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Thinking Out Loud
Explore Bonny’s work, ideas and insights
Why Raising Prices Isn’t the Scary Part After Product Market Fit
Raising prices after product–market fit feels scary for most founders. Not because pricing is hard, but because ending the early relationship is. This post explains why underpricing is usually a boundary problem, not a pricing one.
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Selling Like a Startup Is Breaking Your Growth
If pricing suddenly feels awkward after your first real round, you may still be selling like a startup to a buyer who has already changed. This post explains why that shift breaks growth and how to fix it.
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Advice to My 30-Year-Old Self: What I Wish I Knew When I Was Building My Startup
If I could talk to my 30-year-old self, I wouldn’t give business tactics. I’d talk about focus, relationships, burnout, and the quiet mistakes that affect startups more than strategy.
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Hard Dopamine vs Cheap Dopamine: How to Reprogram Your Brain to Get Shit Done
If you feel distracted, foggy, or unmotivated, you’re not broken. You’re burning cheap dopamine and starving hard dopamine. This article explains how to reprogram your brain to get shit done again.
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Stop Approving Decisions (Do This Instead)
Stop approving decisions as your company scales. This article explains why approval mode slows founders down and how veto mode restores speed without losing quality.
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Why Dopamine Addiction Is Making Hard Things Impossible for Founders
Your brain is being hijacked. If hard things feel harder than they used to, dopamine addiction may be draining your motivation. Here is what is happening inside your mind, and how to reset your ability to do the work that matters.
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How I Work With Founders
Clarity. Calm. Adult leadership. Real growth. Founders don’t come to me because things are smooth. They come because something finally snapped: the team is growing faster than the systems, culture is drifting, decisions feel heavier, investors want clarity, and you’re quietly wondering if you are now the bottleneck. Good. That’s the moment where everything can actually change. I coach founders through the messy middle — the stage where your old operating system stops working
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Hiring for Scale: Why Most Startups Break Here and How to Fix It
Hiring for scale is where many startups lose momentum. This blog breaks down why fast hiring creates chaos, how to define roles with clarity, and the framework founders use to grow without breaking the company.
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Why Hard Work Stops Working for Founders during Scaling
Every founder hits the moment where hard work stops working. This blog explains why your instincts stop serving the company and how to shift into real leadership.
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