... 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 ... ... founder? Do you have a co-founder? Is your cap table clean? And the irony, of course, is that if you only fish in the same ponds, you re less likely to find the true outliers. The next Jeff Bezos

... Slowly but surely, the Christmas holidays are approaching, which usually means more time at home with family and more movie binge-watching. Yesterday I watched TV for the first time in a while, and they were playing Bezos: The Beginning (2023). A decent movie overall, even though it could ve been longer or had a sequel. But there are still many other inspiring movies about business and entrepreneurship that hit even harder, for example: The Social Network ... ... Short (2015) Face to Face (Jobs vs