When a founder should stop being the CEO, and how to hand over well
The signals that a company has outgrown its founder in the top job, the roles founders move into, and the mechanics of a transition that does not wreck morale.
Boards
Boards of directors and advisers: who sits on them and what they do.
The unit economics numbers your board will actually ask about
A practical guide to contribution margin, CAC payback, retention and burn multiple, and the way each one gets quietly flattered in a board deck.
How to build a startup board that actually helps you run the company
Most founders inherit a board one financing at a time. Here is how to shape its seats, its meetings and its paperwork so it adds judgment instead of friction.
The term sheet clauses that matter more than your valuation
Liquidation preferences, anti-dilution, board seats and protective provisions decide who gets paid and who decides. What each clause does, and what diligence follows.
How founders should run a board meeting that actually decides things
A good startup board meeting is built in the week before it happens. The pre-read, the agenda, the minutes and the closed session all have jobs to do.
Family business succession starts a decade before the handover
Ownership, leadership and family harmony are three separate problems. The families that hand over well plan each one deliberately and early.
A decision-making system for founders who have become the bottleneck
When every decision waits for the founder, the company slows down. A practical system for sorting decisions, assigning owners and keeping a record that speeds everything up.