Brilliant Minds, Silent Brands: The Five Blind Spots of the Specialist Founder

Startups do not usually begin in boardroom meetings; they begin with a spark of frustration. A medical doctor notices a recurring inefficiency in the clinic; a scientist discovers a molecule that could alter the course of a disease; an accountant invents a cleaner way to audit financial ledgers. This is the classic birth of the…

The Technical Plateau and the High Cost of Narrative Silence

The frustration of the technical plateau I have spent more than 25 years watching how people connect and more than 15 years working with startup founders and mentoring them. During this time, I have seen a recurring pattern that affects even the most brilliant founders and leadership teams. It usually happens when a company is…