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Seeing Your Exit Before It Happens • How ownership, dilution, and capital decisions quietly determine your outcome
Seeing Your Exit Before It Happens
How ownership, dilution, and capital decisions quietly determine your outcome
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January 12, 2026 at 9:05 AM
Seeing Your Exit Before It Happens • How ownership, dilution, and capital decisions quietly determine your outcome
Vertical AI Playbook🎯, 30 Lessons from 2025💡, AI Killed SaaS Margins💸
Vertical AI Playbook🎯, 30 Lessons from 2025💡, AI Killed SaaS Margins💸
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January 10, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Vertical AI Playbook🎯, 30 Lessons from 2025💡, AI Killed SaaS Margins💸
⚠️ The Personality Traits That Make and Break Startup Founders • Why founder personality shapes decisions, resilience, and outcomes more than skill or experience
⚠️ The Personality Traits That Make and Break Startup Founders
Why founder personality shapes decisions, resilience, and outcomes more than skill or experience
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January 8, 2026 at 9:04 AM
⚠️ The Personality Traits That Make and Break Startup Founders • Why founder personality shapes decisions, resilience, and outcomes more than skill or experience
The 12-Month Decision That Quietly Separates Focused Founders From Busy Ones • Focus isn’t about doing more things. It’s about choosing what gets a year of your attention.
The 12-Month Decision That Quietly Separates Focused Founders From Busy Ones
Focus isn’t about doing more things. It’s about choosing what gets a year of your attention.
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January 7, 2026 at 9:04 AM
The 12-Month Decision That Quietly Separates Focused Founders From Busy Ones • Focus isn’t about doing more things. It’s about choosing what gets a year of your attention.
Elon Musk’s Advice to Founders💡, Highest‑Paid CEOs💰, The Year of Rebrandings🪄
Elon Musk’s Advice to Founders💡, Highest‑Paid CEOs💰, The Year of Rebrandings🪄
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January 3, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Elon Musk’s Advice to Founders💡, Highest‑Paid CEOs💰, The Year of Rebrandings🪄
🔍 The Decisions Founders Get Wrong Before They Even Start Building • Every successful startup has a moment where the founders either align or unravel. This edition breaks down the forces that decide which path you take.
🔍 The Decisions Founders Get Wrong Before They Even Start Building
Every successful startup has a moment where the founders either align or unravel. This edition breaks down the forces that decide which path you take.
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January 2, 2026 at 12:05 PM
🔍 The Decisions Founders Get Wrong Before They Even Start Building • Every successful startup has a moment where the founders either align or unravel. This edition breaks down the forces that decide which path you take.
The Part of Your AI Business You Don’t Actually Control • Why the economics you don’t control end up controlling everything else
The Part of Your AI Business You Don’t Actually Control
Why the economics you don’t control end up controlling everything else
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December 31, 2025 at 8:55 AM
The Part of Your AI Business You Don’t Actually Control • Why the economics you don’t control end up controlling everything else
The AI ARR Mirage🤖, Sam Altman on Where AI Is Actually Going🧠, Top Universities for Unicorn Founders🎓
The AI ARR Mirage🤖, Sam Altman on Where AI Is Actually Going🧠, Top Universities for Unicorn Founders🎓
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December 27, 2025 at 3:05 PM
The AI ARR Mirage🤖, Sam Altman on Where AI Is Actually Going🧠, Top Universities for Unicorn Founders🎓
🕵️♂️ What Founders Don’t Say (and Investors Always Notice) • How top founders navigate the invisible pressure between today’s metrics and tomorrow’s ambition — and keep investors aligned without losing control of the long game.
🕵️♂️ What Founders Don’t Say (and Investors Always Notice)
How top founders navigate the invisible pressure between today’s metrics and tomorrow’s ambition — and keep investors aligned without losing control of the long game.
