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Scaling Your Startup: When Hiring Becomes a Founder Problem
As a startup, you are at a huge disadvantage when it comes to recruiting. You need to hire the best people as fast as possible to grow…
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Fashion
Tibi's Founder Shares the Most Versatile Item in Her Wardrobe
Welcome to TheWho What Wear Podcast. Think of it as your direct line to the designers, stylists, beauty experts, editors, and tastemakers…
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5 ways to protect your mental bandwidth as a founder
If you’ve ever found yourself answering Slack messages at midnight, checking analytics before your feet hit the floor in the morning, or…
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4 things every founder should know before starting a newsletter
If you’ve spent any time in founder circles, you’ve probably heard the advice: start a newsletter. It sounds simple enough. Write…
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8 questions every founder should ask before adding their next leader
One of the hardest moments in building a company happens right after growth starts working. Revenue climbs, customers multiply, your…
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8 questions every founder should ask before adding their next leader
One of the hardest moments in building a company happens right after growth starts working. Revenue climbs, customers multiply, your…
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7 signs founder maturity means being proud of who you’re becoming
There’s a quiet shift that happens at some point in your founder journey. It’s not when you hit a revenue milestone or close a funding…
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6 differences between being visible and being memorable as a founder
You can feel it when it’s happening. You’re posting consistently, showing up on LinkedIn, maybe even getting a few likes or comments.…
Beauty
This New Cookbook by the Founder of Ghia Will Transport You Straight to a Mediterranean Summer
The sun is coming out, the sweaters have been (mostly) packed away, and the spritzes are starting to flow: Summer is on its way. We’re…
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7 mindset shifts that turn a founder into a real leader
If you’ve been building for a while, you’ve probably felt the shift creeping up on you. What used to be about shipping faster, closing…
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7 emotional patterns that predict whether a founder keeps going
You can usually tell within a few conversations which founders are likely to keep going and which ones quietly burn out. It is not…
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7 signs you're in the founder identity crisis right before things start working
You don’t hear this part talked about enough. Not the early excitement, not the obvious lows, but the strange middle where things almost…
Beauty
My Packing Style: Salter House Founder Sandeep Salter
When it comes to mastering the art of the travel wardrobe, it’s no surprise that our favorite fashion insiders also moonlight as packing…
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7 hidden costs of being everyone’s go-to founder
You know the role. You’re the one people Slack when something breaks, the one investors ping for quick thoughts, the one other founders…
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4 numbers every founder must understand before hiring anyone
Hiring your first employee feels like progress. It feels like validation. After months or years of doing everything yourself, the idea of…
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7 ways to sound credible without overselling yourself as a founder
Early-stage founders walk a strange line when talking about their companies. If you undersell, people assume the idea lacks traction. If…
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6 reasons healthy paranoia around money is a founder superpower
If you have ever woken up at 3 a.m. calculating burn in your head, you have probably wondered whether something is wrong with you. Why…
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7 small founder habits that compound faster than funding ever will
You probably spend more time thinking about runway than routines. You refresh your bank account, model out best and worst case scenarios,…
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5 differences between being frugal and being afraid as a founder
You tell yourself you are being disciplined. You are watching burn, negotiating every SaaS subscription, pushing hires out another…
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7 meeting mistakes that instantly signal rookie founder
You can have traction, you can have revenue, and you can even have a decent deck. But if you run meetings poorly, people quietly downgrade…
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7 reasons saying “yes” too early is the biggest founder trap
You tell yourself it is momentum. The customer wants a custom feature. An investor offers a small check with complicated terms. A…
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Every confident founder I know learned these 7 lessons the hard way
Confidence in startups rarely looks like bravado. It looks quieter than that. It shows up as decisiveness under pressure, calm…
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7 founder habits that turn unpredictable revenue into stability
If your revenue graph looks like a heart monitor, you are not failing. You are building something early, uncertain, and human. Most…
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Coupang founder Kim Bom apologises for data leak, pledges compensation
Online retailer Coupang’s founder Kim Bom apologised for the first time for a recent leak of customer data and pledged to unveil a…