Dec 15
231: The Early-Stage Crucible —
The triad of challenges that most early stage founders face
Dec 08
230: Choosing Better Customers —
All revenue is not created the same. Early on, startups should prioritize product learnings from engaged early adopters.
Dec 01
229: Lessons & Anti-Lessons from Gymnastics —
Being an elite gymnast instilled several great lessons on high performance, and a few bad ones too
Nov 23
228: Building 10x Better —
Why founders have to narrow down and compound to create truly exceptional products in the post Chat-GPT era
Nov 16
227: The History in Our Habits —
What founders can learn from the hidden psychology driving our daily behaviors
Nov 09
226: Write It Out —
Using letters to work through severe cofounder conflict
Nov 02
225: What Should We Talk About? —
Guidance for how to make the most of a coaching session
Oct 27
224: Uncovering Your Patterns —
How exploring Authentic Pride can reveal your personal strengths, values, and motivators
Oct 19
223: Book Advice —
I wrote down most of what I know / learned from self-publishing two books this year
Oct 12
222: Treading Water —
3 questions to ask yourself when you feel like you're going nowhere
Oct 07
221: Best Practice —
How great painters, sprinters, and founders find their own path to excellence
Sep 29
220: Productivity Judo —
16 tactics I use to wrestle with my ADHD brain
Sep 22
219: Long Term Conviction & Short Term Confidence —
There's no shortcuts to full throated, high quality belief in what you're doing
Sep 15
218: How to Conference Better —
A guide for founders who want to best leverage the next big event they attend
Sep 08
217: Read This Before You Hire an Executive / Founder Coach —
My suggestions and advice for those seeking counsel
Sep 02
216: Learning to Speak Naturally —
Impressions and Insights from the Ultraspeaking's Creator Cohort #6
Aug 23
215: "You Have to Be a Little Delusional" —
Sharing my talk and Q&A from Medium Day 2024 on pivoting and the smarter way to revive a struggling startup
Aug 10
214: A Weirdly Brilliant FAQ —
5 Questions & answers about my new book and the future of this newsletter
Jul 05
213: Two tech interviews that are four decades apart —
Steve Jobs in Playboy (1985) & Threads/IG chief Adam Mosseri in Platformer (2024)
Jul 03
212: Writing a book in 30 days —
Never let a good deadline go to waste