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What Would Prove Me Wrong?
Startups Series: Problem Detective

What Would Prove Me Wrong?

Part 3 of the Problem Detective series: the five kinds of assumptions every founder is carrying, the exact question to ask for each one, and the cheapest experiment that gets you a real answer.

Jul 26, 2026 9 min read
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You Don’t Have an Idea. You Have a Hypothesis.
Startups Series: Problem Detective

You Don’t Have an Idea. You Have a Hypothesis.

Calling it an idea keeps it personal and emotional. Calling it a hypothesis makes it testable. That single reframe changes how you listen, how you build, and how likely you are to actually succeed.

Jul 13, 2026 8 min read
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You Don’t Need a Great Idea. You Need a Great Problem.
Startups Series: Problem Detective

You Don’t Need a Great Idea. You Need a Great Problem.

Every great venture started with a problem, not an idea. The best founders are not clever ideators - they are problem detectives who pay close attention to friction the rest of us just try to get past. Part 1 of the Problem Detective Series.

Jul 9, 2026 6 min read
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The Secret Way to Have a Full Waitlist Before Your Product Exists
Startups

The Secret Way to Have a Full Waitlist Before Your Product Exists

Most founders try to find customers after they build. Here is the move they miss: a strategically designed contest that validates demand, fills your waitlist, and finds real buyers before you have a product to sell.

Jul 3, 2026 6 min read
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The Articulate Ones Will Win
AI

The Articulate Ones Will Win

I showed up to our first date with holes in my shoes. What I had was words. In the voice-driven age of AI, the people who can make themselves understood, by other humans and by machines, will pull ahead.

Jun 30, 2026 8 min read
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AI Culture Isn’t About AI
AI

AI Culture Isn’t About AI

I recently wrote about what I'd say to an artist who hates AI. That piece surprised me. Not because of the response - but because of where my mind went after I hit publish. I kept thinking about culture. Specifically, I kept thinking about a place I worked over twenty years ago, during my second y

Jun 27, 2026 6 min read
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What I’d Say to an Artist Who Hates AI
AI

What I’d Say to an Artist Who Hates AI

This is one of the most charged conversations in the creative world right now. I don't think there's a clean side to stand on, but I think there's a more honest way to have it.

Jun 26, 2026 9 min read
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The Inverted Launch: Why Most Software Never Finds Its Market
Startups

The Inverted Launch: Why Most Software Never Finds Its Market

Most software never finds its market - not because founders can't build, but because they build before they know who they're building for. The launch platforms aren't the problem. The sequence is.

Jun 21, 2026 5 min read
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