The Series A story starts before the seed metrics look good
The seed round does not fix the company
Your ICP is not the customer who likes you most
Your first sales hire should not rescue you
Most hiring problems start before the interview
The first ten hires decide everything. Most founders get them wrong.
Culture is what happens when the founder is not in the room
The founder bottleneck does not announce itself
Your metrics dashboard may be hiding the truth
Your product roadmap is probably too polite
