Most of us who build, run, and scale companies don’t start with slogans. We start with a sense of what could be. A drive to make things better. A willingness to try, fail, and try again. It’s gritty, unglamorous Work. And yet, as companies grow, it’s tempting to replace that hard reality with ...
Ask a room full of founders where they bring the most value to their business, and you’ll hear a familiar mix: vision, grit, pattern recognition, the ability to see around corners. It’s not ego. It’s experience. The recognition that, at a certain point, the calls that shape your company can’t be ...
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I’m deeply suspicious of elites. When I say “elite,” I’m not talking about top performers (I have enormous respect for people who create, build, solve, and lead with excellence). I’m talking about the self-appointed class that gets authority not from what they build, but from where they came from. ...
