Startup folklore loves the lone genius founder. But real scale doesn’t come from one brain-it comes from many minds thinking like owners. The problem? Most employees don’t naturally act like …
Growing a Business
Strategic Plateaus: How to Tell If You’ve Stopped Growing for the Right Reason
In startup land, growth is gospel. More users. More revenue. More features. More LinkedIn announcements with graphs and confetti emojis. But sometimes, the smartest move is to stop climbing. Not …
“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 …
From Firefighting to Forecasting: Building a Proactive Ops Culture
Most startups live in constant reaction mode. Shipping late? Fire drill. Churn spike? Everyone panic. Compliance deadline? Start the all-nighter. In those early days, chaos feels like progress. You’re doing, …
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 first ten hires at a startup are not just employees. They’re co-architects of the chaos. They set the tone, build the muscle, and-if you choose wrong-bake in the dysfunction …
If your growth strategy starts and ends with paid ads, congratulations-you’ve just signed up to rent attention forever. Don’t get me wrong. Ads work. They scale. They’re trackable. They make …
In the startup world, going viral is the holy grail. Founders dream of waitlists that break Notion, tweets that cause investor DMs to explode, and dashboards that spike so hard …
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 …
Finding Breakthrough Ideas Hiding Inside Customer Complaints
Most companies treat customer complaints like trash. Something to be contained, removed, and politely ignored. But buried in those angry emails, refund requests, one-star reviews, and passive-aggressive tweets is gold. …