Jae Allyce
@jaeallyce.bsky.social
Helping founders build & fund ventures that matter
✦ Sharing battle-tested startup insights
✦ 10+ years in the trenches
✦ Sharing battle-tested startup insights
✦ 10+ years in the trenches
Stop guessing what your team needs.
Start asking.
Clarity is the most underrated leadership tool.
Start asking.
Clarity is the most underrated leadership tool.
October 11, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Stop guessing what your team needs.
Start asking.
Clarity is the most underrated leadership tool.
Start asking.
Clarity is the most underrated leadership tool.
If your team doesn’t trust each other, no strategy in the world will work. Culture is the operating system.
October 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
If your team doesn’t trust each other, no strategy in the world will work. Culture is the operating system.
If your culture relies on perks to keep people happy, it’s already broken.
People want purpose, not ping pong.
People want purpose, not ping pong.
October 8, 2025 at 5:08 AM
If your culture relies on perks to keep people happy, it’s already broken.
People want purpose, not ping pong.
People want purpose, not ping pong.
Stop rewarding speed over accuracy.
Start building trust with clarity.
Culture isn’t a vibe, it’s behavior.
Start building trust with clarity.
Culture isn’t a vibe, it’s behavior.
October 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Stop rewarding speed over accuracy.
Start building trust with clarity.
Culture isn’t a vibe, it’s behavior.
Start building trust with clarity.
Culture isn’t a vibe, it’s behavior.
Stop micromanaging every task.
Start building ops that run without you.
If it breaks when you're gone, it was never stable.
Start building ops that run without you.
If it breaks when you're gone, it was never stable.
October 6, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Stop micromanaging every task.
Start building ops that run without you.
If it breaks when you're gone, it was never stable.
Start building ops that run without you.
If it breaks when you're gone, it was never stable.
A hard leadership skill:
Letting people make mistakes you could have prevented.
If you jump in to “save” people from recoverable failures, you create dependency and stunt growth.
Coach ≠ Control
Letting people make mistakes you could have prevented.
If you jump in to “save” people from recoverable failures, you create dependency and stunt growth.
Coach ≠ Control
September 14, 2025 at 8:16 AM
A hard leadership skill:
Letting people make mistakes you could have prevented.
If you jump in to “save” people from recoverable failures, you create dependency and stunt growth.
Coach ≠ Control
Letting people make mistakes you could have prevented.
If you jump in to “save” people from recoverable failures, you create dependency and stunt growth.
Coach ≠ Control
Leaders: Stop trying to be everything to everyone.
Start being clear.
Great teams need direction, not diffusion.
Start being clear.
Great teams need direction, not diffusion.
September 7, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Leaders: Stop trying to be everything to everyone.
Start being clear.
Great teams need direction, not diffusion.
Start being clear.
Great teams need direction, not diffusion.
Stop thinking more ideas are the answer.
Start killing the bad ones faster.
Focus is how startups win.
Start killing the bad ones faster.
Focus is how startups win.
August 25, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Stop thinking more ideas are the answer.
Start killing the bad ones faster.
Focus is how startups win.
Start killing the bad ones faster.
Focus is how startups win.
Management tip that transformed my team meetings:
Start with “What’s going well?”
Not problems, not updates, not agenda items.
Beginning with wins creates psychological safety and momentum. Problems get solved more creatively when they don’t set the emotional tone.
Start with “What’s going well?”
Not problems, not updates, not agenda items.
Beginning with wins creates psychological safety and momentum. Problems get solved more creatively when they don’t set the emotional tone.
August 24, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Management tip that transformed my team meetings:
Start with “What’s going well?”
Not problems, not updates, not agenda items.
Beginning with wins creates psychological safety and momentum. Problems get solved more creatively when they don’t set the emotional tone.
Start with “What’s going well?”
Not problems, not updates, not agenda items.
Beginning with wins creates psychological safety and momentum. Problems get solved more creatively when they don’t set the emotional tone.
