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              Michael Houck

            Featured Posts

                            Feb 22, 2025

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                            18 min read

                      The Entire History of Silicon Valley

                      From 1913 to today

                          Michael Houck

                        Growth

                        +1

                            Oct 17, 2024

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                            5 min read

                      How Sam Corcos Grew Levels into a $300 Million Startup

                      And helped turn his co-founder into a big influencer

                          Michael Houck

                        Founder Psychology

                        +3

                            Apr 2, 2025

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                            5 min read

                      How Arjun Mahadevan Raised $1 Million in 2 Minutes

                      And reached a $100M valuation

                          Michael Houck

                        Founder Psychology

                        +3

                            Nov 21, 2024

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                            4 min read

                      Why Adam Renklint Raised $137M... and Gave it Back

                      And how Pitch changed course after raising an $85 million Series B

                          Michael Houck

                        Founder Psychology

                        +4

                            Jan 9, 2025

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                            4 min read

                      From $0 to $10 Million Revenue in 15 Months

                      How Adam Nathan got Blaze into the top 1% of companies on Stripe

                          Michael Houck

                        Growth

                        +3

                            Dec 12, 2024

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                            5 min read

                      How Tibo Louis-Lucas Bootstrapped To A $10 Million Exit

                      And how he's building five products to $100k MRR

                          Michael Houck

        Archive

                  Case StudiesTwo Minute StartupFounder PsychologyGrowthDeep DivesInvestor UpdatesFinding PMFPodcastProduct StrategyHiringGTM StrategyFrameworksHistoryFundraisingLeadership & ManagementCurated Resources

                        Two Minute Startup

                            Jun 16, 2026

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                            5 min read

                      Outcome-Based Selling

                      And why bad reasons shouldn't stop you

                          Michael Houck

                        Founder Psychology

                        +2

                            Jun 13, 2026

                            •

                            3 min read

                      Treat Every No as a Not Yet

                      And why Alina Su keeps a death clock on her desk

                          Michael Houck

                        Two Minute Startup

                            Jun 10, 2026

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                            5 min read

                      Founders Are Happy

                      And why the biggest risk is not being delusional

                          Michael Houck

                        Case Studies

                        +3

                            Jun 6, 2026

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                            3 min read

                      $5 Billion Exit from Riding Waves

                      And why Ratmir Timashev is now betting big on Ohio

                          Michael Houck

                        Two Minute Startup

                            Jun 5, 2026

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                            5 min read

                      Super IC > 10x Engineer

                      And why you should build what you'd pay for

                          Michael Houck

                        Deep Dives

                        +1

                            May 30, 2026

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                            3 min read

                      Build What You Know

                      Horse Spot's 4 advantages from being insiders

                          Michael Houck

                        Two Minute Startup

                            May 29, 2026

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                            5 min read

                      The Founder's Tax

                      And a slight twist on a classic framework

                          Michael Houck

                        Founder Psychology

                        +2

                            May 23, 2026

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                            3 min read

                      The Next Elon?

                      How Emil Barr is front-loading success

                          Michael Houck

                        Two Minute Startup

                            May 19, 2026

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                            4 min read

                      Sell Less

                      And a reminder it comes down to pain endurance

                          Michael Houck



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