Accelerators for B2B founders in October 2026(bookmark this): 1. TinySeed - the only one built specifically for bootstrapped B2B SaaS. No demo day pressure, no unicorn-or-bust playbook. Just capital and a year of real support. 2. YC - still the best network in the game. The alumni access alone is worth it. 3. Alchemist - if you're selling to enterprises, this is the one. Corporate intros at Salesforce, SAP, Cisco from day one. 4. South Park Commons - best for founders who have a strong thesis but not a company yet. $400K for 7% with a guaranteed follow-on. 5. Forum Ventures - pre-seed B2B SaaS only. Small, intentional, the managing director operates like a fractional co-founder. 6. HF0 - newer but the quality of founders coming out is high and VCs are paying attention. Not every founder needs a traditional VC path. But if you're going to join an accelerator, these are the ones worth your time right now.

my weekly scorecard: - posted 20x on X, slow growth week - posted 7x on LinkedIn, crossed 57,000 - shipped tinymargins.com #070 - showed up for all my portfolio clients at my CFO firm - planned content for this week - had fun what did you get done?

New forms of intelligence in the age of AI: - pattern recognition - simplicity - taste - judgment - synthesis - curiosity - communication + knowing what questions to ask - conviction+ moving before the proof is complete - context switching (knowing which version of yourself the moment requires) Intelligence costs $20 a month. Knowing what to do with it is the new game.

Accelerators for B2B founders in October 2026(bookmark this): 1. TinySeed - the only one built specifically for bootstrapped B2B SaaS. No demo day pressure, no unicorn-or-bust playbook. Just capital and a year of real support. 2. YC - still the best network in the game. The alumni access alone is worth it. 3. Alchemist - if you're selling to enterprises, this is the one. Corporate intros at Salesforce, SAP, Cisco from day one. 4. South Park Commons - best for founders who have a strong thesis but not a company yet. $400K for 7% with a guaranteed follow-on. 5. Forum Ventures - pre-seed B2B SaaS only. Small, intentional, the managing director operates like a fractional co-founder. 6. HF0 - newer but the quality of founders coming out is high and VCs are paying attention. Not every founder needs a traditional VC path. But if you're going to join an accelerator, these are the ones worth your time right now.

In 2027, being good at your job isn't enough anymore. The best operators in 2026 are also shipping content, sharing what they see, and creating enough of a presence that opportunities find them instead of the other way around. It's not about becoming a content creator. It's about understanding that distribution is now part of the skill set, whether you like it or not. The founders who figured that out early have a recruiting advantage, a sales advantage, and a fundraising advantage that doesn't show up anywhere on the cap table.

You'll never feel ready for everything new. I didn't learn to ride a bike until I was 35. I have a Harvard degree, been 13 years in startups, still couldn't ride a bicycle. Turns out, being competent at one thing doesn't make you confident at everything else. You have to be willing to be a beginner again.

Being available to everyone quickly becomes a leadership problem faster than founders realize. - Your team can ask you anything. - Customers can reach you directly. - Investors can get a response immediately. It feels like good leadership. Until nobody learns how to solve anything without you.

If your forecast is always “surprisingly accurate,” Iwant to know how you got there. Some teams improve forecasting by improving their model. Others improve it by adding enough cushion that they're rarely wrong. A forecast should help you understand the business, not just make the variance report look good.

Founder to founder: If I was starting over, I wouldn't try to “build a personal brand” I'd try to become known for something. The brand comes after.

One of my favorite things about 2026 has been building on X. I stopped thinking about “engagement” or “followers” and started making friends with founders then everything changed 2,000+ new followers in 4 months, but the best part has been the relationships. My goal is to help as many founders as I can through tinymargins.com. If you're building something cool and want insights from someone who's spent 13 years inside startups doing finance, we're probably going to get along

I've never understood the idea that growth automatically makes a business healthier. Growth is great when you're growing something that works. I've also seen companies grow quickly while becoming harder to run, less profitable and more dependent on outside capital. Growth tells you the business is getting bigger. It doesn't tell you whether the business is getting better.

Things you should never trade for company growth: - health - relationships - ability to think clearly - time with people you love