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Highlights from 2024

Wrapping up the year by taking a quick look back

Michael Houck

How Aleksandr Volodarsky Accidentally Created a $16M Business

Dec 26, 2024

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5 min read

How Aleksandr Volodarsky Accidentally Created a $16M Business

And built an audience of 80k+

Michael Houck

Deep Dives

Dec 21, 2024

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11 min read

What's Getting Funded in 2025

Here's where the money's going to go

Michael Houck

Founder Psychology

How Pujun Bhatnagar Doubled His Valuation to $75M... In 3 Months

Dec 19, 2024

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5 min read

How Pujun Bhatnagar Doubled His Valuation to $75M... In 3 Months

And how he personally walked away from $500k

Michael Houck

Two Minute Startup

Dec 17, 2024

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9 min read

Raising Less Than You Need

And some thoughts on 1:1s for founders

Michael Houck

Founder Psychology

Dec 14, 2024

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9 min read

Keep the Engine Running

What to do when your attention's divided

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

Two Minute Startup

Dec 10, 2024

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8 min read

The Airport Test

And a hot take on MVPs

Michael Houck

Deep Dives

Dec 7, 2024

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12 min read

Who Should be the CEO?

I've created the LEAD framework to help you decide

Michael Houck

Founder Psychology

Dec 5, 2024

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5 min read

From 0 to 1,000 Signups per Day

And how purposely losing customers propelled Pangea's growth

Michael Houck

Two Minute Startup

Dec 3, 2024

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9 min read

Say The Thing

And why you should optimize for engagement over outcomes

Michael Houck

Growth

Why Community Matters (from founders who raised $447 million)

Nov 30, 2024

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5 min read

Why Community Matters (from founders who raised $447 million)

Tyler Denk, Andrew Yeung, Sam Corcos and more chime in

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Highlights from 2024

How Aleksandr Volodarsky Accidentally Created a $16M Business

What's Getting Funded in 2025

How Pujun Bhatnagar Doubled His Valuation to $75M... In 3 Months

Raising Less Than You Need

Keep the Engine Running

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

The Airport Test

Who Should be the CEO?

From 0 to 1,000 Signups per Day

Say The Thing

Why Community Matters (from founders who raised $447 million)

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