Every founder I've worked with has one trait that made them successful, and nine times out of ten, that same trait becomes the ceiling on the company. Not a weakness. The thing you got promoted for. This is about the wall with your name on it, why it's usually invisible to you, and the one question that finally exposes it.

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.