Why most pivots fail
The pivot is the most romanticised move in startup lore — and the least understood. Most founders treat it as a creative…
Author: Ollie Walsh
Against conviction
The cult of founder conviction has gone too far. Belief without legible evidence is not a leadership trait — it is a…
Sequencing bets in year three
The first two years are about staying alive. Year three is about deciding which bets are worth being slower for.
On taste
Taste is what people call judgement once they have stopped being able to explain it.
The quiet org
You can tell a company is working when the loudest signal in the building is the customer, not the leadership team.
Fundraising is not the product
Treating the round as the milestone is the most expensive mistake a Series B founder can make.