The Eureka Database
On finding, validating, and building ideas.
Playbooks on spotting real demand, pressure-testing an idea, and shipping an MVP, from the team that reads the internet's complaints for a living.
- Founders6 min read
Why most startups fail (the unglamorous version)
Not the motivational reasons. The real, avoidable ways founders lose: building before validating, no way to reach the buyer, and quitting in the boring middle.
Read - Building6 min read
The evolution of the micro-SaaS: why a portfolio beats a moonshot
levels.io and Marc Lou did not bet everything on one product. They stacked small ones. Why a portfolio of tiny SaaS compounds better than a single big swing.
Read - Fundraising7 min read
The dark side of raising venture capital
The fundraise announcement is the highlight reel. Here is the part it skips: the growth treadmill, the loss of control, and why a life-changing outcome can still count as failure.
Read - Opinion6 min read
Why is YC funding slop?
Bigger batches, a wave of near-identical AI wrappers, and pattern-matched founders. An honest look at what changed, and what it means if you build outside the machine.
Read - Founders6 min read
SF vs NYC for founders: how much your environment really matters
The honest tradeoffs between the two cities, who each one suits, and how much 'just be in the room' is real versus a story people tell to justify the rent.
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