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Lodestar
A map of who actually moves physical commodities: the producers, refiners, traders and ports, and how they connect to one another.
- Client
- Eranos Partners LLC
- Stack
- Next.js, Supabase, Vercel
- Timeline
- From August 2026
Anyone can buy a contact list. The question that matters is where each fact came from and when, because the first time somebody asks how you know something, the answer has to be better than that it was in a spreadsheet. Every fact here carries its source and its date, and nothing can be queued for outreach until it has passed a check standing in front of it. A contact with no provenance is a liability rather than an asset, and the whole design follows from treating it as one.
What Was Delivered
The four areas this practice works in, and what this engagement covered in each. Three of the four were in scope here, and the rest are listed so the shape of the job is visible rather than implied.
- Offer and pricingNot in scope
- What the business sells, who to, at what price, and whether it is worth doing at all.
- Systems and software
- A sourced graph of the producers, refiners, traders and ports that move physical commodities, and how they connect to one another.
- Customers and demand
- Outreach, but only after a check: nothing can be queued until it has passed one.
- Structure and compliance
- Every fact carries its source and its date, because the first time somebody asks how you know something the answer has to be better than that it was in a spreadsheet. A contact with no provenance is a liability rather than an asset.