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The Death of the Product Manager and the Rise of the Build Team
How AI Is Blurring the Lines Between Product, Engineering, Marketing, and Sales and Creating Something Much better
Jun 5
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Michael Sattler
May 2026
Don’t blame the CEO. Blame your 401(k).
The Story We Tell About Villains
May 6
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Michael Sattler
April 2026
The Skilled Trades Shortage Isn’t a Labor Problem - It’s a Company Formation Problem
The headlines are finally catching up: America doesn’t have enough skilled tradespeople.
Apr 29
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Michael Sattler
The Thing We Forgot
On what capitalism was supposed to do, and what happened to it
Apr 18
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Michael Sattler
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Sovereign Labor: The next dominant labor paradigm?
I wrote a thesis in college 30 years ago about the American Civil War.
Apr 11
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Michael Sattler
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Founder Archetypes and the Shape of a Venture
A working paper from The Founders Guild
Apr 4
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Michael Sattler
March 2026
The Unicorn Industrial Complex
How the Venture Capital Machine Warped Entrepreneurship
Mar 27
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Michael Sattler
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What Comes After Everything Changes?
The Singularity is upon us. Now what?
Mar 18
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Michael Sattler
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Start Up: The Search for a Co-Founder
Boldly going where plenty of entrepreneurs have gone before
Mar 17
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Michael Sattler
Friction, Signal, and the Myth of the Early Pivot
How to tell if you're hitting a speedbump or a brick wall. Or just need to change lanes.
Mar 17
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Michael Sattler
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Don’t Quit, Test
How to Confirm Your Startup Has Legs Before Risking It All
Mar 17
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Michael Sattler
Your Idea Doesn’t Need Reassurance. It Needs Customers.
The natural human trap nearly every founder falls into: emotional attachment
Mar 17
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Michael Sattler
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