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May 2025

April 2025

The Asymmetry of Pain: Why Investors Risk Chips While Founders Risk Everything
The story of a founder who lost 90% of his stake for refusing to betray his principles—and why it could happen to any of us
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Jane Smorodnikova
Metrics That Motivate: The Psychological Science Behind Driving Product Success
How to bridge the gap between business needs and what teams actually do every day
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Jane Smorodnikova
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Why 'Tolerance for Errors' Keeps Me Up at Night
Navigating the impossible tension between innovation and reliability when building products people truly depend on
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Jane Smorodnikova

March 2025

Why Product Teams Ignore Your Strategy
Breaking the Cycle of Strategic Fiction in Tech Companies
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Jane Smorodnikova
Beyond the "Big Tech Will Copy You" Myth: What Data Actually Reveals
"But what happens when Google just copies you?" - why it's not a scary question.
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Jane Smorodnikova
Our personal story with SVB collapse: The Anniversary Reflection That Still Offers Valuable Lessons
Two years after the SVB collapse, our $1.5M close call reminds us why team culture matters and banking diversification is the insurance policy you hope…
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Jane Smorodnikova

February 2025

Why I Asked My Product Team to Roast Me
A founder's experiment in building teams that think, not just ship
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Jane Smorodnikova
Back to the Future: How AI Will Return Us to the Golden Age of Medicine
What if the next big revolution in healthcare isn't about new technology, but about bringing back something we lost along the way?
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Jane Smorodnikova
The $3.1 Trillion Innovation Paradox: When Buying Beats Building (and Why That's Wrong)
Why Your Brain Loves M&A More Than Innovation: A Founder's View of Corporate Psychology
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Jane Smorodnikova

January 2025

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