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As many of you know, my entrepreneurial life has corresponded with my spiritual life, aligned in time since 2001. Sometimes I take a beat in December to reflect back and share some of how my life as a startup leader and my faith walk intersect.
My faith grew more muscular over the past few years as I navigated challenges and transitions by ever...
When you’re grinding through yet another fundraising cycle, it’s easy to fixate on one thing: getting investors to yes. You polish the deck, rehearse the pitch, answer their questions, and mentally tick off items on their due diligence checklist. But here’s what I learned the hard way over 25+ years in the startup ecosystem: while you’re selling your vision, you shou...
In recent weeks, I was reminded—painfully, vividly—that we never truly know what lies around the next bend.
A professional friend passed away. He was 59. Too young. Too soon.
And as I sat with tearful eyes processing the news, I couldn’t help but notice the parallel paths our lives had taken. We lived in the Ann Arbor area, b...
You’ve built something demonstrably better, yet sales cycles drag on forever and enthusiastic prospects go dark. The problem isn’t your product—it’s that you’re underestimating the single biggest obstacle between you and revenue: human beings really don’t like change.
Here’s a hard truth that catches most startup founders off guard: building so...
Building a startup means walking tightropes daily. But since employee costs are often a huge part of a startup’s budget, few are as precarious as the benefits balancing act.
On one side sits your desperate need to attract talent. On the other lurks the cold reality of your burn rate. Tip too far in either direction, and you risk either losing great...
