In the early days of a startup, leadership is basically project management with charisma. You know every decision. You join every Slack thread. You’re writing a copy, approving designs, and …
“Psychological safety” is one of those startup terms that gets passed around like kombucha in a co-working space. Everyone agrees it’s important. Few agree on what it actually means. And …
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Managing Up and Across: Internal Politics for People Who Hate It
There’s a special kind of founder who winces at the word “politics.” They think startup life is a meritocracy they want to focus on the work, not navigate power dynamics …
The founder brain is a wild place with a heavy cognitive load. One part is sketching a new product idea at 2 a.m., another part is trying to remember if …
Community-led growth sounds like something from a yoga retreat or a DTC skincare brand, not the sharp-edged, quota-driven world of B2B. But it’s happening. And not just for open source …
Somewhere along the way, building in public became a performance. Founders post daily metrics. Product teams livestream roadmaps. Every new feature ships with a tweet thread, a behind-the-scenes video, and …
Every founder eventually faces the same pressure. You are told to scale. Fast. Clean. Efficient. Scalable is the holy grail of startup gospel. Scalable systems. Scalable marketing. Scalable hiring. If …
Startups love the language of experimentation. “We’re testing a new landing page” “We’re experimenting with messaging” “We’re A/B-ing the signup flow” But here is the problem: most of it is …
In startup land, resilience gets romanticized. We talk about grit. Tenacity. That special founder ability to eat glass and smile through it. But true resilience is not about personal sacrifice. …
Dynamic pricing used to sound like wizardry. Now it’s table stakes-especially if you’re in SaaS, eCommerce, or anything with a digital checkout. But somewhere between the algorithm and the A/B …