By the time a CPG brand hits $5M, it runs on 8-10 tools and vendors that don't talk to each other: Shopify, Klaviyo, a 3PL portal, and the spreadsheets trying to reconcile them all. The founder is the integration layer. Every growth decision - new channel, new SKU, new retailer - adds another seam that the founder needs to manage. I've spent my career to date inside this problem (McKinsey consumer, PE, ops). Now building the fix, backed by a16z speedrun. Posting what I learn along the way.