An interview on the gap between activity and progress in early-stage companies.
Key Ideas
Growth without a clear 'why' is just motion, and motion burns founders out.
The first leadership hire either protects the culture or dilutes it — rarely nothing.
Founders confuse a good quarter with a good business more often than they'd admit.
TRANSCRIPT (EXCERPT)
“The metric that matters most is the one your board never asks about: are you still the same person who started this, or did the company quietly replace you?”
[Full transcript available on request via the media kit.]
