B4 (Boston Builds Better Businesses)

Let visitors add upcoming events to their calendar via .ics download. Small, standalone feature with no dependencies on other new work.

Track how many people click RSVP buttons per event, giving George data on event engagement. Builds on existing event infrastructure.

Lay the foundation for a blog with schema and admin management pages. No public `/blog` page yet — build that when content exists. Reuses TipTap editor from event descriptions.

Send welcome emails on signup and event reminders within 48h of events, using Resend. This historical phase added unsubscribe flow, reminder delivery, and email templates; automated scheduling remains a deployment/runbook concern unless the repo checks in scheduler config.

Clear the deferred backlog before starting monetization work. Public blog pages provide the content-as-top-of-funnel strategy identified in the product strategy. Rate limiting hardens the subscribe endpoint as traffic grows.

Launch the public-facing angel syndicate and founder directory — B4's most differentiated features. Accept deal submissions from founders and investor applications. Build the `/founders` directory alongside the syndicate since they share magic link auth patterns.

Close the gap between the documented deal-room behavior and the shipped implementation before treating Phase 14 as complete in practice.

Build the admin-managed resources page that serves as both a startup toolkit (with affiliate revenue) and the Boston ecosystem directory. Merges the "ecosystem map" concept from the product strategy with monetizable affiliate links.

Connect all monetization features together and polish the overall experience. Add sponsor visibility to existing touchpoints and clean up navigation.

Re-establish trust in the repo by fixing the issues that are clearly wrong in production today: newer admin-only actions without defense-in-depth, a dead landing-page CTA, and a sponsor form/backend mismatch.

Make event chronology trustworthy across the product and bring reminder scheduling claims back in line with what the repo actually proves.

Resolve the remaining mismatches where the roadmap/spec still promises product behavior that the code does not yet deliver.

Bring tests, roadmap claims, and phase docs back into alignment with the actual shipped product so completion status can be trusted again.

Replace the current split token/cookie/live-access model with authenticated, email-bound live founder and investor access while preserving admin auth and avoiding production-session impersonation.

Launch an authenticated founder portal that lets founders track their own deals and respond to a structured white-glove diligence checklist using secure external links only.

Give George safe visibility into founder and investor experiences by shipping read-only production preview routes and a separate persisted sandbox for clickable testing.