Failure in startups is inevitable, but how you respond determines what comes next. This piece outlines a clear, practical framework for analyzing setbacks, protecting relationships, and returning with sharper judgment and renewed conviction.
Y Combinator has been around since 2005, helping launch more than 5,000 startups like Reddit, DoorDash and Airbnb.
Here's how data-driven decision making helps startups scale with confidence.
Whatnot lets users bid on trading cards, sneakers and secondhand fashion in fast-paced live auctions. Some can't stop.
Toymaker Goliath turned the adult trend of mechanical keyboard customization into a kid-friendly, sensory collectible.
With four aisles and no windows, the airliner would be the first real challenger to Boeing's U.S. monopoly in decades.
Max Marchione's Superpower is building an AI alternative to concierge medicine. Its next big bet is peptides.
Steve Ells invented the Chipotle bowl by accident in 2003. Now he thinks the future is in slow-roasted sandwiches.
The work building your industry reputation and the work getting you promoted are rarely the same — here are the five signs you're caught in the visibility trap and how to get out.
Artificial intelligence can help write a clean business plan, but it doesn’t create conviction. Here’s how to bridge the gap.
Dimon looks for a particular characteristic when promoting people to a “big job.”
AI has collapsed the cost of building a company — here's how to run lean, skip the Series A and keep control of what you build.
Failure in startups is inevitable, but how you respond determines what comes next. This piece outlines a clear, practical framework for analyzing setbacks, protecting relationships, and returning with sharper judgment and renewed conviction.
Y Combinator has been around since 2005, helping launch more than 5,000 startups like Reddit, DoorDash and Airbnb.
By the time a prospect reaches out, they have already searched your name and formed an opinion. Here is how to make sure the search results close the deal instead of quietly killing it.
AI is quietly giving solopreneurs a chief of staff. Here's how to build yours (no staff, no code).
Most founders bury their press badges in the footer and wonder why coverage does nothing. Move the same logos to the three spots where buyers actually hesitate, and they start closing deals.
Michael Browning Jr. built the first Urban Air Adventure Park by hand with his father.
Accountability needs to be more than a core value. Here’s how to make it a measurable business metric.
Most founders think expansion is a growth story, but it's actually a stress test that exposes every weakness in the original business — and the ones who scale successfully treat their second location like a franchise, not an extension of themselves.
You don't have to build your business in a big metro. Mid-sized cities have their own unique benefits for founders.
After editing video for hundreds of YouTube channels, from brand new to established, I keep seeing the same mistake in different disguises.
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