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Founders Beacon by TBHM
by The Brutally Honest Mentor
Straight-talking guidance for startup founders navigating the decisions that actually move the company: product, growth, fundraising and team.
Episodes
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What your home market numbers say to investors abroad
Traction built in one country does not explain itself to investors in another: a 40 percent rise in September revenue in Turkish lira, against September 2025, was about 21 percent in euros and about 8 percent after inflation. This episode is for founders with revenue who plan to raise their next...
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A record funding year is not your market
Startups raised a record $510 billion in the first half of 2026, and 43% of it went to two companies, OpenAI and Anthropic. This episode of Founders Beacon reads the Crunchbase numbers for seed founders and asks what they say about your own round. In this episode Where the $510 billion went, and...
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When to fire your first sales hire
Section 1: The real cost of keeping a bad sales hire � how poor sales performance compounds over time, draining runway, morale, and founder attention. Section 2: Reading the signals � what early performance patterns actually tell you about fit, and how long to give someone before you know enough…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Straight-talking guidance for startup founders navigating the decisions that actually move the company: product, growth, fundraising and team.
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The Brutally Honest Mentor
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