Competition isn't the reason you're failing

Ignoring Silicon Valley advice to build a $3B fintech unicorn (Mercury)

Immad Akhund is the CEO and co-founder of Mercury, a digital banking platform that’s become the go-to financial infrastructure for startups. Before Mercury, Immad spent nearly two decades founding companies, learning the hard way what separates a good idea from a great business. In this episode, Immad shares the

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The two most undervalued founder traits #founder

The "fraud" in Silicon Valley

This is when you become a real founder #founder

Linear’s Path to Product-Market Fit — Quality and Craft > Speed and Scale

Linear CEO and co-founder Karri Saarinen unpacks the $1.25B company's slow and deliberate path to product-market fit.

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The difference between good and great engineers

The Founder’s Guide to Building a V1 of Customer Success

A CS leader who has built the function from the ground up shares where founders should start — from how to hire to the most important metrics to track.

How industry outsiders changed payroll