A friend recently asked me how to structure a P&L. I started writing an article about that, then I realised I will first need to...

The other day, I talked to a founder who warned me about his lack of math skills. He had a degree in design – surely that means his...

Whenever I hear a founder worry about whether anyone will buy their product, it triggers my own anxiety – but not to do with...

When a friend read my article from September about raising capital from customers, she immediately “got it”. It was so...

The popular wisdom goes as follows: startups that want to become unicorns need to think about growth all the time; everyone else is off...

Entrepreneurs are obsessed with being their own boss. Almost everyone I know who started a company did it – at least in part...

A few months ago, my friend Mahira asked me for some advice on fundraising. She was in the process of launching a sustainable cleaning...

Confession: I love a heated debate. There is something exhilarating about structuring an argument, finding weak spots in an opponent's...

“There is nothing scarier than a blank canvas,” is a quote repeated so often in the context of art that I couldn’t even...

“Should I get a cheaper office space? Should I cancel those subscriptions? Do I need a cheaper accountant? Should I stop getting my...

“Finding a CFO with a strategic mindset who actually understands value creation is so crucial, and so difficult,” a friend of...

I believe that calendar invites for conversations about business KPIs (1) should come with their own trigger warnings. That’s...