About | Entrepreneurial Mentality
About

"Most business advice is written for people who've never had to make payroll."

Entrepreneurial Mentality exists for founders who want strategy that's been stress-tested in an actual business, not theorized in a classroom — plus the honest psychology of what building one actually does to you.

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Founder story

I started this site after my first company nearly went under in month eight — not from a bad idea, but from a dozen small decisions I had no framework for making. The advice I found online was either too generic to use or too polished to trust.

So the standard here is simple: could I have used this the week I needed it? If a piece of advice wouldn't have survived contact with an actual bad Tuesday, it doesn't run.

Today the site is read by founders in over 60 countries, most of them building something real, most of them figuring it out as they go — same as I was.

Editorial philosophy

What makes this different

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Practitioner-first

Every guide is written or vetted by someone who's done the thing, not just researched it.

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No fake certainty

Where the honest answer is "it depends," we say that — and show you how to figure out which case you're in.

03

Mindset is not fluff

The psychology of building a business gets the same rigor as the spreadsheets. Both are the job.

The team

Contributors & editors

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Marcus Ito

Start & Grow

Ex-founder, SaaS exit 2022.

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Priya Chandran

Mindset

Organizational psychologist.

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Dana Whitfield

Money

Former startup CFO.

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Jordan Alvi

Grow

Growth marketing lead.

In the media

Press & appearances

Founder WeeklyThe LedgerStartup DigestBootstrap RadioGrowth Signal