Journal

Field notes on the relationship layer of building companies.

May 16, 2026
What is a minimum viable network, and why most founders have never heard the term
VCs benchmark everything, burn, retention, payback. But the one resource that determines whether you get the meeting at all goes unmeasured. Here is the floor.
May 8, 2026
The one thing that separates founders who raise in 12 weeks from those who take 6 months
The fastest seed raise I studied took 11 weeks. The slowest took 27. Same market, similar quality, identical decks. The difference came down to one thing.