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December 26, 2025 at 9:06 AM
🕵️♂️ What Founders Don’t Say (and Investors Always Notice) • How top founders navigate the invisible pressure between today’s metrics and tomorrow’s ambition — and keep investors aligned without losing control of the long game.
The AI ARR Mirage: The Number Everyone Trusts But Almost No One Understands • What happens when the metric everyone celebrates turns out to be the least understood?
The AI ARR Mirage: The Number Everyone Trusts But Almost No One Understands
What happens when the metric everyone celebrates turns out to be the least understood?
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December 24, 2025 at 9:06 AM
The AI ARR Mirage: The Number Everyone Trusts But Almost No One Understands • What happens when the metric everyone celebrates turns out to be the least understood?
The Best Week to Close a VC Round💸, Why Retention Exposes Startups🔁, 10 Must-Have Startup Resources 📝
The Best Week to Close a VC Round💸, Why Retention Exposes Startups🔁, 10 Must-Have Startup Resources 📝
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December 21, 2025 at 3:02 AM
The Best Week to Close a VC Round💸, Why Retention Exposes Startups🔁, 10 Must-Have Startup Resources 📝
🔥 The Silent Killers That Derail Founders Before Diligence Even Starts • The hard truths every founder must confront before stepping into due diligence.
🔥 The Silent Killers That Derail Founders Before Diligence Even Starts
The hard truths every founder must confront before stepping into due diligence.
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December 18, 2025 at 9:00 AM
🔥 The Silent Killers That Derail Founders Before Diligence Even Starts • The hard truths every founder must confront before stepping into due diligence.
Founders Rarely See This Coming — But Buyers Always Do • The mindset shift that quietly separates resilient companies from fragile ones.
Founders Rarely See This Coming — But Buyers Always Do
The mindset shift that quietly separates resilient companies from fragile ones.
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December 17, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Founders Rarely See This Coming — But Buyers Always Do • The mindset shift that quietly separates resilient companies from fragile ones.
Stop Pitching the Wrong Investors⚡️; Why Series A Takes Longer🌱; It’s Easy to Criticize, Hard to Create 🎨
Stop Pitching the Wrong Investors⚡️; Why Series A Takes Longer🌱; It’s Easy to Criticize, Hard to Create 🎨
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December 13, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Stop Pitching the Wrong Investors⚡️; Why Series A Takes Longer🌱; It’s Easy to Criticize, Hard to Create 🎨
🔍 Your CV Isn’t Worth What You Think: The Data Behind How Investors Judge Founders • Founders overestimate the value of experience — investors don’t. Here’s how early-stage valuation actually works, and why adaptability beats pedigree every time.
🔍 Your CV Isn’t Worth What You Think: The Data Behind How Investors Judge Founders
Founders overestimate the value of experience — investors don’t. Here’s how early-stage valuation actually works, and why adaptability beats pedigree every time.
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December 11, 2025 at 9:01 AM
🔍 Your CV Isn’t Worth What You Think: The Data Behind How Investors Judge Founders • Founders overestimate the value of experience — investors don’t. Here’s how early-stage valuation actually works, and why adaptability beats pedigree every time.
The Fundraising Shortcut Nobody Talks About • A practical breakdown of the narrative patterns top founders use to convert investor interest into allocation pressure.
The Fundraising Shortcut Nobody Talks About
A practical breakdown of the narrative patterns top founders use to convert investor interest into allocation pressure.
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December 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The Fundraising Shortcut Nobody Talks About • A practical breakdown of the narrative patterns top founders use to convert investor interest into allocation pressure.
The GTM Playbook🎯, 9 Reasons ICPs Don’t Book A Demo📉, The Investor Call Framework🗣️
The GTM Playbook🎯, 9 Reasons ICPs Don’t Book A Demo📉, The Investor Call Framework🗣️
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December 6, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The GTM Playbook🎯, 9 Reasons ICPs Don’t Book A Demo📉, The Investor Call Framework🗣️
🚀 The Startup Fundability Checklist: Are Your Metrics Investor Ready? • A founder’s guide to the essential benchmarks — CAC payback, retention, efficiency and growth — that determine whether investors see your business as fundable.
