sales
+2
Jul 6, 2026
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4 min read
Money Is the Only Product Validation That Matters
"Selling is just as complex as engineering is."
AI
+3
Jun 11, 2026
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3 min read
The 10x Rule: Turning a Research Paper into an AI Company
"You need to invest a lot of your time and a lot of resources to go after top talent."
AI
+4
May 21, 2026
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3 min read
How AI-Native Startups Actually Get Built
“AI isn’t just SaaS plus.”
H1-B
+4
May 19, 2026
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2 min read
Why Great Founders Are “Angry at the Problem”
“Some founders become founders for the wrong reasons.”
AI
+4
Apr 20, 2026
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2 min read
How Technical Founders Win the First 5 Minutes With Investors
“The burning question is the moat.”
VC
+2
Jan 29, 2026
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5 min read
What Investors Actually Look For in the First 18 Months
Why high-conviction founders plan for uncertainty
VC
+3
Jan 13, 2026
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6 min read
Why Black Startup Founders Have to Play a Different Game
What changes when you don’t start at the same starting line
PMF
+3
Jan 7, 2026
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6 min read
Building an Enterprise AI Startup from Day Zero
Lanai CEO Lexi Reese on customer discovery, focus, and fundraising
startup
+3
Dec 23, 2025
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7 min read
Building in Layers: The Compound Startup Playbook
A practical guide to building startups in regulated systems
startup
+3
Dec 3, 2025
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10 min read
How to Build in a Market That Won’t Let You In
"I would argue that there was probably more risk in this startup than most."
