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The Art of Picking a Co-Founder
Choosing a co-founder is among the most critical entrepreneurial decisions, requiring trust, shared vision, complementary skills, and intangible…
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Doug Levin
Trump’s H-1B Crackdown: Outsourcing Rises, Indian Wages Surge, Visa Demand Holds Steady
Trump’s H-1B visa crackdown—culminating in a proposed $100,000 petition fee—has shifted outsourcing strategies but not diminished demand, leading to…
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Doug Levin
Are Stock Options Still an Incentive to Startup Employees?
Stock options still matter as incentives, but their power depends on company stage, transparency, and employee risk tolerance given dilution, liquidity…
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The Angel Advantage: Thriving in Today’s Institutional VC Era
Angel investors, unlike institutional VCs, thrive by leveraging speed, conviction, and judgment to capture early-stage opportunities, differentiate…
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10 Reasons Founders Shouldn’t Handle Accounting in Today’s Startup World
Founders shouldn’t do their own accounting, as it wastes time, risks errors, and undermines growth; instead, startups need professional bookkeeping and…
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Problem Refinement, Storytelling and Non-Consensus Insights
Session 5 emphasized refining a single Problem Worth Solving and crafting clear, compelling storytelling to build conviction in early-stage pitches.
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September 2025

Sales Enablement in the Age of AI
AI has transformed sales enablement by replacing generic approaches with adaptive tools, crisp proof points, and scalable content, enabling even the…
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How AI Agents Have Evolved and Who’s Winning
In just a year, AI has advanced from conversational assistants to operational agents that plan, execute, and self-correct across enterprise workflows…
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The Hidden Infrastructure Powering AI’s Future
Hugging Face has become the indispensable middleware of AI, serving as the central hub for model discovery, collaboration, and deployment while…
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Flight to Scale: Why Investors Are Concentrating Bets
The 2025 deals market is defined by “fewer but bigger” transactions, as capital concentrates in large, proven players while early-stage ventures face…
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Cursor Overtakes GitHub: Consequences
Cursor’s remarkable viral adoption, deep AI integration, and superior developer satisfaction have propelled it past GitHub Copilot in 2025…
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Customer Discovery Research Methods
Founders who mistake their own perspective for customer reality risk building elegant but useless products, while those who embrace evidence-driven…
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