... most important and challenging experiences you ll have as a founder is fundraising. I pitched VCs across London and San Francisco. Some spent 15 seconds on my deck. Some took the call just to diligence a competitor. One told me to ask for more money. Oh, and I found out your pitch is probably being recorded and run through AI. This is the high-impact version of all of those lessons to save you time, energy, and emotional damage. Please ... ... actually an unpopular founder decision. And interestingly, VCs often told me to ask for more. Raising earlier is also a strong tactic. Why? Because when you re still in vision mode, people are buying the story, the ambition

... fragmented execution. Siloed teams. AI pilots that never scale. Consultants who deliver decks, not outcomes. You bought the tools. You still don't have the results. That's the gap nobody wants to talk about. The gap between ambition and outcomes . Most vendors sell you closer to the gap. The smart ones are building the bridge. Most people don't know this, a new category is emerging. And most C-suites are sleeping on it. It's not outsourcing ... ... question isn't whether your enterprise needs this. It does. The question is whether you move first or catch up later. First mover wins in execution. Always has. Which part of your org has the biggest gap between ambition

... everyone I m building LovenWork , a dating app for professionals who love their work and want a partner who gets their ambition. Instead of pure swiping, LovenWork focuses on: Work & skills: roles, industries, strengths, and work style. Values & lifestyle: how you live and what you re aiming for next. Complementary minds: matching profiles that fit (e.g., Engineer + Creative, Founder + Operator). You can switch between: Love Mode meet other singles who share your level of drive. Work Mode find ... ... collaborators with complementary skills. The beta is live at https://lovenwork.ch (PWA, no app store needed). I d love your honest feedback on: Does the dating + work synergy idea make sense or feel confusing? Is the onboarding (work, skills, ambition

... sparked an interesting thought experiment: how likely is it that we ll see AGI (AI that thinks and learns like a human) within the next five years? The report highlights a fascinating divergence: the view from money vs. the view from science. Money : the probability inferred from trillions poured into data centers, Nvidia chips, and servers. Investors seem to be betting that AGI is inevitable. Science : the probability inferred from research papers and AI development models. Experts are far more ... ... might be ahead of reality. Expect volatility, overpromised outcomes, and valuable lessons along the way. Meanwhile, AI continues reshaping work, attention, and human behavior. I d love to hear the community s perspective: Are you seeing this money vs

... words. The marathon runner learns 10 words daily for 100 days. Never feels heroic. Just shows up. Result? They own 900+ words permanently. Here's the truth most vocabulary apps won't tell you: Your brain doesn't reward ambition. It rewards repetition over time. When you learn 100 words daily for 10 days: Severe cognitive overload Minimal spaced repetition cycles Burnout kills the habit Most words never make it to long-term memory When you learn 10 words daily ...

... equity in the company and, once we could afford to do so, took the same salary, too. Not doing so felt wrong on a human level because we were motivated by the idea of going on a fun, ambitious journey together. But it also felt illogical on a strategic level. Most startups fail because the cofounders break up more so than failing to find  product-market fit . (source = I made it up, but it s extremely common and often ... ... than worry about how this looks to everyone else. Our responsibilities internally are very clear. We feel we make better decisions like this, and our intrinsic instincts complement each other. For example, I tend to push up ambition

... wondering: " How all this started?" Truth is, I ve always been a restless soul (or as we say in Spanish, culo inquieto ) once I ve learned everything in a role, I get bored. So I build. Not out of ambition, but out of a need to keep learning and growing. Quitting my last well-paid job to start something from scratch hasn t been the easiest, safest, or calmest path but honestly, I m grateful I chose to complicate ... ... harder, uncertain path. Comment from Nika(@busmark_w_nika): Feel you, Natalia :) The thing you mentioned is quite common among makers: "I ve learned everything in a role, I get bored. So I build. Not out of ambition