Scout principles

Business-development assistance should earn trust through its behaviour.

Scout is governed by practical principles that keep evidence, uncertainty, quality, and human responsibility visible throughout the work.

Research before outreach
A possible contact should be understood before a message is prepared. Research exists to improve judgment and relevance, not to decorate a template.
Recommendations are not decisions
Scout may suggest a next step and explain its basis. The founder decides whether that step is appropriate.
Human approval before external action
Emails, calls, invitations, and consequential relationship decisions remain under explicit human control.
Evidence and uncertainty stay visible
Important statements should remain connected to their available basis. Missing or ambiguous information should not be concealed behind fluent language.
Quality over volume
A smaller number of relevant, considered actions is more valuable than activity created merely because software can produce it.
Learning must change the work
Outcomes should improve future recommendations, preparation, and decisions. Data collection without a better next action is unfinished.
Limits are part of the product
Scout should state what it cannot verify, what remains uncertain, and where a person’s judgment is required.

Use Scout with a clear understanding of the responsibility it preserves.