The wrong investor does not just fail to help you. They actively make things harder in ways you will spend months trying to understand and years trying to undo.
The Client I Should Have Fired Two Years Earlier.
The client that felt like revenue was actually closer to a loss when I counted everything it was genuinely costing us.
What I Wish I Knew Before My First Hire.
The interview is not a test of performance. It is a test of how well someone performs in interviews. And those are two completely different skills.
Mediocrity Does Not Announce Itself
Nobody wakes up one morning and decides today is the day they start accepting less. It creeps in. Quietly. Politely. Almost reasonably.
AI Is Free. So Why Are You Still Waiting.
AI does not care where you went to college, how big your team is, or whether you have a fancy office. It is free. It is available to anyone with a laptop. The question is who actually uses it.
The New Divide Is Not Tech vs Non-Tech. It Is AI vs Non-AI.
The ones getting it wrong are not slow or stupid. They are just very comfortable with the word soon.
Your First $1B Comes From Brand
If you have been reading this series, you already know the journey. The skill got you to $100K. The right people got you to $1M. Systems got you to $10M. The leaders you built got you to $100M. And now we are here. The final one. The big, slightly intimidating, wildly misunderstood one. Brand. And... Continue Reading →
Your First $100M Comes From Building Leaders
We had no system. We had energy, good intentions, and a lot of institutional knowledge living inside people's heads.
Your First $10M Comes From Systems
We had no system. We had energy, good intentions, and a lot of institutional knowledge living entirely inside people's heads. Which works brilliantly until it very publicly does not.
Your First $1M Comes From Who You Hire
Getting from $100K to $1M is not a skill problem. By this point you have proven the skill. The issue is that you are still acting like it is.