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I Started a New Company

Launching Hockey Stick to help founders build leverage

Michael Houck

Deep Dives

Oct 15, 2026

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6 min read

How AI Saved Me $425K

And how you can do it too

Michael Houck

Growth

Oct 5, 2026

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5 min read

Be a Parasite

Why your best growth strategy is probably someone else's already

Michael Houck

Founder Psychology

Sep 24, 2026

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5 min read

The Startup World Is Small

And whether it's fair to be honest when someone asks

Michael Houck

Founder Psychology

Sep 16, 2026

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4 min read

Federer vs. Djokovic

A reminder on what it's all about

Michael Houck

Deep Dives

Sep 13, 2026

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5 min read

Hello Monolith

This is just microservices v2

Michael Houck

Founder Psychology

Sep 10, 2026

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6 min read

Paul Graham's 6 Observations on 2026

Here's how PG thinks the startup world is (and isn't) changing

Michael Houck

Deep Dives

Aug 26, 2026

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6 min read

You Don't Need AI Teammates

This is just microservices v2

Michael Houck

Deep Dives

Aug 22, 2026

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6 min read

The 5 Jobs of Humans

And how I'm getting back in the game

Michael Houck

Aug 9, 2026

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6 min read

How Big Can a 1 Person Startup Get?

And should that even be the goal?

Michael Houck

Deep Dives

Aug 4, 2026

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5 min read

5 AI-Native Metrics to Track

And how I took a founder 10k TikTok followers in a month

Michael Houck

Two Minute Startup

Jul 31, 2026

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6 min read

It Won't Work If You're Not Obsessed

And a simple design thinking process.

Michael Houck

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I Started a New Company

How AI Saved Me $425K

Be a Parasite

The Startup World Is Small

Federer vs. Djokovic

Hello Monolith

Paul Graham's 6 Observations on 2026

You Don't Need AI Teammates

The 5 Jobs of Humans

How Big Can a 1 Person Startup Get?

5 AI-Native Metrics to Track

It Won't Work If You're Not Obsessed

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