Go dormant
Go dormant stops every running Workflow, ends Offers on their own terms, and keeps the records, Site, and domain until the Startup resumes.
Outcome
| Part | This Process |
|---|---|
| Outcome | Every Workflow has stopped, Offers end on their own terms, and the records, Site and domain stay until the Startup resumes. |
| Reads | Startup |
Accountable
Responsible: Operations Lead, Finance Lead.
Consulted: Product Lead, Engineering Lead, Marketing Lead, Sales Lead, Customer Lead, Legal Lead, People Lead, Quality Lead.
Informed: Strategist.
Workflows
No Workflow automates this Process: the Roles above run it.
Who does each step
None.
Events
None.
Plays
No Play names this Process.
Controls
No Control names this Process or a Workflow of it.
Settings
None.
Failure
A failed step retries; when retries run out, the Action goes to the Founder.
Loop
| Step | Value |
|---|---|
| Hypothesis | A dormant Startup costs no more than its domain and storage. |
| Measure | Fully loaded Cost over 1q, at least 1 observations |
| Learn | The learn step reads the Readout, records Evidence and a Decision, and drafts the next Variant. |
Code
Turn on go dormantEnable
Off until someone calls Process.enable. Process.pause stops new Actions; Actions in progress finish.
Example
A Startup with no paying Customers after two quarters goes dormant. Its Workflows stop, its Offers end on their own terms, and its Site and domain stay up for $3 a month.