Burnout, bad hires, hard pivots — what works when things break.
The best founders I know share one habit that most people overlook. They stop. Once a week, for 20 minutes, they sit with what happened, what they did, and what it means. Not a fancy system. Not a 3-hour journaling ritual. Just 20 minutes of honest reflection before the next week begins. I started doing … Read more
I’m going to skip the generic advice. You’ve read “fall in love with the problem, not the solution.” You’ve read “talk to your customers.” You’ve read “hire slow, fire fast.” Everyone says these things. They’re true and they’re useless because they don’t tell you what they actually mean until after you’ve learned them the hard … Read more
I burned out at month 14. Not the dramatic kind you read about — the founder who has a breakdown at a board meeting or disappears for a month. The quiet kind. The kind where you’re still showing up, still doing the work, but every decision feels like it costs twice what it used to. … Read more