Startups: Stop assuming growth is always good
Start asking if your product can survive it
Start asking if your product can survive it
August 17, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Startups: Stop assuming growth is always good
Start asking if your product can survive it
Start asking if your product can survive it
Founders: Stop selling features.
Start solving problems.
Start solving problems.
August 13, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Founders: Stop selling features.
Start solving problems.
Start solving problems.
Stop firefighting every day.
Start designing for consistency.
Predictable = profitable.
Start designing for consistency.
Predictable = profitable.
August 12, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Stop firefighting every day.
Start designing for consistency.
Predictable = profitable.
Start designing for consistency.
Predictable = profitable.
Startups: Stop scaling chaos.
Start systemizing what’s already working.
Growth doesn’t come from more effort, it comes from repeatability.
Start systemizing what’s already working.
Growth doesn’t come from more effort, it comes from repeatability.
August 10, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Startups: Stop scaling chaos.
Start systemizing what’s already working.
Growth doesn’t come from more effort, it comes from repeatability.
Start systemizing what’s already working.
Growth doesn’t come from more effort, it comes from repeatability.
Startups: Stop hiding from the hard questions
Start facing them head-on
That’s where the breakthroughs live.
Start facing them head-on
That’s where the breakthroughs live.
August 9, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Startups: Stop hiding from the hard questions
Start facing them head-on
That’s where the breakthroughs live.
Start facing them head-on
That’s where the breakthroughs live.
Stop thinking “no” means never.
Start following up like a pro.
Most deals die from silence, not rejection.
Start following up like a pro.
Most deals die from silence, not rejection.
August 7, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Stop thinking “no” means never.
Start following up like a pro.
Most deals die from silence, not rejection.
Start following up like a pro.
Most deals die from silence, not rejection.
Stop asking what’s next.
Start asking what matters.
Clarity > urgency.
Start asking what matters.
Clarity > urgency.
August 5, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Stop asking what’s next.
Start asking what matters.
Clarity > urgency.
Start asking what matters.
Clarity > urgency.
A founders most important skill isn’t visioning, strategy, or leadership.
It’s learning capacity.
Your ability to rapidly acquire new skills and knowledge as your company evolves determines your ceiling.
It’s learning capacity.
Your ability to rapidly acquire new skills and knowledge as your company evolves determines your ceiling.
August 3, 2025 at 11:37 PM
A founders most important skill isn’t visioning, strategy, or leadership.
It’s learning capacity.
Your ability to rapidly acquire new skills and knowledge as your company evolves determines your ceiling.
It’s learning capacity.
Your ability to rapidly acquire new skills and knowledge as your company evolves determines your ceiling.
Marketing framework:
Don’t sell the product.
Sell the gap between where they are and where they want to be.
Your product is just the bridge.
Don’t sell the product.
Sell the gap between where they are and where they want to be.
Your product is just the bridge.
August 3, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Marketing framework:
Don’t sell the product.
Sell the gap between where they are and where they want to be.
Your product is just the bridge.
Don’t sell the product.
Sell the gap between where they are and where they want to be.
Your product is just the bridge.
Startups: Stop building features.
Start building workflows.
Features solve singular problems.
Workflows transform how people work.
Your customers don’t want a “dashboard with analytics.”
They want to “make better decisions faster.”
Build for the outcome, not the tool.
Start building workflows.
Features solve singular problems.
Workflows transform how people work.
Your customers don’t want a “dashboard with analytics.”
They want to “make better decisions faster.”
Build for the outcome, not the tool.
July 30, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Startups: Stop building features.
Start building workflows.
Features solve singular problems.
Workflows transform how people work.
Your customers don’t want a “dashboard with analytics.”
They want to “make better decisions faster.”
Build for the outcome, not the tool.
Start building workflows.
Features solve singular problems.
Workflows transform how people work.
Your customers don’t want a “dashboard with analytics.”
They want to “make better decisions faster.”
Build for the outcome, not the tool.
Customer support isn’t a cost center.
It’s your most valuable product research lab.
