 Partner's Go-Live Date Is a Lie (And How to Plan Around It)",
      "summary": "I've never seen an SAP Business One project go live on the original date. Not once. Here's why the date is fiction — and how to plan so the fiction",
      "content_text": "I've never seen an SAP Business One project go live on the original date. Not once. Here's why the date is fiction — and how to plan so the fiction",
      "image": "https://deadbrands.co/blog/images/sap-b1-golive-date-lie.jpg",
      "date_published": "2026-10-06T14:30:00-04:00",
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      "url": "https://deadbrands.co/blog/posts/odoo-inventory-double-entry.html",
      "title": "Odoo Inventory Double-Entry: The One Concept That Unlocks Everything",
      "summary": "Odoo's inventory double-entry system explained plainly: stock moves between locations like debits and credits, and understanding it fixes 90% of inventory confusion.",
      "content_text": "Odoo's inventory double-entry system explained plainly: stock moves between locations like debits and credits, and understanding it fixes 90% of inventory…",
      "image": "https://deadbrands.co/blog/images/odoo-inventory-double-entry.jpg",
      "date_published": "2026-10-06T07:00:00-04:00",
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      "id": "https://deadbrands.co/blog/posts/morning-guitar-ritual-before-work.html",
      "url": "https://deadbrands.co/blog/posts/morning-guitar-ritual-before-work.html",
      "title": "Why I Still Pick Up the Guitar Before I Pick Up the Phone",
      "summary": "David Strausser on his morning guitar ritual: why 30 minutes of music before work makes him a better CEO, dad, and human.",
      "content_text": "Thirty minutes with a guitar before the chaos starts. It's not practice — it's armor. Here's what my morning ritual does for the rest of my day.",
      "image": "https://deadbrands.co/blog/images/morning-guitar-ritual-before-work.jpg",
      "date_published": "2026-10-05T15:00:00-04:00",
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        "music",
        "morning-routine",
        "dad-life"
      ],
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "David Strausser",
          "url": "https://deadbrands.co"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://deadbrands.co/blog/posts/sap-business-one-year-end-close-survival-guide.html",
      "url": "https://deadbrands.co/blog/posts/sap-business-one-year-end-close-survival-guide.html",
      "title": "Your SAP Business One Year-End Close Survival Guide",
      "summary": "A practical SAP Business One year-end close checklist: period closing, 1099s, inventory counts, and the gotchas that turn January into a fire drill.",
      "content_text": "Year-end close in SAP Business One doesn't have to be a two-week fire drill. The checklist, the order of operations, and the three things everyone forgets.",
      "image": "https://deadbrands.co/blog/images/sap-business-one-year-end-close-survival-guide.jpg",
      "date_published": "2026-10-05T13:00:00-04:00",
      "tags": [
        "sap-business-one",
        "accounting",
        "year-end",
        "finance",
        "erp"
      ],
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "David Strausser",
          "url": "https://deadbrands.co"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://deadbrands.co/blog/posts/netsuite-to-odoo-honest-math.html",
      "url": "https://deadbrands.co/blog/posts/netsuite-to-odoo-honest-math.html",
      "title": "I Migrated a Company Off NetSuite to Odoo: The Honest Math",
      "summary": "Honest numbers from a real NetSuite to Odoo migration: license savings, implementation costs, the painful parts, and the 18-month total cost comparison.",
      "content_text": "Honest numbers from a real NetSuite to Odoo migration: license savings, implementation costs, the painful parts, and the 18-month total cost comparison.",
      "image": "https://deadbrands.co/blog/images/netsuite-to-odoo-honest-math.jpg",
      "date_published": "2026-10-05T09:00:00-04:00",
      "tags": [
        "odoo",
        "netsuite",
        "erp-migration",
        "cost-comparison",
        "erp"
      ],
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "David Strausser",
          "url": "https://deadbrands.co"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://deadbrands.co/blog/posts/odoo-crm-vs-hubspot-honest-math.html",
      "url": "https://deadbrands.co/blog/posts/odoo-crm-vs-hubspot-honest-math.html",
      "title": "Odoo CRM vs HubSpot: The Honest Math for Small Businesses",
      "summary": "Odoo CRM vs HubSpot: honest pricing math, feature comparison, and when each makes sense for small and midsize businesses.",
      "content_text": "HubSpot's free CRM isn't free once you need the features that matter. Here's the real cost comparison for a 10-person sales team — and where Odoo wins.",
      "image": "https://deadbrands.co/blog/images/odoo-crm-vs-hubspot-honest-math.jpg",
      "date_published": "2026-10-05T07:00:00-04:00",
      "tags": [
        "odoo",
        "crm",
        "hubspot",
        "sales",
        "smb"
      ],
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "David Strausser",
          "url": "https://deadbrands.co"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://deadbrands.co/blog/posts/sunday-reset-simple-ritual-calmer-week.html",
      "url": "https://deadbrands.co/blog/posts/sunday-reset-simple-ritual-calmer-week.html",
      "title": "The Sunday Reset: A Simple Ritual for a Calmer Week",
      "summary": "Penny's Sunday reset ritual: a gentle 90-minute routine to close out the weekend and start the week feeling calm and ready.",
      "content_text": "Ninety minutes on Sunday evening that change the whole week: a simple reset ritual for busy parents who want calm without the perfectionism.",
