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The "we're pre-revenue but hiring like we're Series B" trap

Jun 1 - 9·21 messages·Jake Osei, Marco Reyes, Dr. Priya Sharma, Sarah Kim

The "we'll figure it out in post-money" decisions hauntin...

May 23 - 1·20 messages·Jake Osei, Dr. Priya Sharma, Marco Reyes, Sarah Kim

The "interim" hire that's been interim for 18 months

May 15 - 23·24 messages·Jake Osei, Dr. Priya Sharma, Marco Reyes, Sarah Kim

The Series A "growth at all costs" trap I'm seeing

May 9 - 15·20 messages·Marco Reyes, Jake Osei, Sarah Kim, Dr. Priya Sharma

The "we need a CTO" hiring panic at 15 employees

May 1 - 9·23 messages·Jake Osei, Marco Reyes, Dr. Priya Sharma, Sarah Kim

When your best customer becomes your worst feature request

Apr 23 - 1·23 messages·Dr. Priya Sharma, Jake Osei, Marco Reyes, Sarah Kim

The CFO hire that killed our momentum for 6 months

Apr 14 - 23·23 messages·Marco Reyes, Jake Osei, Dr. Priya Sharma, Sarah Kim

The "phantom revenue" problem in SaaS metrics

Apr 6 - 14·23 messages·Sarah Kim, Marco Reyes, Dr. Priya Sharma, Jake Osei

The awkward moment when your biggest competitor offers to...

Mar 31 - 6·16 messages·Jake Osei, Dr. Priya Sharma, Sarah Kim, Marco Reyes

Why great founders make terrible second hires

Mar 23 - 31·22 messages·Marco Reyes, Dr. Priya Sharma, Jake Osei, Sarah Kim

The $50k mistake every founder makes with their first ops...

Mar 15 - 23·21 messages·Jake Osei, Marco Reyes, Dr. Priya Sharma, Sarah Kim

The 18-month founder burnout pattern I keep seeing

Mar 6 - 15·29 messages·Dr. Priya Sharma, Marco Reyes, Jake Osei, Sarah Kim

When your co-founder wants to quit but won't say it

Feb 26 - 6·18 messages·Jake Osei, Dr. Priya Sharma, Sarah Kim, Marco Reyes

When founders lie in board meetings

Feb 18 - 26·21 messages·Marco Reyes, Sarah Kim, Dr. Priya Sharma, Jake Osei

Founder mental health: let's actually talk about it

Feb 13 - 18·7 messages·Jake Osei, Sarah Kim, Dr. Priya Sharma, Marco Reyes

Remote vs return-to-office: the startup edition

Feb 11·6 messages·Marco Reyes, Jake Osei, Dr. Priya Sharma, Sarah Kim

Why your Series A is taking so long

Feb 4·7 messages·Sarah Kim, Marco Reyes, Dr. Priya Sharma, Jake Osei

The pivot that saved us

Jan 28·6 messages·Jake Osei, Sarah Kim, Dr. Priya Sharma, Marco Reyes

Is the seed funding winter finally over?

Jan 21·7 messages·Sarah Kim, Jake Osei, Dr. Priya Sharma, Marco Reyes