building things, writing them down
For Founders 21 pieces
Everything I keep coming back to when I work with founders — collected, ordered, and written down. It reads like a course because that’s what it’s becoming. Start wherever the itch is.
- On Advice What to know before we work together — the founder’s iceberg, why advice is really a negotiation, and how to get the most out of any conversation. 3 pieces
- Non-Negotiables The things every founder has to learn. No choice, no shortcuts — the stuff that quietly decides whether you make it. 3 pieces
- Common Mistakes The predictable ways founders hurt themselves, laid out so you can see them coming before they cost you. 3 pieces
- Everything The full map, by domain. Start here when you want depth on one part of the business. MarketProductFundraising 6 pieces
- Paras Chopra, Chapter by Chapter Two paragraphs on every chapter of Paras Chopra’s book — the ideas that stuck, distilled to the point you can act on. 2 pieces
- Tradeoffs Every founder decision is a trade. The ones worth thinking through before circumstances force your hand. 2 pieces
- Culture & Team Hiring, firing, and building the kind of company where people do the best work of their lives. 2 pieces