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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