Online Business Models Explained
Understand the core online business models—SaaS, marketplace, content, e-commerce, and services—with their economics, challenges, and success patterns.
October 2025
Startup Culture Explained
Explore startup culture—from hustle mentality to equity compensation, understanding values, practices, and tradeoffs of startup environments.
September 2025
Startup Failures Explained Step by Step
Startup failure patterns: Quibi spent $1.75B on wrong mobile hypothesis. Juicero raised $120M for $700 juicer when bags squeezed by hand worked fine.
August 2025
Venture Capital Influence
VC funding shapes what gets built by favoring scalable, high-growth businesses. Capital requirements influence product direction and exit pressures.
Unicorn Obsession
Unicorn obsession fixates on $1B+ valuations as success metrics. Driven by VC returns needing outliers, media narratives, and status signaling in tech culture.
Startup Pivoting Explained
Startup pivots change strategy when original approach fails. Types include customer segment, problem, solution, and business model pivots based on learning.
Founder Mythology
Founders portrayed as visionary prophets with retrospective narrative bias. Success stories omit luck, timing, and privilege while emphasizing genius.
Failure Culture Examined
Intended to remove stigma and encourage experimentation. Reality often romanticizes failure, wastes resources, and creates reckless risk-taking culture.