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3 Reasons You Can't Find Your ICP

Nov 16, 2025

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5 min read

3 Reasons You Can't Find Your ICP

A little startup puzzle with three solutions

Michael Houck
Michael Houck

Deep Dives

+1

Revenge of the Idea Guy

Apr 19, 2025

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7 min read

Revenge of the Idea Guy

Not so fast my friend

Michael Houck
Michael Houck

Founder Psychology

+2

Don't Be A Helicopter Founder

Mar 22, 2025

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7 min read

Don't Be A Helicopter Founder

The one behavior that cripples your team...

Michael Houck
Michael Houck

Founder Psychology

+5

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
Michael Houck

Founder Psychology

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Keep the Engine Running

Dec 14, 2024

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9 min read

Keep the Engine Running

What to do when your attention's divided

Michael Houck
Michael Houck

Deep Dives

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Who Should be the CEO?

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
Michael Houck

Founder Psychology

+3

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
Michael Houck

Deep Dives

+1

It's Time to Build... Faster

Nov 9, 2024

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8 min read

It's Time to Build... Faster

Here comes the golden age of startups...

Michael Houck
Michael Houck

Founder Psychology

+2

Why Andrew Yeung Left Google to be the Gatsby of NYC's Startup Scene

Oct 24, 2024

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5 min read

Why Andrew Yeung Left Google to be the Gatsby of NYC's Startup Scene

And his journey as an immigrant founder

Michael Houck
Michael Houck

Deep Dives

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Systems Are Good, Actually

Sep 28, 2024

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7 min read

Systems Are Good, Actually

Why AI should make founders rethink "move fast and break things"

Michael Houck
Michael Houck

Deep Dives

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Shed Your Old Mindset

Aug 31, 2024

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4 min read

Shed Your Old Mindset

Nobody starts out as a founder

Michael Houck
Michael Houck

Deep Dives

+1

Can Founders Lie?

Jul 27, 2024

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4 min read

Can Founders Lie?

And context on the Paul Graham vs David Sacks beef

Michael Houck
Michael Houck

Deep Dives

+1

10 Books for Founders, by Founders

Jul 6, 2024

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5 min read

10 Books for Founders, by Founders

Here's your summer reading list

Michael Houck
Michael Houck

Deep Dives

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4 Types of Working Environments at Startups

Jun 29, 2024

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4 min read

4 Types of Working Environments at Startups

High trust, debate-friendly is generally healthiest

Michael Houck
Michael Houck

Deep Dives

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Surprise! Your Startup Owes $45,000

Apr 27, 2024

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5 min read

Surprise! Your Startup Owes $45,000

Oh and it's due in 3 days

Michael Houck
Michael Houck

Deep Dives

+2

8 Ways to Retain Top Employees

Mar 30, 2024

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6 min read

8 Ways to Retain Top Employees

And a great talk by Ben Horowitz on management

Michael Houck
Michael Houck

Founder Psychology

+5

Marc Andreessen's Guide to Startups

Mar 9, 2024

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9 min read

Marc Andreessen's Guide to Startups

His lost blog series from 2007 is still relevant today

Michael Houck
Michael Houck

Deep Dives

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Focus on Your Mission

Feb 24, 2024

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5 min read

Focus on Your Mission

Coinbase's Brian Armstrong was right

Michael Houck
Michael Houck

Deep Dives

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Pros & Cons of Transparency

Feb 3, 2024

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6 min read

Pros & Cons of Transparency

And my own experience dealing with employee leaks

Michael Houck
Michael Houck

Deep Dives

+1

Don't Run Out of Money

Dec 2, 2023

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6 min read

Don't Run Out of Money

And the 4 other jobs of a founder/CEO

Michael Houck
Bill Kerr
Michael Houck, +1

Founder Psychology

+2

What Founders Should Do in a Crisis

Nov 25, 2023

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13 min read

What Founders Should Do in a Crisis

And how Sam Altman taught a masterclass with the OpenAI crisis

Michael Houck
Michael Houck

Deep Dives

+2

The Founder Journey: Anis Bennaceur

Nov 18, 2023

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9 min read

The Founder Journey: Anis Bennaceur

And why you're probably closing fewer deals than you could

Michael Houck
Michael Houck

Deep Dives

+2

Why Founders Should Hire a Chief of Staff

Nov 4, 2023

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6 min read

Why Founders Should Hire a Chief of Staff

And why it's different for generalist vs specialist founders

Michael Houck
Michael Houck

Deep Dives

+2

6 Signs You Should Fire Someone

Oct 21, 2023

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7 min read

6 Signs You Should Fire Someone

You're probably waiting too long to fire someone

Michael Houck
Michael Houck

Growth

+2

How to Build a Cult (With Your Startup)

Sep 9, 2023

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6 min read

How to Build a Cult (With Your Startup)

Would Your Team Get Tattoos Of Your Logo?

Michael Houck
Michael Houck
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