Executive Daily Brief

For: Sarah Chen, CEO | Date: Friday, February 23, 2026 | Prepared by: Vectis Executive Assistant

Today at a Glance

23 Emails Triaged

4 Meetings Today

7 Action Items

Key highlights: Investor follow-up meeting at 2pm requires prep (research attached). Product launch on track for Monday. Legal review on partnership agreement completed — ready to sign.

🔴 Urgent - Needs Your Attention

Michael Torres (Sequoia Capital)

8:42 AM

Re: Series B timeline clarification

Asking for updated revenue projections before Monday's partner meeting. Specifically wants Q1 actuals vs forecast and Q2 guidance.

Action: I've pulled Q1 data from Stripe and prepared a comparison table (attached: revenue-update-feb23.xlsx). Draft response ready for your review — includes conservative Q2 guidance (+22% vs +18% in deck). Reply by 5pm today?

Legal Team ([email protected])

10:15 AM

AWS Partnership Agreement - Final Review Complete

Legal completed their review of the AWS ISV partnership terms. Two minor changes requested (data residency clause + co-marketing approval timeline). AWS legal approved both revisions.

Action: Agreement ready to sign. I've scheduled a 15-min DocuSign review call with Legal at 4pm today (added to calendar). Signing this before Monday's launch would allow us to use AWS co-marketing channels.

📧 Email Triage Summary

Handled (No Action Needed)

12 emails

• 3 sales inquiries → forwarded to SDR team
• 4 partnership requests → added to CRM, flagged for BD review next week
• 2 speaking invitations → declined (schedule conflict), suggested Q3 alternatives
• 1 podcast interview request → accepted, proposed dates sent
• 2 internal FYIs → filed, no response needed

Delegated

Customer escalation from Enterprise client (TechCorp)

API latency spike impacting their production environment. Forwarded to CTO with "urgent" flag. CTO responded — issue identified (DDoS mitigation false positive), fix deployed, client updated. Offering 1 month service credit.

Can Wait (Low Priority)

6 emails

• Industry newsletter invitations (3) → saved to "review next week" folder
• Conference sponsorship request → forwarded to Marketing for budget review
• Alumni networking request → suggested coffee in March, calendar link sent
• Recruiter outreach for engineering role → politely declined

📅 Today's Calendar

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Product Team Sync (Weekly)

With: David Kim (CPO), Engineering leads

Talking points:

Launch readiness: All features complete, QA passing. Marketing assets ready. AWS partnership agreement pending (see above).
Post-launch support: On-call rotation confirmed. Customer success team briefed.
You should ask: Do we have rollback plan if launch has issues? What's our monitoring setup for first 48 hours?

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Investor Follow-Up: Sequoia Capital

With: Michael Torres, Jessica Park (Sequoia Partners)

Context:

Follow-up from Jan 15 intro meeting. They asked for 30-day metrics to assess momentum.
Positive signals: +15% MRR growth (Jan→Feb), 3 enterprise deals closed, churn down to 2.1%
Concerns they may raise: Sales cycle length (avg 47 days, up from 38 days in Q4)

Materials prepared:

Updated pitch deck with Feb metrics (attached: deck-feb23-sequoia.pdf)
Competitive analysis (2 new entrants since Jan, both seed-stage)
Customer reference list (3 logos they know: Stripe, Notion, Figma)

Suggested talking points:

Emphasize enterprise traction (45% of new MRR from deals >$50k/year)
AWS partnership launching Monday (co-selling opportunity)
Hiring plan: 12 eng hires in Q2 (3 offers accepted, 9 in pipeline)

4:00 PM - 4:15 PM

DocuSign Review Call (Legal)

With: Amanda Rodriguez (General Counsel)

Purpose: Final review of AWS partnership agreement before signing. Two minor changes to review (data residency + co-marketing timelines).

5:30 PM - 6:00 PM

1:1 with Head of Sales

With: Robert Martinez (VP Sales)

Agenda (from Robert's email):

Q1 forecast update: tracking to $890k (vs $950k target) — 2 deals pushed to April
Sales hiring: wants to add 2 AEs in March (budget already approved)
You should ask: What's causing deal slippage? Is it competitive or internal process?

✅ Action Items Tracker

Review revenue update for Sequoia (draft attached: revenue-update-feb23.xlsx)
Due: Today 5pm | Status: Draft ready

Sign AWS partnership agreement (after 4pm Legal call)
Due: Today | DocuSign link will be sent after call

Approve Monday launch announcement (draft from Marketing)
Due: Today EOD | Link: acmesaas.com/launch-draft

Review Q1 board deck outline (from CFO)
Due: Friday | ✓ Completed — feedback sent

📊 Research & Analysis

Competitive Intelligence Update

New Development: Competitor "FastAPI" announced $12M Series A (TechCrunch, Feb 22). Investors: a16z, Y Combinator.

Key takeaway: Their positioning focuses on developer tools (vs your enterprise focus). Pricing 40% lower but lacks enterprise features (SSO, audit logs, SLA). Not a direct threat to current pipeline.

Attached: competitor-analysis-fastapi-feb23.pdf

Market Research: AWS Partnership Opportunity Sizing

Analyzed AWS ISV partner program data (public sources + partner interviews). Estimated addressable market through AWS co-selling:

Opportunity: ~$2.4M in incremental ARR over 12 months (based on AWS customer base matching your ICP). Top 3 target verticals: FinTech, HealthTech, SaaS.

Attached: aws-partner-opportunity-analysis.pdf

📌 Notes & Reminders

Board meeting scheduled for March 15 (calendar hold sent, deck due March 8)
Annual company offsite poll results: Team prefers Napa Valley, June 12-14 (booking pending budget approval)
Your LinkedIn article draft ("Building in Public: Lessons from 0→$10M ARR") is ready for review (link: drafts/linkedin-article-feb23)
Reminder: Expense report due Monday (Feb 26) — I've categorized all receipts in Expensify