Founders' Field Notes

Nothing like staring down your last few grand and pretending you’re not panicking. We break down how long the startup runway really lasts- and when you should start sweating.

Beth and Jack compare notes on Gen Z’s work-life balance myth (spoiler: it doesn’t exist in startups), how to validate ideas without a budget for market research, and surviving the soul-crushing void when no one’s applauding your hustle.

Plus, why celebrating ti...

Beth’s latest business trip to Baghdad included a surprise detour courtesy of a terrorist bombing.

Jack argues about what’s more chaotic: North Korea or raising pre-seed capital, we decide which team member would survive a warzone (and who would run screaming), and finally pick the startup buzzword that deserves a lifetime ban.

Oh, and Elon Musk calls with an offer. What do we say?

Startup life: equal parts danger, chaos, and questio...

Beth and Jack, co-founders and co-CEOs of Satorus Group, kick off Founders' Field Notes by diving headfirst into the beautiful mess of starting a company from zero.

They share what it’s really like to quit stable jobs with zero fallback, survive a “working trip” to Morocco that mostly involved existential dread and way too much mint tea, and how building a startup is basically assembling a plane while you’re already flying it.

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