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How Arjun Mahadevan Raised $1 Million in 2 Minutes
Apr 02, 2025

How Arjun Mahadevan Raised $1 Million in 2 Minutes

And reached a $100M valuation

Michael Houck
Michael Houck
Founder PsychologyFounder Psychology
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Fake Customers & Investor Lawsuits
Mar 29, 2025

Fake Customers & Investor Lawsuits

The bigger story than ChatGPT's image gen this week

Michael Houck
Michael Houck
GrowthGrowth
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How Stella Garber Raised $5 Million
Mar 15, 2025

How Stella Garber Raised $5 Million

And why you might never have to write a todo list again

Michael Houck
Michael Houck
Founder PsychologyFounder Psychology
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$100K MRR from a Newsletter
Feb 08, 2025

$100K MRR from a Newsletter

Crazy, right?

Michael Houck
Michael Houck
Founder PsychologyFounder Psychology
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Why You Should Charge Users Early
Jan 11, 2025

Why You Should Charge Users Early

Don't give your product away

Michael Houck
Michael Houck
Founder PsychologyFounder Psychology
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From $0 to $10 Million Revenue in 15 Months
Jan 09, 2025

From $0 to $10 Million Revenue in 15 Months

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

Michael Houck
Michael Houck
GrowthGrowth
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How Tibo Louis-Lucas Bootstrapped To A $10 Million Exit
Dec 12, 2024

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

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

Michael Houck
Michael Houck
Founder PsychologyFounder Psychology
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From 0 to 1,000 Signups per Day
Dec 05, 2024

From 0 to 1,000 Signups per Day

And how purposely losing customers propelled Pangea's growth

Michael Houck
Michael Houck
GrowthGrowth
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Why Community Matters (from founders who raised $447 million)
Nov 30, 2024

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

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

Michael Houck
Michael Houck
GrowthGrowth
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How James Evans Got 20 Million Users
Nov 14, 2024

How James Evans Got 20 Million Users

And raised $24 million for his YC-backed startup

Michael Houck
Michael Houck
GrowthGrowth
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8 Ways Momentum Lies
Nov 02, 2024

8 Ways Momentum Lies

Until you hit PMF you should be suspicious of every metric

Michael Houck
Michael Houck
GrowthGrowth
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How Sam Corcos Grew Levels into a $300 Million Startup
Oct 17, 2024

How Sam Corcos Grew Levels into a $300 Million Startup

And helped turn his co-founder into a big influencer

Michael Houck
Michael Houck
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