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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

Who's Killing It?

Takeaways from a dinner conversation

Michael Houck

Two Minute Startup

Mar 11, 2026

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7 min read

Agents Are Eating SaaS

And why you should get creative

Michael Houck

Two Minute Startup

Mar 3, 2026

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10 min read

Just Build It

And the acceleration of college-educated job loss

Michael Houck

Two Minute Startup

Feb 14, 2026

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8 min read

The World Rewards Audacity

And why intelligence is getting cheaper

Michael Houck

Deep Dives

Feb 10, 2026

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7 min read

Hands & Feet

And what human-computer interaction looks like in the future

Michael Houck

Two Minute Startup

Feb 5, 2026

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8 min read

The Gap

And what the heck is going on with hands and feet

Michael Houck

Deep Dives

Jan 31, 2026

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8 min read

You're Leaving Millions on the Table

How Schematic raised $4.8M to help you grow faster

Michael Houck

Two Minute Startup

Jan 28, 2026

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9 min read

3 Years of AI

And a reminder that people pay to stop feeling pain

Michael Houck

Two Minute Startup

Jan 21, 2026

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9 min read

The Delegation Flywheel

And why risk is where the opportunity is

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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Who's Killing It?

Agents Are Eating SaaS

Just Build It

The World Rewards Audacity

Hands & Feet

The Gap

You're Leaving Millions on the Table

3 Years of AI

The Delegation Flywheel

Founding Journey

Account

Membership

Advising

Partnerships