Field Notes
Field Notes: One Percent Enlightened
A free Substack newsletter for founders, operators and people building difficult things.
Real lessons from inside the build: raising money, losing control, and staying human when the spreadsheet starts lying.
Weekly notes. Monthly essays. No motivational wallpaper.
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Founder notes from the messy middle, not the victory lap.
WHAT YOU’LL GET
Founder notes from the messy middle, not the victory lap.
I write about the decisions, doubts, mistakes, recoveries and useful scars that come with building companies. Some of it is strategic. Some of it is personal. Most of it was learnt the expensive way.
15m+
capital raised
35-person
team built
climate-tech
exit
second-time
founder
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