Archive - OpenTabs

The Map Expanded Outside New York. Here's October's Word...

293 pins, 199 scored, and the first BBQ trail

Oct 1 • Randy Kane · Open Tabs

September 2026

The Price Was the Strategy

In 2016 we priced a digital platform no proven market had asked for. Substack, beehiiv, and Whoop are running the same play right now.

Sep 28 • Randy Kane · Open Tabs

How I Score -- The Number Next to the Pin

The 0–10 scale, why first visits count, and what you're actually trusting when you trust the map.

Sep 23 • Randy Kane · Open Tabs

The Finish Line Moved

My first NYC Marathon is now November 2027. "Quit" is the wrong word, and I'll prove it.

Sep 7 • Randy Kane · Open Tabs

The One-Cup Rule

Sep 4 • Randy Kane · Open Tabs

August 2026

The List Is Now a Map

And What Changed in August!

Aug 28 • Randy Kane · Open Tabs

Low and Slow: A Love Letter to American Barbecue

A gifted smoker, seven Junes at the pits, and the two things every great pitmaster has in common.

Aug 21 • Randy Kane · Open Tabs

Office Hours: "How do I tell a business from a wish?"

This is the question under half the questions I get asked. Here's the test I use — on students, on founders, and more than once on myself.

Aug 20

Offline till Monday — one favor before I go...

Quick heads-up: I’m offline Thursday through Sunday.

Aug 19 • Randy Kane · Open Tabs

Prima, Re-Tasted: Better Isn't Best

Verdict Database entry #2 — I promised in writing I'd go back. So I went back.

Aug 14 • Randy Kane · Open Tabs

Office Hours: "How do I take a 'no' — from an investor, a customer, anyone?"

A student founder asked me this, the week an investor passed on her. Here's the answer I gave — including the part nobody enjoys hearing.

Aug 13

Know one person who'd like this?

The referral program is on — share Open Tabs, earn months of the member side.

Aug 12 • Randy Kane · Open Tabs

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