Building the Future By Thinking For Yourself
Published on: 26/02/2026
Issue 42: Lessons from Peter Thiel’s Zero to One on competition, definite optimism, secrets and the power law, and why thinking for yourself matters.
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Growth is Vanity, Cash Flow is Sanity
Published on: 10/09/2025
Issue 35: Navigating the tension between expansion and insolvency. How to master COGS, burn rate and runway, with simple tools to stay afloat.