Oct 15, 2026
A founder's guide to focus, customer economics and expansion through Shopify's Investor Day presentation.
How to examine pricing, distribution, and costs when customer growth hasn't yet produced a sustainable business.
Sep 17, 2026
I came across a chart recently showing what America’s unicorn founders studied at university.
Sep 15, 2026
Where to list your startup, which platforms deserve your time, and why visibility is only the first step.
Founders are naturally resistant to narrowing their market.
Customers can like your idea, admit the problem exists, and still never buy. The evidence that matters is what the problem is already forcing them to do.
Founders are wired to create. Sometimes the next opportunity isn't another company, another product or another channel. It's something already hiding inside the business they've built.
Your company should need your judgment, not your pain. Learn to separate meaningful pressure from avoidable founder dependency.
Sep 14, 2026
Lovable’s growth came from loops, founder distribution, community, and timing. Copying the channels without the system is cargo cult growth.
A practical product-market fit scorecard for retention, pull, pricing, organic growth, and founder dependence—before you scale a mirage.
