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Founder Stories on Team Building & Talent for Forbes Column

There’s a moment in every company when a founder realizes something uncomfortable: The product isn’t the hardest thing to build. The team is. Over the years—whether I was helping architect new departments, building with founders and coaching high-performance leaders and teams, and now on the frontline of making bets by investing in teams with bold visions, I’ve seen the same pattern repeat itself. The difference between companies that scale and companies that stall is rarely strategy. It’s how leaders think about talent. And I do not mean "scale" as in head count numbers and hiring velocity. I mean scale as in beyond their capacity and capabilities to deliver on their missions. In areas like: • how they design teams • how they develop people • how they make hard leadership decisions • how they communicate when things get hard • how they evolve alongside the company they’re building And most importantly — how they see and define careers. For a while now we've known that the old model of talent is breaking. Linear ladders are disappearing. AI is reshaping roles faster than org charts can keep up. The most interesting leaders today aren’t just building companies — they’re reimagining how humans build meaningfully inside them. This year I'll be featuring more voices in my Forbes column, (https://lnkd.in/gBp9dn6v), on Founders and Leaders building with first-principles mindsets in the areas of Talent, Leadership, and the Future of Teams. I'm interested in gathering the collective wisdom of not just HOW but WHO is building in this space with intention and foresight. I’m especially interested in stories like: • A surprising lesson you learned building your leadership team • A hiring decision that changed the trajectory of your company • A moment where your thinking about careers or talent fundamentally shifted • A team-building mistake that taught you something invaluable For those curious, here are a few of the conversations and insights I’ve been exploring and would love to build on: I wrote a Kids Book About Teams: https://lnkd.in/gFRuDAYG Culture As An Architecture: https://lnkd.in/gy-f3vah How Risk Taking Leads to Career Wins: https://lnkd.in/gSESVbwc If you’re a founder, operator, investor, or people leader with a perspective worth sharing, I’d love to hear from you. Because the future of companies will be built by people who understand one simple truth: Great companies aren’t built by #talent. They’re built by teams that know how to grow together -- and I want to get to know your story. So if this sounds like something interesting to you and you have some insights or wisdom you want to share, DM me. Let's learn together. I’m always looking to feature thoughtful voices and real stories.

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