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Josh writes across six key areas. Pick the one you're thinking about most right now.

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Leadership, character and values

How great founders think, lead, and show up

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Exits, deals and timing

How to plan, execute and negotiate the exit you actually want

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Decisions and trade-offs

The hard calls that define businesses and the people who build them

AI is removing the bottom rung. Who backs this generation?

Not a money problem: what Health NZ reveals about your business

Curiosity is the founder edge that hard work alone can't replace

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Your moat has moved: what NZ founders need to protect now

The Iron, Silver and Golden Rule of selling your business

The succession problem that quietly kills your exit value

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Your moat has moved: what NZ founders need to protect now

The Iron, Silver and Golden Rule of selling your business

The succession problem that quietly kills your exit value

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Wealth and identity

What money means, what it changes, and what it doesn't

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Strategy and growth

What money means, what it changes, and what it doesn't

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Philosophy and principles

The ideas and frameworks that underpin how Josh thinks about business and life

Rich vs wealthy: the distinction that changes how you build and exit

Your moat has moved: what NZ founders need to protect now

The Iron, Silver and Golden Rule of selling your business

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Your software stack is a generation behind. Here's the test

The hire you keep delaying could be the one that saves you

How playing hard to get helped this founder sell for a premium

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The beginner's mindset: why experience can be the thing holding you back

1 million downloads: what it actually took to get here

Your job might be the smartest way to fund your first business

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LATEST FROM JOSH

The succession problem that quietly kills your exit value exits | deals | timing strategy and growth

There's an old saying in family business: shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves in three generations.

The first generation builds it. The second maintains it. The third destroys it.

This is equally true whet...

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Rich vs wealthy: the distinction that changes how you build and exit wealth and identity

For a long time, I told myself I wanted to be wealthy.

Turns out, I wanted to be rich. And once I understood the difference, everything about the way I was building and why - started to shift.

These...

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1 million downloads: what it actually took to get here philosophy and principles

Over the weekend, the 2 Commas Podcast hit 1 million downloads.

Clearly the team and I are over the moon with this achievement. I thought I'd take a moment and share a few of the things I've learnt a...

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The compound interest of showing up: 2 Commas hit 500k philosophy and principles

A few weeks ago, 2 Commas hit 500,000 downloads. We're on track to reach 1 million in the next few months, which is frankly unbelievable.

If we were in America, I'd have a gigantic neon sign made and...

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Built the canal, missed the tolls: the mistimed exit problem exits | deals | timing

I've just returned from an extended trip through Central America, which started with a day on the Panama Canal.

An awe-inspiring feat of engineering. I highly recommend.

But it's also a masterclass ...

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The founder bottleneck: why being needed is killing your exit value exits | deals | timing strategy and growth

There's a scary underlying concern for so many founders I know, it sounds a little like this:

"No one else can run this like I do."

Founder bottleneck is a real thing.

They're still the approval la...

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