From a5175d234fc463bbc9f48e1a85785f288b7fdc5e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ty Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2026 18:54:41 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add NORTH_STAR.md as single source of truth --- NORTH_STAR.md | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+) create mode 100644 NORTH_STAR.md diff --git a/NORTH_STAR.md b/NORTH_STAR.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4713840 --- /dev/null +++ b/NORTH_STAR.md @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +# NORTH_STAR — geolocal.io + +## Vision +Enable independent local businesses (the 98%+ long tail ignored by big platforms) to be discovered, tell their story, showcase visuals, and complete bookings/payments seamlessly through agentic AI (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, etc.). + +We act as the invisible MCP infrastructure layer so business owners and their agencies/CoCs never have to manage the complexity. + +## Core Goals (aligned with Hermes principles) +1. Channel AI intelligence reliably into local commerce processes. +2. Ensure efficient, accurate, affordable context for agents. +3. Enable natural language direction for partners and businesses. + +## Key Principles +- Users (businesses, agencies, CoCs) interact with us like a high-performing black-box employee — no internals management. +- Optimize for trust, low friction, and long-term reliability over raw capability. +- Every decision (tech, GTM, pricing, data) evaluated against this North Star. + +This document is the single source of truth. All other docs in investors/, legal/, engineering/, and gtm/ must reference and align with it. \ No newline at end of file