in hindsight trademarking the bloomberry ice cream flavor before product market fit may have been slightly premature
every vc i talked to probably thought this mf is distracted
Generic AI content makes smart people sound average.
We’ve been obsessed with helping founders and senior operators sound more like themselves again.
Had a good conversation with Niklas about that on DN #17.
Voice is the last moat.
It hurts watching someone you love walk into the same problem you already warned them about.
You explain. They promise. You help them recover. Then it happens again.
At some point, you have to stop carrying consequences for another adult. Love can advise, but it cannot make someone choose differently.