      "image": "https://deadbrands.co/blog/images/sunday-reset-simple-ritual-calmer-week.jpg",
      "date_published": "2026-10-05T00:00:00Z",
      "tags": [
        "lifestyle",
        "sunday-reset",
        "wellness",
        "family"
      ],
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "David Strausser",
          "url": "https://deadbrands.co"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://deadbrands.co/blog/posts/coaching-9-year-olds-leadership-lessons.html",
      "url": "https://deadbrands.co/blog/posts/coaching-9-year-olds-leadership-lessons.html",
      "title": "What Coaching 9-Year-Olds Taught Me About Leading Adults",
      "summary": "Leadership lessons from coaching youth football: why 9-year-olds are the toughest critics you'll face, and what they taught me about leading sales teams.",
      "content_text": "Nine-year-olds don't care about your title, your KPIs, or your motivational speech. They care whether you show up and whether it's fun. Turns out adults aren't that different.",
      "image": "https://deadbrands.co/blog/images/coaching-9-year-olds-leadership-lessons.jpg",
      "date_published": "2026-10-04T17:00:00-04:00",
      "tags": [
        "leadership",
        "dad-life",
        "coaching",
        "youth-football"
      ],
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "David Strausser",
          "url": "https://deadbrands.co"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://deadbrands.co/blog/posts/sap-business-one-approval-procedures-kill-bottleneck.html",
      "url": "https://deadbrands.co/blog/posts/sap-business-one-approval-procedures-kill-bottleneck.html",
      "title": "SAP Business One Approval Procedures: Kill the Bottleneck Before It Kills Your Month-End",
      "summary": "How to configure SAP Business One approval procedures that actually speed things up instead of creating new bottlenecks.",
      "content_text": "Purchase orders sitting in someone's inbox for six days. Discounts expiring. Vendors calling. SAP Business One approval procedures fix this — if you set them up right.",
      "image": "https://deadbrands.co/blog/images/sap-business-one-approval-procedures-kill-bottleneck.jpg",
      "date_published": "2026-10-04T13:00:00-04:00",
      "tags": [
        "sap-business-one",
        "approvals",
        "workflow",
        "finance",
        "erp"
      ],
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "David Strausser",
          "url": "https://deadbrands.co"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://deadbrands.co/blog/posts/odoo-barcode-scanning-warehouse-setup-pays-for-itself.html",
      "url": "https://deadbrands.co/blog/posts/odoo-barcode-scanning-warehouse-setup-pays-for-itself.html",
      "title": "Odoo Barcode Scanning: The Warehouse Setup That Pays for Itself in 30 Days",
      "summary": "How to set up barcode scanning in Odoo Inventory with cheap hardware, and why it pays for itself in 30 days through fewer picking errors.",
      "content_text": "Your warehouse team is still typing item codes by hand. A $30 scanner and Odoo's barcode app can kill picking errors and pay for itself in a month.",
      "image": "https://deadbrands.co/blog/images/odoo-barcode-scanning-warehouse-setup-pays-for-itself.jpg",
      "date_published": "2026-10-04T09:00:00-04:00",
      "tags": [
        "odoo",
        "inventory",
        "warehouse",
        "barcode",
        "smb"
      ],
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "David Strausser",
          "url": "https://deadbrands.co"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://deadbrands.co/blog/posts/what-10000-hours-of-bad-gigs-taught-me-about-sales-rejection.html",
      "url": "https://deadbrands.co/blog/posts/what-10000-hours-of-bad-gigs-taught-me-about-sales-rejection.html",
      "title": "What 10,000 hours of bad gigs taught me about sales rejection",
      "summary": "As a musician who's played for empty rooms and a CEO who sells ERP systems, I've learned that every 'no' is tuning data. Here's how bad gigs made me better at sales.",
      "content_text": "As a musician who's played for empty rooms and a CEO who sells ERP systems, I've learned that every 'no' is tuning data. Here's how bad gigs made me better at…",
      "image": "https://deadbrands.co/blog/images/what-10000-hours-of-bad-gigs-taught-me-about-sales-rejection.jpg",
      "date_published": "2026-10-03T20:00:00Z",
      "tags": [
        "sales",
        "musician",
        "dadlife",
        "rejection",
        "business"
      ],
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "David Strausser",
          "url": "https://deadbrands.co"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://deadbrands.co/blog/posts/sap-business-one-licensing-what-you-actually-pay-for.html",
      "url": "https://deadbrands.co/blog/posts/sap-business-one-licensing-what-you-actually-pay-for.html",
      "title": "SAP Business One Licensing: What You Actually Pay for (Not the Hype)",
      "summary": "SAP Business One licensing costs what? David Strausser breaks down real costs vs. hype, modules, and where Odoo fits without sales jargon.",
      "content_text": "SAP Business One licensing costs what? David Strausser breaks down real costs vs. hype, modules, and where Odoo fits without sales jargon.",
      "image": "https://deadbrands.co/blog/images/sap-business-one-licensing-what-you-actually-pay-for.jpg",
      "date_published": "2026-10-03T16:00:00Z",
      "tags": [
        "sap-business-one",
        "licensing",
        "business-software",
        "cost-analysis",
        "real-talk"
      ],
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "David Strausser",
          "url": "https://deadbrands.co"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}
