“Founder Mode” Is a Dangerous Red Herring August 9, 2024 Love the conversation. Disagree with the implied conclusion. I won’t summarize Paul Graham’s essay on founder vs. manager... Read more
R.O.S. Return on Safety August 6, 2024 When do employees share opinions freely? When do they call attention to system frailties? When do they jump... Read more
You Might Want to Sit This One Out June 25, 2024 In 2022, a massive correction began in the startup ecosystem. Rising interest rates led to plummeting startup valuations... Read more
How to Raise Early-Stage Capital in Any Market January 28, 2024 Raising early-stage capital is easy, right? It must be. It seems virtually every other tech-related article to grace my screen... Read more
Management Debt Series: Learn How To Deliver Feedback October 23, 2023 It's been said time and again that people don't quit jobs; they quit managers. And why do they... Read more
From Founder / CEO Client To General Partner, Why I’m Joining Enjoy The Work October 16, 2023 In early 2017, I was feeling pretty on top of the world. I had left my role as... Read more
Management Debt Series: Learn How To Run a @#$#@ Meeting September 17, 2023 There are two separate paths to startup success. The first and far more celebrated path is the one... Read more
Does Everyone Know What We’re Supposed To Do Next? An Introduction To Internal Communications For Startup Founders. September 6, 2023 When you start a company, your job is to sell a vision. Then you have to go build... Read more
How to Raise an Inside Round. And How To Know if You Should. May 31, 2023 Since 2015, the General Partners at Enjoy The Work (ETW) have advised the founders of more than 125... Read more
Navigating the storm: A startup founder’s guide to layoffs. May 3, 2023 Founders spend so much energy on hiring. They read about it. They practice. They build rituals. They do... Read more
A Financial Plan You’ll Actually Use April 28, 2023 Since 2015, the General Partners at Enjoy The Work (ETW) have advised the founders of more than 125... Read more
There Is Life After Being a Founder — I’m Joining Enjoy The Work! April 26, 2023 I identify as an entrepreneur. I’ve been in the startup world since the 1990s, have started three very... Read more
Raising Series B: Forget Everything You Think You Learned From Your Earlier Raises. It’s Time to Think Like a Banker April 10, 2023 Since 2015, Enjoy The Work (ETW) has guided more than 300 separate transactions, ranging from $1M seed rounds... Read more
Management Debt – The Perilous Cost Of Not Knowing How To Run A Larger Org March 9, 2023 I have a neighbor. Name is George. Marine veteran. Early 70s. Built like a mountain carved down into... Read more
From Founder to Master Operator February 1, 2023 How it started: In 2015 I became obsessed with a simple question: How do founders get better at... Read more