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Oliver Buchannon
Egemen Eres

I help founders launch products 0 to 1.

May 20, 2026

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2 min read

🧠 Founder Mindset Tax

👉 Your mindset is the OS the company runs on. I think underinvesting in it is the most expensive decision you'll make this year.

Mindset

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May 17, 2026

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1 min read

🧑‍🚀 Launch Your Agents

👉 I've been running AI agents for months. The output is fine. Everything around it is exhausting. And I think there is a solution to this.

AI

May 13, 2026

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2 min read

💰 Startup Salaries

👉 I explain why your next AI hire wants 60% more equity + PLUS: Sharing the fastest way to grow with influencer ads.

Company & Team Building

May 6, 2026

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2 min read

🌱 Seed is the new Series A.

👉 I think the seed market is split to two. One gets Series A money. The other gets the leftovers. Most founders are still pricing into the second one.

Financials & Fundraising

Apr 29, 2026

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2 min read

📝 Request For Startups

👉 If your "AI for XYZ" could be a feature inside someone else's product, you picked the wrong XYZ.

VCs

Apr 23, 2026

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2 min read

Less Product, More Moat

👉 Investors are paying for focus and punishing optionality. Seed rounds are bigger but 30% fewer founders got funded. The "all-in-one platform" pitch is dead.

Financials & Fundraising

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Apr 21, 2026

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2 min read

🧪 86% accuracy. 30 minutes. $20.

👉 I stopped doing user interviews. Here's user research, rebuilt for founders who ship fast.

User Research

Apr 15, 2026

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9 min read

Q1 Funding Debunked

👉 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

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Apr 11, 2026

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2 min read

🧾 Read This Letter

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

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8 min read

Pick an ugly problem

👉 Stop building for everyone. Pick one ugly niche, learn its workflows better than anyone.

Iteration

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Apr 1, 2026

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8 min read

🌱 Seed Stage Split

👉 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

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Mar 25, 2026

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8 min read

🛑 Freemium trap

👉 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

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3 min read

🤖 My new AI coworker

👉 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

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7 min read

The Retention-First Roadmap

👉 Acquisition is too expensive right now. Here's my deep dive on why you need to focus on expansion revenue over growth.

User Research

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Mar 11, 2026

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7 min read

🌱 The Seed Gap

👉 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.

Iteration

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Mar 4, 2026

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8 min read

Venture Capital Outlook

👉 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

Feb 25, 2026

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7 min read

🦞 Lobster Madness

👉 Everything changed. Literally. Not clickbait.

AI

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Feb 18, 2026

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7 min read

🦠 Creep

👉 Stop confusing motion with progress. A packed product roadmap might be your startup's biggest threat, data shows adding more features cause churn.

Product

Feb 11, 2026

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7 min read

📍 Localized GTM

👉 Discover how top fintech startups raise $1B by shifting from global expansion to laser-focused, localized GTM strategies that investors now crave.

Pitching

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Feb 4, 2026

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8 min read

🚪The Exit Doors

👉 We are seeing a massive difference between Jan 25 and Jan 26 funding numbers. I'm also sharing 200+ AI income ideas.

Financials & Fundraising

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Jan 31, 2026

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3 min read

🚨 The unsexy problem that hurts founders (it's not what you think)

👉 Get a full-time support agent for $0. We partnered with Intercom to give startups a 100% discount on their AI suite to automate tickets.

AI

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Jan 28, 2026

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8 min read

💰 Funding Trends

👉 Investors are writing bigger checks but for fewer deals. Read the full breakdown of 2026 funding trends and grab 100 free ChatGPT prompts.

Financials & Fundraising

+4

Jan 21, 2026

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8 min read

🌪️ Pivot Without Dying

👉 The best pivots double down on what’s already working. Fewer users, fewer promises, clearer outcomes. I explain why that wins.

User Research

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Jan 14, 2026

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8 min read

📊 SaaS Trends for 2026

👉 The SaaS market can still grow while individual products lose. I break down what consolidation really means for founders in 2026.

User Research

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Jan 7, 2026

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8 min read

📝 Solo Founders Report 2026

👉 Most startups already behave like solo-led companies. I explain why that works, where the bias comes from, and what the data actually shows.

VCs

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