by Micaela | Feb 5, 2026 | The Founders Office™
Founders often hear about interest rates only when conversations tighten or momentum slows. A term sheet gets revised. Diligence stretches. Valuation assumptions quietly change. The ten-year Treasury yield feels distant from day-to-day operations, yet it exerts steady...
by Micaela | Feb 4, 2026 | The Founders Office™
Exit planning is often treated as a future event, something founders will address after the next growth milestone or once market conditions feel favorable. That framing carries a quiet cost. It assumes exit readiness is a transaction problem rather than a business...
by Micaela | Jan 27, 2026 | The Founders Office™
Founders often experience a “yes” to investment as validation. Confidence builds, relief sets in, and momentum feels affirmed. In that moment, it is easy to treat the offer as confirmation of worth rather than as the beginning of a long-term relationship governed by...
by Micaela | Jan 7, 2026 | The Founders Office™
Founders often begin thinking about exit value later than the market does. It usually surfaces when fatigue sets in, when a banker calls, or when an unsolicited inquiry reframes the business as an asset instead of a mission. The friction appears when founders realize...
by Micaela | Jan 7, 2026 | The Founders Office™
Founders often leave pitch meetings replaying every sentence, trying to decode whether interest was real or merely courteous. That instinct is understandable. Capital conversations rarely end with explicit answers because investors protect optionality until structure...
