The Weights
Six essays on the specific things founders carry — written for the hour you actually carry them. No frameworks, no listicles. One weight at a time.
my co-founderThe conversation you keep rehearsingOn co-founder tension: why the person you most need to think this through with is the person it's about.runwayThe math you redo at midnightOn runway anxiety: the spreadsheet hasn't changed since Tuesday. What you're doing isn't math.a hire that isn't workingEveryone knowsOn the hire that isn't working: your best people noticed before you did, and they're watching what you do next.the board callThe confident version, on in twenty minutesOn board meetings: the gap between the narrative and the company, and why one honest sentence beats a managed story.whether to keep goingThe one you can't say to anyone investedOn the question underneath the others: wanting to stop, and why the question deserves daylight instead of suppression.telling the teamHow much truth, how soonOn hard news and the team: transparency isn't a binary, and adults handle bad news better than badly delivered news.