Startup Ideas
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Apr 17, 2026
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6 min read
In a market this flush with capital, the discipline to raise wisely matters more than the ability to raise at all
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Apr 13, 2026
12 min read
78,000 tech workers have been laid off year-to-date in 2026. Nearly half linked to AI-driven restructuring
Apr 10, 2026
This week an a16z-backed founder admitted to fabricating ARR. The damage was instant and total. Here's why honest numbers compound just like dishonest ones do
Apr 6, 2026
11 min read
$297B raised in a single quarter. The discipline that separates the companies that survive it is quieter than any of those numbers.
Apr 3, 2026
Q1 2026 set an all-time record for venture funding. That makes the question of whether the underlying businesses actually work more urgent than ever
Mar 30, 2026
10 min read
190 companies just pitched at YC Demo Day. The ones who raised weren't just the best products.
Mar 27, 2026
Granola started as a personal app. It's now a $1.5B enterprise platform. The pivot wasn't luck — it was discipline.
Mar 23, 2026
Cursor has 1M daily users. OpenAI just bought a Python tools startup. Both moves are about the same thing.
Mar 20, 2026
The first team sets the culture, the bar, and the ceiling. Here's how to get it right.
Mar 16, 2026
13 min read
Early users love it. Investors are interested. Growth is up. And yet something isn't right — here's how to tell the difference.
Mar 13, 2026
Most startup post-mortems cite co-founder conflict as a top reason for failure.
Solopreneur
Mar 9, 2026
OpenAI just raised $110B. Most founders will never see $1M. The lessons that separate those two worlds are exactly the same.
