I put $10 million on my profile a month ago. It was technically accurate. Three million plus in revenue over three years times a 3-4x multiple. That's the math founders use when they want to feel rich without actually having money. I cringe at it now. I watched a founder claim a $35 million valuation based on a $1 million seed round. The math required for that to work requires assuming everything goes perfectly and nothing ever
I told my team something last week that probably sounded nuts. We're in survival mode, but we're not broke. That's the part nobody talks about. Everyone glamorizes the "we have 3 months of runway" panic. The story where you're eating ramen and sleeping under your desk. But we're sitting on 2-3 years of cash. We're fine on that front. And somehow, that makes it worse. Survival mode isn't about money. It's about relevance. The
I built my life around the Sovereign Individual thesis. Then COVID closed borders in 5 days and states started tracking dentist visits. A revision.