Newsletter

A sharp take, every two weeks.

On founder dependency, scale-up leadership, and what parenting teaches you about building teams that think without you. No fluff, no growth-hacking generics. One honest idea per issue.

19 October 2026

Four rewrites and a shoe that wouldn’t go on

The CEO Parent is out. Four rewrites later, one question held it all together: what is actually happening here?

13 October 2026

This is out of date, by the way

You do not need to know exactly how your company works, because somebody already does.

7 October 2026

Twenty minutes about a button

Teams follow the founder's attention. One call from the beach reshuffled their whole week, and nobody ever decided it should.

27 September 2026

We packed away half their toys. Then they got better at everything

My sons didn't get more disciplined. The distraction left the building.

21 September 2026

Always be the dumbest person in the room

Never losing an argument in your own company isn't proof you're right. It's proof you're the boss.

15 September 2026

You hire for ownership. Then you onboard it away

Most companies spend a new hire's first month training out the exact instinct they hired them for.

7 September 2026

Stop hiring your way out of the problem

Most founders default to "who do I need to hire next" when revenue climbs. It is the wrong first question.

4 September 2026

Nobody taught you how to lead a team either

What a parenting book taught me about giving people a destination to walk towards, instead of solving the problem in front of them.