Building a Business Around Your Energy, Not Just Your Time
Founders love to glorify time. “I work 14-hour days.” “No vacations for three years.” “Sleep is for closers.” And yet, half of them show up to Monday morning meetings looking…
Founders love to glorify time. “I work 14-hour days.” “No vacations for three years.” “Sleep is for closers.” And yet, half of them show up to Monday morning meetings looking…
There’s a special kind of whiplash that comes from reading tech news at breakfast. One second you’re convinced you need to launch a GenAI feature, and three sips of coffee…
It hits you in the weirdest places. In the Uber after your Series A celebratory dinner. On a Zoom call surrounded by 20 people, all waiting for you to speak.…
There’s a specific kind of madness that comes with building in a market that isn’t sure it exists yet. You’re not disrupting – you’re deciphering. Every signal is mixed. Every…
There comes a time in every startup founder’s life when the mirror turns into a boardroom. You stare at your reflection-not just the person, but the persona: The CEO. The…
You can spot a first-time founder by their optimism. You can spot a second-time founder by the way they twitch when someone says “hypergrowth.” Startups leave marks-some visible, most not.…
Every founder has the same 24 hours. The difference is what they choose to worship. Some kneel at the altar of metrics. Others live and die by product-market fit. But…
There’s a myth that haunts every early-stage founder like a shadow at noon: “You need a co-founder.” The startup gospel, often preached by hoodie-clad prophets from Palo Alto, insists that…