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“The simplest solution, with the fewest assumptions, is usually the correct one.”
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Founders Bootcamp Online
You started a business to buy your freedom and built a prison instead. A deep dive into Steve’s Founders Bootcamp material on using your why as a filter and building systems that run without you.
How to manage the sourcing process for brand owners
Wire $50,000 overseas, open the container, find rags. A deep dive into Steve’s 2026 sourcing guide: exact specs, samples, fair quote comparisons, and brutal financial reality checks.
Why your business can't scale
What if the bottleneck strangling your growth is you? The reluctant-leader trap, and why the order is always strategy, then systems, then scale — from the Founder to Founder Bootcamp.
Stop being your most senior employee
Are you leading, or did you build a job you can never clock out of? The founder’s burden, working on the business instead of in it, and turning a vague vision into a strategic objective.
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First Show — The Awesomers Launch
Day one of free entrepreneurial support: why this show exists, who it’s for, and what it means to build with peers who push you forward.
Finding Your Why
Personal why as the operating system for business and life.
China Help — Sourcing Without the Scare Factor
International sourcing can be scary. Systems and partners make it legible.
My First Million Dollar Day
Steve on the day that redefined scale — and what actually prepared him for it.
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