MA Newsletter Series: The AI Acceleration Advantage #6 The No-Code AI Agent Development System Hello Founder, You've learned what AI can do for your business. Now it's time to learn how to build it yourself. Most founders assume building AI agents requires engineering teams and months of development. They're wrong. The founders creating competitive advantages are building sophisticated automation in hours, not months—without writing code. The Three-Hour Reality A founder came to one of our...
4 days ago • 4 min read
MA Newsletter Series: The AI Acceleration Advantage #7 The $1B Solo Founder Reality Check Hello Founder, Welcome to our new series: The AI Acceleration Advantage. After completing our GTM Engineering framework, you now understand systematic customer acquisition. But there's another revolution happening that changes everything about how businesses scale: AI acceleration. This isn't about adding AI tools to your existing processes. It's about systematically redesigning your business around AI...
about 1 month ago • 4 min read
MA Newsletter Introducing: The Moment That Changes Everything Hello Founder, You've mastered GTM engineering. You understand signals, triggers, and systematic customer acquisition. You've built the foundation. Now comes the next level: Customer Journey Mastery. Why This Series Exists Three weeks ago, a founder in our Elite Founders program shared something that stopped me cold: "I have a great product. Customers love demos. My close rate is terrible. I feel like I'm missing something obvious,...
3 months ago • 6 min read
MA Newsletter The Complete GTM Engineering Framework: Your Strategic Advantage Hello Founder, Congratulations! You've completed our 8-part GTM Engineering series. You now possess something most founders never develop: a systematic approach to building customer acquisition engines that blend strategic thinking with technical execution. The Transformation Journey Over these 8 issues, we followed one founder's evolution from scattered tactics to engineered growth systems. They went from missing...
3 months ago • 3 min read
MA Newsletter The Pivot Playbook: Using Testing to Find a New Direction Hello Founder, The data doesn't lie. Your product isn't gaining traction. Now you face entrepreneurship's most gut-wrenching decision: double down, pivot, or shut it down? The difference between founders who emerge stronger and those who flame out isn't luck—it's how systematically they approach the pivot decision. SESSION #3 Desirability Quest: Validate What Matters Last Chance to join our Open SessionRSVP Beyond Gut...
6 months ago • 5 min read
MA Newsletter From Intuition to Evidence: Building Your First Experiment Framework Hi there, Most founders start with an intuition—a hunch about what their customers want or how their market works. But the most successful ones quickly transform those hunches into testable hypotheses. Today, I'm sharing how to build your first experiment framework, inspired by what's working for the fastest-growing startups in our community. Why Intuition Isn't Enough A founder in our last cohort once told me:...
8 months ago • 5 min read
MA Newsletter Over the past few months, we successfully wrapped up two programs for later-stage startups. This week, we're focusing on the essential topics we tackle in our sessions—particularly those game-changing for early-stage founders. Why Problem Articulation Is the Key to Startup Success In the fast-paced world of startups, many founders overlook a crucial step: clearly articulating the problem they’re solving. It's easy to get lost in product development, but without a clear...
11 months ago • 5 min read
MA Newsletter Upcoming Events and Initiatives As we gear up for NYC Climate Week and LA Tech Week, we congratulate Blue SidePorch, Bear Capital, and Nishant Man from Climate Capital for successfully organizing the first-ever LA Climate Week in just three weeks! And now some new updates: Web3 Nexus: In partnership with Solana, This week marks the halfway point of the Web3 Nexus program, and our founders are intensively preparing for the upcoming demo day in the last week of October. Market...
about 1 year ago • 6 min read
MA Newsletter Unlocking Success with Cold Calling Experiments for B2B Startups 🚀 Today, during our weekly coaching session with early-stage founders, one of our participants shared their experiment for the week: cold calls. This sparked a dynamic discussion on how cold calling can be a game-changer for B2B startups when treated as an experiment. Founders can systematically improve their approach and results by treating cold calling as a series of structured experiments. Here’s how to set up...
over 1 year ago • 4 min read
MA Newsletter 🕵️♂️ Unlocking Customer Insights: 5 Practical Ways to Understand Your Audience Uncover key insights about your customers and refine your startup's focus. This edition explores practical methods to gather valuable information about the problem your project is solving. We start our studio work with founders every week. This week, some are focusing on clarifying their ideal customer insights. Are you doing the same? This email might be just what you need. Featuring our Partners...
over 1 year ago • 4 min read
