Posts by Kim Browne
What great founders do differently in their first 90 minutes of the day: 7 patterns that compound over time
Most founders don’t lose the day at 3 p.m. They lose it before breakfast. The first 90 minutes of your morning quietly decide whether you spend the day reacting to noise or building real leverage. It’s when anxiety is loudest, willpower is highest, and the temptation to “just check Slack” feels harmless but isn’t. After…
Read MoreHow to split equity among co-founders fairly
You probably didn’t start your company thinking the equity conversation would be the hardest one. But here you are, staring at a blank cap table, knowing that whatever you decide now will quietly shape motivation, resentment, and leverage for years. Too many founders either rush this conversation to avoid awkwardness or default to a “50/50…
Read MoreHow to create a simple marketing strategy for your first year
You know you need “marketing,” but your runway says you can’t afford experiments that take six months to maybe work. You’ve posted a few times on social, sent some cold emails, tweaked the homepage headline, and hoped something would click. Instead, results feel random. That’s normal. Most first-year founders don’t fail at marketing because they…
Read MoreWhat is feature creep (and how to avoid it in your MVP)
If you’ve been building your MVP for more than a few weeks, this will feel familiar. You started with one clear problem to solve. Then a customer suggested a small tweak. An investor asked how it would work for a different use case. A teammate said, “While we’re in there, we might as well add…”…
Read More9 things that feel productive but secretly slow your startup’s growth
There is a particular kind of exhaustion that comes from doing everything right and still not moving forward. Your calendar is full, your Notion is immaculate, your Slack never stops. From the outside, it looks like momentum. Inside, it feels like running on a treadmill set slightly too fast to step off. Most early founders…
Read More9 founder behaviors that quietly erode team trust
Most founders don’t wake up trying to damage trust. In the early days, you’re moving fast, juggling cash flow, hiring before you feel ready, and making decisions with incomplete information. You tell yourself you’ll clean things up later, once things are calmer. But teams don’t experience your intentions. They experience your behaviors. What makes trust…
Read MoreOil prices climb on worries of possible Iran-US conflict
Published Sat, Feb 7, 2026 · 09:07 AM [HOUSTON] Oil prices settled higher on Friday (Feb 6), reversing earlier losses as traders worried that this week’s talks between the US and Iran had failed to reduce the risk of a military conflict between the two countries. Brent crude futures settled at US$68.05 a barrel, up…
Read More‘Industry’ Star Miriam Petche on Taking the London Finance Drama to Africa and Sweetpea’s Big Moment: ‘I’m Worried for Her!’
SPOILER ALERT: The following story contains plot details from “Eyes Without a Face,” Season 4, Episode 5 of “Industry,” now streaming on HBO Max. On “Industry,” heroes are hard to come by. But in the HBO series’ audacious Season 4, Sweetpea Golightly (Miriam Petche) is about the closest the show gets to one. Introduced in…
Read MoreNetflix Settles ‘Inventing Anna’ Defamation Suit Brought by Ex-Vanity Fair Staffer
Netflix has settled a defamation lawsuit brought a Vanity Fair staffer who claimed that she was falsely portrayed in the Shonda Rhimes series “Inventing Anna.” Rachel DeLoache Williams, a former friend of con artist Anna Sorokin, sued in 2022, claiming that the series gave the false impression that she had abandoned and betrayed Sorokin and…
Read More‘Closure’ Review: In This Sundance Stunner, a Missing Person Mystery Becomes a Devastating Study of Love and Loss
Filmmaker Michał Marczak carves out a unique space for his documentary “Closure” within the non-fiction world. The film is set up as a moody mystery about a teenager who disappears one day and his father’s relentless search for him. Yet as it unfolds it cleverly becomes a drama that tries to answer the bigger life…
Read More‘The Odyssey’ Gets First Rave Reaction From Christoper Nolan’s ‘Dark Knight’ Co-Writer and Brother Jonathan: ‘An Incredible Achievement’
Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” officially has its first rave reaction, courtesy of the director’s brother Jonathan Nolan. The “Westworld” co-creator and “Fallout” executive producer told CinemaBlend that his older brother’s upcoming epic is “spectacular” and “tremendous.” “I’m not working on ‘The Odyssey.’ I have seen ‘The Odyssey.’ It’s tremendous. It’s an incredible achievement,” Jonathan Nolan…
Read MoreMAGA Rep. Voted Against Obamacare Because He Says It “Enslaved” People
Nearly 137,000 Iowans stand to lose their access to the Affordable Care Act marketplace if Representative Zach Nunn has his way. The Hawkeye State Republican has gone on a tear against the ACA, slandering the health insurance solution as a form of modern-day human bondage while broadcasting his intention to dismantle the popular national program.…
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