🚀 The Startup Fundability Checklist: Are Your Metrics Investor Ready?
A founder’s guide to the essential benchmarks — CAC payback, retention, efficiency and growth — that determine whether investors see your business as fundable.
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December 4, 2025 at 9:07 AM
🚀 The Startup Fundability Checklist: Are Your Metrics Investor Ready? • A founder’s guide to the essential benchmarks — CAC payback, retention, efficiency and growth — that determine whether investors see your business as fundable.
The Go To Market Sequencing Playbook Every Founder Needs • A practical guide to choosing your beachhead, winning it decisively and sequencing expansion with clarity, timing and momentum.
The Go To Market Sequencing Playbook Every Founder Needs
A practical guide to choosing your beachhead, winning it decisively and sequencing expansion with clarity, timing and momentum.
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December 3, 2025 at 9:03 AM
The Go To Market Sequencing Playbook Every Founder Needs • A practical guide to choosing your beachhead, winning it decisively and sequencing expansion with clarity, timing and momentum.
Stop Hiring People🛑, 15000+ VCs List💼, Product Evals in 3 Simple Steps✅
Stop Hiring People🛑, 15000+ VCs List💼, Product Evals in 3 Simple Steps✅
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November 29, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Stop Hiring People🛑, 15000+ VCs List💼, Product Evals in 3 Simple Steps✅
Black Friday Special: Why Most Startups Misread PMF — And the Framework That Finally Gets It Right • A founder’s guide to diagnosing real product-market fit using retention curves, qualitative pull, and the signals that actually matter.
Black Friday Special: Why Most Startups Misread PMF — And the Framework That Finally Gets It Right
A founder’s guide to diagnosing real product-market fit using retention curves, qualitative pull, and the signals that actually matter.
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November 28, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Black Friday Special: Why Most Startups Misread PMF — And the Framework That Finally Gets It Right • A founder’s guide to diagnosing real product-market fit using retention curves, qualitative pull, and the signals that actually matter.
🔥 The Paul Graham Formula: 9 Founder Traits That Win Funding Fast • How today’s top founders think, speak, and execute when raising capital.
🔥 The Paul Graham Formula: 9 Founder Traits That Win Funding Fast
How today’s top founders think, speak, and execute when raising capital.
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November 27, 2025 at 8:58 AM
🔥 The Paul Graham Formula: 9 Founder Traits That Win Funding Fast • How today’s top founders think, speak, and execute when raising capital.
🎯 Why Top Operators Join Early-Stage Startups Long Before the Money Matches • A practical framework for attracting exceptional people before you have exceptional resources.
🎯 Why Top Operators Join Early-Stage Startups Long Before the Money Matches
A practical framework for attracting exceptional people before you have exceptional resources.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:02 AM
🎯 Why Top Operators Join Early-Stage Startups Long Before the Money Matches • A practical framework for attracting exceptional people before you have exceptional resources.
🚀 Before You Pitch: The Negotiation Secrets Investors Don’t Want You to Know • Avoid the traps investors never mention — and keep control of your company as you scale.
🚀 Before You Pitch: The Negotiation Secrets Investors Don’t Want You to Know
Avoid the traps investors never mention — and keep control of your company as you scale.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:05 PM
🚀 Before You Pitch: The Negotiation Secrets Investors Don’t Want You to Know • Avoid the traps investors never mention — and keep control of your company as you scale.
Why Efficient Founders Win Every Down Market • What the top one percent of founders know about turning spend into momentum — even in hard markets.
Why Efficient Founders Win Every Down Market
What the top one percent of founders know about turning spend into momentum — even in hard markets.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Why Efficient Founders Win Every Down Market • What the top one percent of founders know about turning spend into momentum — even in hard markets.