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Was Mortgaging My Life Worth it?

What's My Startup Worth in an Acquisition?

When Our Ambition is Our Enemy

Are Startups in a "Silent Recession"?

The 5 Types of Startup Funding

What Is Startup Funding?

Do Founders Deserve Their Profit?

Michelle Glauser on Diversity and Inclusion

The Utter STUPIDITY of "Risking it All"

Committees Are Where Progress Goes to Die

More Money (Really Means) More Problems

Why Most Founders Don't Get Rich

Investors will be Obsolete

Why is a Founder so Hard to Replace?

We Can't Grow by Saying "No"

Do People Really Want Me to Succeed?

Is the Problem the Player or the Coach?

Will Investors Bail Me Out?

The Value of Actually Getting Paid

Why do Founders Suck at Asking for Help?

Wait a Minute before Giving Away Equity

You Only Think You Work Hard

SMALL is the New Big — Embracing Efficiency in the Age of AI

The 9 Best Growth Agencies for Startups

This is BOOTSTRAPPED — 3 Strategies to Build Your Startup Without Funding

Never Share Your Net Worth

A Steady Hand in the Middle of the Storm

Risk it All vs Steady Paycheck

How About a Startup that Just Makes Money?

How to Recruit a Rockstar Advisor

Why Having Zero Experience is a Huge Asset

My Competitor Got Funded — Am I Screwed?

The Hidden Treasure of Failed Startups

If It Makes Money, It Makes Sense

Why do VCs Keep Giving Failed Founders Money?

$10K Per Month isn't Just Revenue — It's Life Support

The Ridiculous Spectrum of Investor Feedback

Startup CEOs Aren't Really CEOs

Series A, B, C, D, and E Funding: How It Works

Best Pitch Decks Ever: The Most Successful Fundraising Pitches You Need to Know

When to Raise Funds

Why Aren't Investors Responding to Me?

Should I Regret Not Raising Capital?

Unemployment Cases — Why I LOOOOOVE To Win Them So Much.

How Much to Pay Yourself

Heat-Seeking Missile: WePay’s Journey to Product-Market Fit — Interview with Rich Aberman, Co-Founder of Wepay

The R&D technique for startups: Rip off & Duplicate

Why Some Startups Win.

Chapter #1: First Steps To Validate Your Business Idea

Product Users, Not Ideas, Will Determine Your Startup’s Fate

Drop Your Free Tier

Your Advisors Are Probably Wrong

Growth Isn't Always Good

How to Shut Down Gracefully

How Does My Startup Get Acquired?

Can Entrepreneurship Be Taught?

How to Pick the Wrong Co-Founder

Staying Small While Going Big

Investors are NOT on Our Side of the Table

Who am I Really Competing Against?

Why Can't Founders Replace Themselves?

Actually, We Have Plenty of Time

Quitting vs Letting Go

How Startups Actually Get Bought

What if I'm Building the Wrong Product?

Are Founders Driven by Fear or Greed?

Why I'm Either Working or Feeling Guilty

Startup Financial Assumptions

Why Every Kid Should be a Startup Founder

We Only Have to be Right Once

If a Startup Sinks, Founders Go Down With it

Founder Success: We Need a Strict Definition of Personal Success

Is Quiet Quitting a Problem at Startup Companies?

Founder Exits are Hard Work and Good Fortune, Not "Good Luck"

Finalizing Startup Projections

All Founders are Beloved In Good Times

Our Startup Culture of Entitlement

The Bullshit Case for Raising Capital

How do We Manage Our Founder Flaws?

What If my plan for retirement is "never retire"?

Startup Failure is just One Chapter in Founder Life

6 Similarities between Startup Founders and Pro Athletes

All Founders Make Bad Decisions — and That's OK

Startup Board Negotiations: How do I tell the board I need a new deal?

Founder Sacrifice — At What Point Have I Gone Too Far?

Youth Entrepreneurship: Can Middle Schoolers be Founders?

Living the Founder Legend Isn't so Fun

Why Do VC Funded Startups Love "Fake Growth?"

How Should I Share My Wealth with Family?

How Many Deaths Can a Startup Survive?

This is Probably Your Last Success

Why Do We Still Have Full-Time Employees?

The Case Against Full Transparency

Should I Feel Guilty for Failing?

Always Take Money off the Table

Founder Impostor Syndrome Never Goes Away

When is Founder Ego Too Much?

The Invention of the 20-Something-Year-Old Founder

Once a Founder, Always a Founder

Big Starts Breed False Victories

Billionaire Advice for Entrepreneurs

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