Brydon

Your company's last great idea was killed by an opinion, not facts. "That won't work because..." "We tried that before..." "The VP will never approve..." Don't debate hypotheticals. Say: "Let's gather real data." @forkyourcompany

You poured your heart into that solution. But like every relationship, it will fail...except maybe your last one. Total commitment creates blind spots. "That's how we've always done it" lurks everywhere. Stay humble enough to know it's not your final one. @forkyourcompany

@awerhun All that I mean is that many acquisitions are not positive endings for the founders, regardless what is spun in the media. The investors and founders are not allowed to state the truth, that they may have failed and therefore had to sell the company.

@Brydon honeslty I don't think thats a bad question though. I would love to learn more from people who have been through the acquisition process, not many ppl mentor/ teach about it. what do you mean "failing enough"

Insane that ppl are teaching young founders to chase VC vs chasing customers.

The moment the babysitter arrives and parents can finally have an adult conversation. That's what #AI offers your company – space to think, create, and be more human. Time to @forkyourcompany

@awerhun That's far from new right? It's dreamy for VCs, sit back and allow everyone to believe you are the gatekeeper.

Burn the Playbook. Build the future. medium.com/builders-club/…

You killed your best idea this week, and nobody noticed. That fix everyone needs? You almost spoke up. Then reality hit. The meetings. The approvals. The resistance. So you stayed silent. How many ideas have you buried this month alone? @forkyourcompany

Strong, well connected communities are created in small rooms. @threefortynine

Hackathon day: Energy soars. Ideas flow. Rules break. Monday: Back to "normal." What if you @forkyourcompany ? No more hackathons...not because you don't need them, but because you're doing them continuously. Innovation isn't a special event. It's your everyday reality.

@jevon It feels a bit like telling your kids they no longer get any lunch because they refuse to help you make their school lunch.....I think we maybe lost sight of the real goals here?

I… umm… uhhh… wuh?

@abarrallen Yep. I assume that eventually your investors will discourage taking on a tech cofounder unless you have truly ruled out AI as your tech cofounder.

With the new AI-prototyping tools I wonder if the profile of the average founder will change. Prior, it was almost impossible to start a company unless there was a technical co-founder who could quickly start developing. Pretty soon, non-technical people will be able to deploy production-level code. Not sure if it's quite there yet, but if not, it will be in the near future. Founders will then need more insight into deep customer problems (e.g. if everyone can build software, what will companies pay for? What workflows can they solve for) & as always - have great product taste.

Every day, employees wait for permission to lead while leaders beg for initiative. The irony would be comical if it wasn't so frustrating. Leadership isn't a title. It's a choice you make daily. Meaning awaits you. @forkyourcompany forkyourcompany.com/p/leadership-d…

Every day, talented people quit companies they love because they feel powerless to create change. In the same way a home-cooked meal tastes better because you put your hands to it, companies are better when we all truly touch them. Time to @forkyourcompany

@jevon I'll etransfer you everything you paid me!

I'd like my money back please.

When senior approval is required for every improvement, your company can only grow to the size that fits inside the brains of 5% of your people. Is your risk management approach actually your biggest risk? Time to @forkyourcompany !

Let's be honest. What was your strategy 1, 2 or 3 years ago? Did it succeed or stumble through organizational 'broken telephone'? Great strategy is tablestakes. But strategy without execution is just expensive dreaming. This is you should @forkyourcompany #Innovation

@jrodgers Yes please! IRL augmented with online and async! Community, not networks. If you're in, and around @cityofguelph , come to our 'small rooms' at our pop-up co-working days at threefortynine.com

We don’t just need more events. We need more small events, happening more often. Big events have their place — they inspire, they showcase, they gather the crowd. But what actually holds an ecosystem together? It’s the small rooms. The coffee chats, the founder dinners, the awkward first meetups, the builder-led gatherings. The places where trust is built, not just LinkedIn connections. The instinct to scale too fast — to make every event bigger, safer, shinier — often breaks the very thing that makes it work. If we want a stronger community, we need more small rooms, more often, and without apology.

Accountability without the power to change = just blame. Give people closest to problems the power to test solutions. Small changes. Real impact. No committees. That's how you @forkyourcompany .