Founders' Psyche
Ashish Kulkarni, Peter HwangThe intersection of psychology, ambition, and creation. It’s not about how to build a startup - it’s about what building a startup does to you.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 94 | Founded | 2 years ago | Last Issue | 10 days ago |
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Lab Notes #2: Locus of Control
It has been a while since I last wrote. I figured I could just start working on the framework as I do the research, so I have been busy building the tools, now for every lab notes, if I do decide to add it to my framework - I will share a l...
The Uncertain Middle: What 30 Years of Entrepreneurship Does to Who You Are
Before we dive in, a quick note for the founders reading this.
If you have traction but no repeatable growth, if something feels stuck and you can't quite name what, today's guest writes the newsletter you've probably been looking for....
Lab Notes #1: Dark Triad
I’ve been trying to work out whether the Dark Triad belongs in my framework at all.
Narcissism, Machiavellianism, psychopathy. The three traits that make up the Dark Triad. They have a reputation. What I wasn’t sure about was whether the r...
Lab Notes: The Beginning
I’m trying something a bit different. Alongside the usual Founders’ Psyche posts and founder features, I want to start sharing a running log of the research I’m doing into founder psychology.
It’s going to be raw. Just things I’m learning...
Five Years of Lying to Himself
This week I sat down with Alexei Beltyukov, a Soviet trained doctor turned McKinsey manager turned serial entrepreneur who is now building a cleantech company in the US renewables market. It was one of the most honest conversations I have h...
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I write about the mental side of building a startup—from inner conflict to grit, co-founder trust, trauma, and self-doubt in Founders Psyche, while in Founders' Capital - I focus more on execution aspect of startup building.
You feel stuck,you have traction but no repeatable growth.I help early to mid-stage tech founders figure out what's broken before it costs them years and resources.5x founder/4 exits (8&9-figure exits) in 28 yrs.Investing & building 6th startup now.
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