Essays and frameworks for building authentic trust and leadership. Drawn from thousands of hours coaching YC Founders.
What founders are reading and watching this week: fresh picks, updated often.
What does it actually look like when a founder stops organizing their life around everyone else's expectations? In this episode, Amy Buechler talks with Tom Brunskill, founder and CEO of Forage (YC W19), about the path from feeling alone and uncertain to internal peace: how to move past people-pleasing and imposter syndrome, make the hardest calls through a fundraise and an acquisition, and to learn to trust what you know is right for you and your company.

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