Feb.2025
The Capital Efficiency Paradox
Why optimizing burn rate before product-market fit is the most expensive mistake a Series A company can make.
401 Series
14 min
Jan.2025
People 401: What Your Employees Care About
The hierarchy of needs your team actually has: why compensation is rarely the top of the list.
401 Series
7 min
Dec.2024
Great vs Good Founders
The gap between good and great isn't talent. It's the willingness to stay in the room when the answer is uncomfortable.
Founder Mistakes
9 min
Nov.2024
The First 100 Days of a Series A
A playbook for the operational decisions that set the ceiling for your next 18 months of growth.
401 Series
18 min
Oct.2024
High-Agency Hiring Frameworks
Most hiring processes filter for competence. The ones that build great companies filter for something harder to measure.
Founder Mistakes
8 min
Sep.2024
Outcomes = Decisions + Luck
The mental model that separates founders who learn from failure from those who are destroyed by it.
Key Mindsets
5 min
Aug.2024
Liquidity Preference and Founder Dynamics
What every founder should understand about their cap table before they sign a term sheet they can't unwind.
401 Series
22 min
Jul.2024
Scaling Outbound Without Burning Your Domain
The technical and strategic guide to building outbound at volume without destroying your email deliverability.
Others
11 min
Jun.2024
The Only Metric That Predicts Survival
Speed of learning (not burn multiple, not ARR growth) is the leading indicator that separates companies that make it from those that don't.
Key Mindsets
6 min
May.2024
Why Good Founders Miss Product-Market Fit
PMF isn't a moment. It's a signal pattern. Here's why smart founders keep building past it without noticing.
Founder Mistakes
12 min