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03 AUG 2026
7 min read

The week runs you.

N° 001

How a growth-stage company stops queueing outside the founder's door.

01 AUG 2026
8 min read

Before you build your own thing.

N° 002

Two years into building mine, here's what I'd want to know at the start.

31 JUL 2026
8 min read

The sideways step.

N° 003

Why the second-best job comes to you first, and how to price yourself before you answer it.

24 JUL 2026
8 min read

The empty Tuesday.

N° 004

What actually happens in the first weeks after the letter.

17 JUL 2026
10 min read

Best label to worst, in three weeks.

N° 005

What I learned about leading through structural shift, from the day Spotify's head called.

10 JUL 2026
9 min read

The labels aren't cutting costs. They're reallocating.

N° 006

A read on what's actually happening in music's biggest restructure since 2000.

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