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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

$5 Billion Exit from Riding Waves

And why Ratmir Timashev is now betting big on Ohio

Michael Houck

Two Minute Startup

Jun 5, 2026

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5 min read

Super IC > 10x Engineer

And why you should build what you'd pay for

Michael Houck

Deep Dives

May 30, 2026

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3 min read

Build What You Know

Horse Spot's 4 advantages from being insiders

Michael Houck

Two Minute Startup

May 29, 2026

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5 min read

The Founder's Tax

And a slight twist on a classic framework

Michael Houck

Founder Psychology

May 23, 2026

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3 min read

The Next Elon?

How Emil Barr is front-loading success

Michael Houck

Two Minute Startup

May 19, 2026

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4 min read

Sell Less

And a reminder it comes down to pain endurance

Michael Houck

Two Minute Startup

May 17, 2026

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5 min read

AI For Normies

And why no one cares about your idea

Michael Houck

Growth

How to Turn Your Relationships into Revenue

May 16, 2026

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3 min read

How to Turn Your Relationships into Revenue

Why Cape's human-first approach stands out in the age of AI slop

Michael Houck

Founder Psychology

May 9, 2026

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4 min read

13 Years Bootstrapped, Then $22M

How AppSignal's co-founders decided to bring on partners after years of bootstrapping

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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$5 Billion Exit from Riding Waves

Super IC > 10x Engineer

Build What You Know

The Founder's Tax

The Next Elon?

Sell Less

AI For Normies

How to Turn Your Relationships into Revenue

13 Years Bootstrapped, Then $22M

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