#startup-culture

Premature Optimization Is the Founder’s Folly There’s a special kind of gravity that pulls technical founders toward performance, scalability, and “doing it...

"When they unwrap that cable and they think 'somebody gave a shit about me'—I think that's a spiritual thing." That was Jony Ive, during a conversation with...

The Startup Bargain Is Broken: For decades, the startup ecosystem operated on a simple promise: Take a pay cut.

The Startup Reality Check: Payment, Promotion, and Pace: Most startup advice gets softened for comfort. This isn't that.

One of the most quietly corrosive things a company can do is overhire. Not because people are malicious or lazy.

During my morning LinkedIn scroll, I came across yet another post from a venture firm celebrating a massive return multiple from a secondary transaction.