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Stories from building Blaze

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My CEO User Guide

My CEO User Guide

Every great leader should have a CEO User Guide - it tells your team how to work and communicate with you, and helps you retain your best people. But writing one is tough. Here's my template.

Adam Nathan
Adam Nathan
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Surviving 2025: A Small Business Owner's Guide

Surviving 2025: A Small Business Owner's Guide

The constant threat of tariff chaos and a recession mean 2025 is the most challenging year for small businesses in decades. But there's a silver lining.

Adam Nathan
Adam Nathan
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How to Do More in 24 Hours Than Anyone Else

How to Do More in 24 Hours Than Anyone Else

Being productive means ruthlessly prioritizing, taking care of yourself, and having enough trust to delegate. It's a lot harder than it looks - here's how I do it.

Adam Nathan
Adam Nathan
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The "founder-market fit" trap

The "founder-market fit" trap

Want to start the next unicorn? Forget about building for your friends. Here's how you can think bigger and build what people really need.

Adam Nathan
Adam Nathan
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Our Master Plan

Our Master Plan

Great founders call their shot. Here's my vision for Blaze, and why I think it's going to rewrite the rules of our entire economy.

Adam Nathan
Adam Nathan
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The Wall

The Wall

Startup life means facing walls - intimidating barriers that make you question everything at 2am. These 3 core skills have pulled me through my darkest moments and will help you scale your own walls and win.

Adam Nathan
Adam Nathan
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If you want to be a founder, don't make these 10 mistakes

If you want to be a founder, don't make these 10 mistakes

You'll inevitably make mistakes as a founder. Hopefully this helps you learn from them faster and stay alive long enough to scale.

Adam Nathan
Adam Nathan
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Speed is the ultimate startup weapon

Speed is the ultimate startup weapon

Talking about going fast is easy. Actually executing relentlessly month after month is the hard part. Here's how we do it.

Adam Nathan
Adam Nathan
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Killer Fundraising Decks 101

Killer Fundraising Decks 101

I've designed decks that iconic companies have used to raise over $2B. Here are my secrets to making a dazzling slide deck that gets investors on your side.

Adam Nathan
Adam Nathan
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Our high growth team culture playbook

Our high growth team culture playbook

We've grown from $0 to $5M in revenue in 15 months with a team of only 25. How?

Adam Nathan
Adam Nathan
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How I became a founder

How I became a founder

No one's path to founding a company is linear. That's half the fun.

Adam Nathan
Adam Nathan
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Blaze Year 1: "Hell of a pivot"

Blaze Year 1: "Hell of a pivot"

How I turned around a failing business and made Blaze one of the fastest growing AI tools on the planet.

Adam Nathan
Adam Nathan