
Why I Stopped Saying Yes to Coffees
23 founder coffees in a month. Eleven hours of meetings, two of them useful. Politeness, not strategy, was why I kept saying yes.
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23 founder coffees in a month. Eleven hours of meetings, two of them useful. Politeness, not strategy, was why I kept saying yes.

You can't out-think every wall alone. The way through is borrowing someone who's been there, testing their advice small, and writing your goals down.

Nobody builds a network the week they need to hire a controller or raise a round. By then it's cold outreach. The CFO case for funding it early.

How you say who you are says everything. Your pitch isn't just words — it's the lever that pulls in investors, customers, and talent.

You’ve seen it happen: a competitor lands a key client, or a peer secures funding, not just from a great product, but from a well-placed introduction.