Chris
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Chris posted an update 2 days ago
Your Invoice Is Secretly a Blank Check
Your customer invoices can accidentally turn YOU into their unpaid insurance company.
If your invoice says anything like: ‘We guarantee your satisfaction,’ ‘We stand behind our work 100%’ ‘No job is complete until you’re thrilled.’
…a court can interpret that as an unlimited warranty. One angry client + one expensive fix = you owe $47k out of…
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Chris posted an update 2 days ago
They’re Neighours
A broke founder with −$50k net worth and a billionaire are separated by one calendar day.
One day: ramen, maxed cards, couch-surfing in SoMa.
Next day: liquidity event. Personal wealth jumps 5,000× before lunch.Same zip code. Same coffee shop. Same group chats. Same hoodie.
Only difference: one wire transfer already landed, the other hasn’t.
The…
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Chris posted a new post. 5 days ago
How Much Equity You’ll Actually Give Up in Your First Priced VC RoundHow much equity founders actually sell in Pre-Seed and Seed rounds today.
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Chris posted a new post. 5 days ago
Should my startup bootstrap or raise venture capital?Should your startup bootstrap or raise VC? Key framework to decide based on market, goals, and risk.
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Chris posted an update a week ago
The Art of Enough
Contentment is not the same as happiness, and it is definitely not complacency.
Happiness comes in waves. It rises when things go well and crashes when they don’t. Contentment is the quiet baseline underneath the waves. It is the ability to say, “Right now, this is enough,” even when life is ordinary, imperfect, or hard.
Most of us chase the…
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