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What Deserves the Next 12 Months of Your Startup’s Life
Focus isn’t about doing more things. It’s about choosing what gets a year of your attention.
Jan 7
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The Question AI Founders Avoid Until It Is Too Late
Why the economics you don’t control end up controlling everything else
Dec 31, 2025
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Chris Tottman
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The Story No One Is Telling About AI’s Explosive ARR
What happens when the metric everyone celebrates turns out to be the least understood?
Dec 24, 2025
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Chris Tottman
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The One Question That Reveals Whether Your Company Is Truly ‘Optionality-Ready'
The mindset shift that quietly separates resilient companies from fragile ones.
Dec 17, 2025
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Chris Tottman
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The Fundraising Shortcut Nobody Talks About
A practical breakdown of the narrative patterns top founders use to convert investor interest into allocation pressure.
Dec 10, 2025
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Chris Tottman
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The Go To Market Sequencing Playbook Every Founder Needs
A practical guide to choosing your beachhead, winning it decisively and sequencing expansion with clarity, timing and momentum.
Dec 3, 2025
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Chris Tottman
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Black Friday Special: Why Most Startups Misread PMF — And the Framework That Finally Gets It Right
A founder’s guide to diagnosing real product-market fit using retention curves, qualitative pull, and the signals that actually matter.
Nov 28, 2025
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Chris Tottman
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💡 The Founder’s Guide to Attracting 10x Talent Without Big Salaries
A practical framework for attracting exceptional people before you have exceptional resources.
Nov 26, 2025
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Chris Tottman
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Why Efficient Founders Win Every Down Market
What the top one percent of founders know about turning spend into momentum — even in hard markets.
Nov 19, 2025
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Chris Tottman
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The Hidden Skill Behind Every Great SaaS Company: Knowing When to Switch Gears
Growth isn’t about speed. It’s about knowing when to go wide — and when to go deep.
Nov 12, 2025
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Chris Tottman
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The Secret to Raising Once and Never Chasing Again: Keep Investors Close
How smart founders build trust, not tension, after the raise.
Nov 5, 2025
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Chris Tottman
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💡 Stop Guessing, Start Growing: The 30-Day Framework Every Founder Needs
Learn how short, focused experiments turn early traction into sustainable SaaS growth
Oct 15, 2025
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Chris Tottman
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