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The Two F-Words Every Builder Needs to Know
The difference between "I can't" and "this sucks"—and why it matters
Oct 10 • 
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September 2025

The Stories Behind Your Scale (That You Never Hear)
How Customer Stories Hide The Small Signals That Drive Big Growth
Sep 19 • 
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August 2025

The Capability Is Not the Company
Selling Technology When the Market Isn't Buying It
Aug 22 • 
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Tomorrow's Growth Starts with Today's Code
Why Some Companies Scale Effortlessly While Others Hit Walls
Aug 2 • 
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May 2025

Price Sensitivity Is a Lazy Diagnosis
Why Misreading Constraint Leads to Missed Growth
May 10 • 
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April 2025

Gardens, Gravity, and Gods
An Operator's Notes on Corporate Culture
Apr 26 • 
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Everyone Wants to Be an MVNO. Almost No One Should
Why Distribution Equity — Not Branding or Pricing — Decides Who Survives
Apr 19 • 
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When Markets Live in Parallel
Why Your Product Lives Two Lives in Emerging Markets
Apr 12 • 
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The Elastic Customer
Why Linear Marketing is a Struggle in Emerging Markets
Apr 5 • 
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March 2025

When Competition Isn't What You Think
Five Forces That Matter More Than Your Competitors
Mar 29 • 
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From Data to Decisions: Designing Metrics That Manage Teams
How to make the data do the work of scaling your business
Mar 22 • 
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Metrics are the 'new' Managers
How Metrics Drive Organizational Reflexes
Mar 1 • 
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