Posts by Liam Redmond
Parents who blame Snapchat for their children’s deaths protest outside company’s headquarters
Standing in front of Snap’s Santa Monica offices, parents clutched photos of their children who died from taking fentanyl-laced pills facilitated through the disappearing messages of the Snapchat app. They rolled white paint onto the ground, spelling out the names of 108 children who died from alleged social media harms. “Snapchat: Protect kids not predators,”…
Read MoreThe 6 emotional patterns that predict which founders survive the chaos
There is a moment in almost every founder’s journey when the chaos stops feeling exciting and starts feeling personal. Revenue dips. A key hire quits. A launch flops. Investors go quiet. Suddenly it is not just a business problem. It feels like a referendum on you. I have watched early-stage founders navigate pivots, missed payroll,…
Read MoreWhy Celebrity Investors Should Drink The Product
I’ve spent years building brands with celebrities circling the table. Managers and agents often repeat the same advice to their clients: don’t put in cash, get everything in kind. That playbook protects them, but it also keeps them distant. My view is simple: the only thing that moves a celebrity from swag to stake is…
Read MoreThe 7 biggest lies young entrepreneurs still tell themselves about success
If you have ever stared at someone else’s funding announcement on LinkedIn and felt that quiet panic in your chest, you are not alone. Most young founders I meet are ambitious, capable, and quietly exhausted from chasing a version of success they are not even sure they believe in. We consume startup Twitter threads, Y…
Read MoreWhat’s the Best Way to Invest $500,000 for Growth?
Earning money is often the easiest aspect of personal finance. The real challenge comes with figuring out how to compound growth and turn it into something that lasts for a lifetime. Whether you have $100,000, $500,000, or several million dollars, there are always going to be questions about how to optimize for ROI. And while…
Read MoreThe Crucial Significance of Conflict Management Training in the Workplace
No matter how big or small a company is, there are bound to be conflicts in its teams. Every person has differing views and ways they believe are best for handling workflow, clients, and executing projects. When conflicts arise, addressing them and uniting the team as a cohesive unit is imperative. A conflict on the…
Read MoreHow to build a simple content strategy for B2B startups
You know content matters. Every advisor, investor, and growth thread tells you it compounds over time. But when you are a B2B founder with limited runway, a tiny team, and customers to close, content strategy often turns into a vague goal instead of a concrete system. You publish a few posts, miss a month, then…
Read MoreThe complete guide to startup accounting for non-financial founders
You didn’t start a company because you love spreadsheets. Yet somehow you’re now staring at a bank balance, a Stripe dashboard, a pile of receipts, and an investor asking about “runway” and “burn,” wondering how all of this fits together. Most first-time founders learn accounting reactively, usually after something goes wrong. This guide is meant…
Read MoreEvery confident founder I know learned these 7 lessons the hard way
Confidence in startups rarely looks like bravado. It looks quieter than that. It shows up as decisiveness under pressure, calm conversations with investors, and the ability to say no without overexplaining. If you are early in your journey, it can feel like confident founders were simply born that way. They were not. Almost every confident…
Read MoreFostering a Dog Creates Lasting Change for the Dog and the Shelter
A six-year-old Labrador mix named Luna spent months in a packed shelter. She lived in terror of the other dogs and couldn’t make eye contact with anyone. Savanna Tolley, a dog trainer and owner of The Dog Wizard, says Luna had “completely shut down.” Luna’s life changed when a foster caregiver took her in. Gentle…
Read MoreWhat is customer discovery (and how to run your first 10 interviews)
You’ve probably felt it already. You have an idea that feels right, a few friends say it sounds interesting, and you keep tweaking a product in your head late at night. But when you try to explain it to someone outside your bubble, the conversation goes fuzzy. They nod, ask polite questions, and nothing concrete…
Read MoreSuper Bowl spots spark fight over whether we’re ready for ads from our chatbots
The chatbot wars entered the Super Bowl this year. At Super Bowl LX, a ChatGPT competitor paid millions of dollars for commercials mocking the leading artificial intelligence chatbot’s plans to put advertisements in its chats. One of the ads, titled “Betrayal,” showed a man seeking help to communicate better with his mother. His therapist, representing…
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