The 4 advanced frameworks you can use every day to manage stakeholders, own 1:1s, and earn bigger opportunities... fast! Hey Fellow Accelerators, As promised, we are back with part 2 of this weeks TSCA. Earlier in the week, we covered mindset and momentum moves... today we’re levelling up and breaking down how problem owners operate with stakeholders, in 1:1s, and when asking for bigger scope. So, where should you start... In order to be treated like a leader, you need to remove uncertainty...
12 days ago • 2 min read
The mindset switch and first 3 moves I used to stop being “the doer” and start being “the problem owner.” You may have noticed we missed releasing an article last week. So to make it right we are coming to you with 2 fresh editions this week and with that in mind we wanted to try our first 2 part edition. This is where we take one topic we know is causing issues for our readers right now, and go deeper than we ever have before across 2 full length articles in a week. The topic this week.......
19 days ago • 4 min read
18 Copy-paste lines that reduce uncertainty and speed up decisions. Hey Fellow Accelerators, We are following on from last weeks edition and going off script once again with this weeks edition of teh TSCA. We wanted to give you a scannable article that builds on the action tips we have shared over previous editions to the point where every line is something you can use right now. So bellow we have collected a whole bunch of useful questions, frameworks and viewpoints that you can use to have...
26 days ago • 3 min read
Real stories… that taught me hard truths… that compounded into promotions. Hey Fellow Accelerators, No long playbook this week. Instead, just some hard lessons learned from the trenches. Throughout the previous 12 articles I’ve always tried to ground the takeaways in real situations from my personal startup journey. So this week I’m bringing together some of the most formative ones. Here are 3 short stories from my early startup years. The completely unexpected shocks that forced me to grow,...
about 1 month ago • 4 min read
Promotions in startups often don’t go to the loudest or the longest‑working person. They go to the person who reduces uncertainty for the team. That means the guy/gal who provides no surprises, clear trade‑offs and visible progress. And the best part is.... you can engineer that. The bottom line is early‑stage teams run on speed and trust. If your work is invisible or your asks are vague, your growth can stall. The fix isn’t “work more" but to build your operating system to thrive. The...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
Your early days can make or break your trajectory. This framework helps you map stakeholders, extract expectations, and make learning look like shipping. Most startups won’t onboard you. And by that I mean you probably won’t get some dedicated time to work your way through a structured presentation or folder of documents to bring you up to speed gently on the company and your roll. Even if they set out with that in mind, what you’ll likely get after the first few days is a real deliverable,...
about 2 months ago • 5 min read
10 weeks in... we reflect on the three pieces I’d send to my younger self for the biggest impact. Hey Fellow Accelerators, We have reached week 10 already. So I thought let's switch it up so no new long-form piece this week. Instead, a quick look back at the first nine issues and the three pieces I’d send to my younger self on day one of joining a startup. These are the most useful, most re-read, and most actionable guides we’ve published so far. —Top Pick: The Stakeholder Management Playbook...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
A lightweight 4-part system to align priorities, surface blockers early, and make your growth impossible to ignore… in just 30 minutes a week. Hey Fellow Accelerators, In last week’s edition, we spoke about how to take control of your career growth when your role comes with no development structure - a common occurrence in many startups. In this week’s edition, we continue to build on the theme of managing your own development by utilising one of the few structured touch points you do have...
2 months ago • 7 min read
Startups often won’t hand you a tried and tested career path... but that doesn’t mean you can’t grow. Use this 3-part framework to shape your development, track your progress, and get promotion-ready. Hey Fellow Accelerators, If you choose to pick the startup career path, you'll quickly become aware that most startups won’t hand you a development plan. What I mean by this is that many corporate jobs, apprenticeships, and graduate schemes come with baked-in career progression like timelines,...
2 months ago • 6 min read