There was a season where my past felt more “me” than my present. In those moments, I realised it wasn’t the past I missed, it was myself, and that was my sign to stop performing and start walking back toward the person I was before I edited my truth. #awakening#innerwork#truth
My life was chaos until I mastered my schedule. Focus on making progress, not just achieving outcomes. Prioritize time for what matters most daily. And never forget, your family will miss you forever when you're gone, but your job won't. Know what truly matters. #life#family
If the only time you feel safe is when you’re winning, that’s not ambition. That’s performance addiction.
Separate who you are from what you produce before your body does it for you.
#founders#ceos#burnout
ARR stalling? It’s probably not a demand problem.
Most Series A–B CEOs try to “buy more pipeline” when growth slows.
But the real issues are usually:
Wrong ICP (churns early, never expands)
Pricing/discounting absorbing growth
Slow activation + time‑to‑value
CEOs don’t lose board trust because the numbers are messy.
They lose it when they walk into the room hoping these questions won’t come up.
Turn this into your pre‑board checklist.
#SaaS#founders#VC#startups#board
Your board isn’t “reviewing metrics.”
They’re quietly deciding whether you’re in control or just along for the ride.
Here are 7 questions they start asking the second your dashboard hits the screen 👇
In the video I cover 3 direct GTM benefits:
better pattern recognition,
cleaner hard calls (killing bad channels),
calmer communication.
Pick one rule that protects your brain this week.
Save this for the nights you want “one more late‑night sprint.”
Sleep and stillness are part of your GTM strategy.
Every big GTM move is a judgment call under pressure.
If your brain is running on 4 hours of sleep + caffeine + Slack, you’re not “grinding”, you’re doing impaired decision‑making.
Recently I’ve been getting the same DM from founders:
“I’ve built a real product, but I still feel totally in the dark about how VCs work.”
So next week I’m launching a 60s series:
“The Startup World: What No One Really Teaches You.”
If there’s something you feel blind to—VC process, GTM, people, AI, exits—reply with your questions. I’ll bake them into the series.
I’m kicking this off as I start my journey as a GP at Aventra Capital.
#startups#founders#vc#fundraising#AventraCapital#SaaS
From pre‑seed → Series B+, I’ll cover:
- How VCs actually work
- What they look for at each stage
- How they read your GTM + metrics
- Term sheets, backchannels, exits, and the human stuff in between
First episode drops Monday on my YouTube.