Oct 14, 2026
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3 min read
👉 Seed is the only stage where the median US deal shrank in 2026. I show how to plan around it, plus the $3.1B startup that ranks AI models.
AI
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Oct 7, 2026
👉 Healthcare buyers are moving AI work to vendors, and 42% are cutting the vendor list. I show who stays on it, plus the $4B startup that powers 1 in 6 US apartments.
Sep 30, 2026
👉 Token prices fell 41% since March, and startups that charge for finished work keep the savings. I also cover the $100M startup that charges $75 per filed tax return.
Sep 23, 2026
👉 Your growth rate should set your hiring pace. Here is the ICONIQ data behind it, plus the $75M startup that plans to pay people for what they know.
Sep 16, 2026
2 min read
👉 Your engineers already skim AI review comments. Here is the precision number that makes them skim harder, plus the two auth bugs the cheap model walked past.
Apr 15, 2026
9 min read
👉 Q1 2026 broke every funding record. I'm breaking down what's really going on. It also cut seed deal count by a third.
User Research
Apr 11, 2026
Most annual reports are fluff and I stopped reading them some time ago. This is worth a read: Two founders grew a 37-year-old company and still talking about the hard parts.
Mindset
Apr 8, 2026
8 min read
👉 Stop building for everyone. Pick one ugly niche, learn its workflows better than anyone.
Iteration
Apr 1, 2026
👉 A decade ago, $100M+ seed rounds were essentially zero. Now they dominate early-stage capital. Here's what that means for founders raising $3M to find their first 50 customers.
Pitching
Mar 25, 2026
👉 If you are still relying on a freemium tier, you need to read this. Let me show you why free users give us a completely false sense of product validation.
Monetization
Mar 21, 2026
👉 I am completely changing how I handle spreadsheets and dashboards. Let me introduce you to the digital coworker that just took over half of my to-dos.
Tools & Resources
Mar 18, 2026
7 min read
👉 Acquisition is too expensive right now. Here's my deep dive on why you need to focus on expansion revenue over growth.
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Mar 11, 2026
👉 I found out only 16% of seed startups make it to Series A now. Let me break down the ruthless new $2.1M revenue benchmark we must hit to avoid going under.
Mar 4, 2026
👉 Life doesn't pause while you build. I'm breaking down the latest 2026 venture capital outlook so you can zoom out a little bit.
VCs