Tagged: founder

Diagram showing stages of AI startup ecosystem including idea, funding, development, launch, growth, and revenue

The Builder’s Bet

I’ve spent 15+ years building things inside other people’s companies. This week I started building one of my own. It’s called Aqen.ai. You bring the idea. Aqen brings everything else…

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One-Person Companies Are a Forcing Function, Not a Fad

Every few months someone posts a screenshot of a one-person company doing a million dollars a year. The replies split clean in half. One side calls it the…

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The Non-Product Surface Area

Every time I’ve watched a company get built from the inside, the same thing happens. The founders pick a product direction, start shipping, and for a few quarters…

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