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Essays on the production gap, startup strategy, and the founder’s inner operating system. The weekly playbooks live in the AI-Native Founder newsletter.
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How the Two Loops Run — And Where They Break
Both loops running on the substrate from last week — and, honestly, the four places they break. The finale of the AI-Native Startup Architecture series.
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The Shared Repository: What an AI-Native Startup Writes Down, and Where
The substrate has a shape: four kinds of file, in one place agents and humans both read. Here's a repo you can clone. Article 3 of 4 in the AI-Native Startup Architecture series.
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The Architecture: Two Loops on One Substrate
Diana Hu and Andrej Karpathy each described one half of the same machine. Here's the whole architecture. Article 2 of 4 in the AI-Native Startup Architecture series.
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What Makes a Startup AI-Native
The defining feature of an AI-native startup isn't its tools — it's the shape of its operating loop. Article 1 of 4 in the AI-Native Startup Architecture series.
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From the archive
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The Entrepreneur Extinction Event (And How to Be the Asteroid)
The GPU Gold Rush That Changed Everything Entrepreneur extinction event. That’s what it felt like at 3 AM in Seattle, and I couldn’t sleep. Not bec…
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Economic Trends
Understanding global economic shifts and their impact
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Entrepreneurial Mindset
Cultivating resilience, clarity, and purpose as a modern founder.
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Tech & AI Innovation
Insights on emerging tech and the transformative role of AI in startups.
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Startup Leadership
Strategies for building and leading agile, high-performing startup teams.
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Are We Heading Off Of A Cliff?
It was the typical heavily raining Seattle day on my first day at Microsoft Azure. I was full of energy to apply what I learned during my Ph.D. stu…
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There Has To Be A Different Way
A struggle that engineers go through every single day! When I joined my previous company as the director of engineering, my manager asked me two qu…
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Looking Ahead – Episode #1 With Timothy Chen
Below is my interview transcript with Timothy Chen talking about the impact of AI and machine learning on cloud infrastructure automation. The orig…
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Early-stage startup CEO 2020 learned lessons
While we had a lot of challenges in 2020, our sense of optimism should never fade. Optimism is about believing in the bright future ahead. That bri…
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Prioritize Impact and Maximize Energy
Whether you are still bootstrapping your startup or doing it full time now, you are probably juggling between many priorities and tasks. The day is…
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Entrepreneurs, Don’t Start Without a Strategy
Stay ahead of everyone else with a bit of strategic thinking While a startup journey starts with an idea, building and growing a startup requires a…
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The Art of War and Strategy for Entrepreneurs – Situational Awareness
I discussed in a previous article the importance of a strategy to position your startup for success. I defined strategy as the attempt to get desir…
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8 Pitch Deck Slides Must Have In Your Startup Fundraising
The pitch deck is your essential tool if you are an entrepreneur ready to fundraise for your startup. Fundraising is not an easy process. It has lo…
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Top 3 Critical Slides in Your Startup Pitch Deck
Your pitch deck should be between 8 to 12 slides. Each slide counts toward selling your startup and getting VC funded. But some slides are more imp…
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The Impact of Economic Cycles on Venture Funding
Economic cycles, comprising expansions and recessions, directly impact venture funds raising and investing in startups. During an expansion, startu…