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Michael Houck

Featured Posts

Feb 22, 2025

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18 min read

The Entire History of Silicon Valley

From 1913 to today

Michael Houck

Growth

How Sam Corcos Grew Levels into a $300 Million Startup

Oct 17, 2024

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5 min read

How Sam Corcos Grew Levels into a $300 Million Startup

And helped turn his co-founder into a big influencer

Michael Houck

Founder Psychology

How Arjun Mahadevan Raised $1 Million in 2 Minutes

Apr 2, 2025

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5 min read

How Arjun Mahadevan Raised $1 Million in 2 Minutes

And reached a $100M valuation

Michael Houck

Founder Psychology

Why Adam Renklint Raised $137M... and Gave it Back

Nov 21, 2024

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4 min read

Why Adam Renklint Raised $137M... and Gave it Back

And how Pitch changed course after raising an $85 million Series B

Michael Houck

Founder Psychology

From $0 to $10 Million Revenue in 15 Months

Jan 9, 2025

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4 min read

From $0 to $10 Million Revenue in 15 Months

How Adam Nathan got Blaze into the top 1% of companies on Stripe

Michael Houck

Growth

How Tibo Louis-Lucas Bootstrapped To A $10 Million Exit

Dec 12, 2024

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5 min read

How Tibo Louis-Lucas Bootstrapped To A $10 Million Exit

And how he's building five products to $100k MRR

Michael Houck

Don't Be Afraid To Pivot

And why the seed stage may be dying

Michael Houck

Case Studies

Jul 11, 2026

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4 min read

Team Over Product

How Burhan Syed got into Techstars with a self-proclaimed bad idea

Michael Houck

Growth

Jul 8, 2026

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6 min read

Launching JOLT!

And why you should be building your founder brand with video

Michael Houck

Two Minute Startup

Jul 7, 2026

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6 min read

Just Ship The Best Product

And a wrinkle on Jeff Bezos's most famous framework

Michael Houck

Deep Dives

Jun 28, 2026

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3 min read

One Thing YC Looks For

And why your trajectory matters more than your starting point

Michael Houck

Two Minute Startup

Jun 16, 2026

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5 min read

Outcome-Based Selling

And why bad reasons shouldn't stop you

Michael Houck

Founder Psychology

Jun 13, 2026

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3 min read

Treat Every No as a Not Yet

And why Alina Su keeps a death clock on her desk

Michael Houck

Two Minute Startup

Jun 10, 2026

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5 min read

Founders Are Happy

And why the biggest risk is not being delusional

Michael Houck

Case Studies

Jun 6, 2026

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3 min read

$5 Billion Exit from Riding Waves

And why Ratmir Timashev is now betting big on Ohio

Michael Houck

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Featured Posts

The Entire History of Silicon Valley

How Sam Corcos Grew Levels into a $300 Million Startup

How Arjun Mahadevan Raised $1 Million in 2 Minutes

Why Adam Renklint Raised $137M... and Gave it Back

From $0 to $10 Million Revenue in 15 Months

How Tibo Louis-Lucas Bootstrapped To A $10 Million Exit

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Don't Be Afraid To Pivot

Team Over Product

Launching JOLT!

Just Ship The Best Product

One Thing YC Looks For

Outcome-Based Selling

Treat Every No as a Not Yet

Founders Are Happy

$5 Billion Exit from Riding Waves

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