Every support ticket or feedback loop contains:
→ Feature ideas
→ UX improvements
→ Content opportunities
→ Sales objections
It’s your most valuable product research lab.
Every support ticket or feedback loop contains:
→ Feature ideas
→ UX improvements
→ Content opportunities
→ Sales objections
July 22, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Customer support isn’t a cost center.
It’s your most valuable product research lab.
Every support ticket or feedback loop contains:
→ Feature ideas
→ UX improvements
→ Content opportunities
→ Sales objections
It’s your most valuable product research lab.
Every support ticket or feedback loop contains:
→ Feature ideas
→ UX improvements
→ Content opportunities
→ Sales objections
The “Perfect Week” planning method:
→ Schedule “deep work” blocks first
→ Batch meetings into 2-3 dedicated days
→ Leave one day meeting-free for creative thinking
→ Block 30 minutes daily for email/admin
→ End each day with “shutdown complete” ritual
Game-changer for entrepreneurial focus.
→ Schedule “deep work” blocks first
→ Batch meetings into 2-3 dedicated days
→ Leave one day meeting-free for creative thinking
→ Block 30 minutes daily for email/admin
→ End each day with “shutdown complete” ritual
Game-changer for entrepreneurial focus.
July 20, 2025 at 8:06 PM
The “Perfect Week” planning method:
→ Schedule “deep work” blocks first
→ Batch meetings into 2-3 dedicated days
→ Leave one day meeting-free for creative thinking
→ Block 30 minutes daily for email/admin
→ End each day with “shutdown complete” ritual
Game-changer for entrepreneurial focus.
→ Schedule “deep work” blocks first
→ Batch meetings into 2-3 dedicated days
→ Leave one day meeting-free for creative thinking
→ Block 30 minutes daily for email/admin
→ End each day with “shutdown complete” ritual
Game-changer for entrepreneurial focus.
Decision-making framework I teach founders:
Reversible decisions: Make them quickly
Irreversible decisions: Make them carefully
Most decisions are reversible, but we treat them all as permanent.
This creates organizational paralysis.
Reversible decisions: Make them quickly
Irreversible decisions: Make them carefully
Most decisions are reversible, but we treat them all as permanent.
This creates organizational paralysis.
July 18, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Decision-making framework I teach founders:
Reversible decisions: Make them quickly
Irreversible decisions: Make them carefully
Most decisions are reversible, but we treat them all as permanent.
This creates organizational paralysis.
Reversible decisions: Make them quickly
Irreversible decisions: Make them carefully
Most decisions are reversible, but we treat them all as permanent.
This creates organizational paralysis.
Productivity trap:
Confusing motion with progress.
Meetings, emails, Slack messages, and “staying busy” create the illusion of productivity while often preventing meaningful work.
Track outcomes, not activities.
Confusing motion with progress.
Meetings, emails, Slack messages, and “staying busy” create the illusion of productivity while often preventing meaningful work.
Track outcomes, not activities.
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July 16, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Productivity trap:
Confusing motion with progress.
Meetings, emails, Slack messages, and “staying busy” create the illusion of productivity while often preventing meaningful work.
Track outcomes, not activities.
Confusing motion with progress.
Meetings, emails, Slack messages, and “staying busy” create the illusion of productivity while often preventing meaningful work.
Track outcomes, not activities.
After 15 years helping build startups, the most important question I ask myself daily:
“Is this the best use of my time right now?”
Not “Is this valuable?”
Not “Is this urgent?”
But “Is this THE BEST use of the limited time I have?”
Opportunity cost drives every decision.
“Is this the best use of my time right now?”
Not “Is this valuable?”
Not “Is this urgent?”
But “Is this THE BEST use of the limited time I have?”
Opportunity cost drives every decision.
July 15, 2025 at 4:57 PM
After 15 years helping build startups, the most important question I ask myself daily:
“Is this the best use of my time right now?”
Not “Is this valuable?”
Not “Is this urgent?”
But “Is this THE BEST use of the limited time I have?”
Opportunity cost drives every decision.
“Is this the best use of my time right now?”
Not “Is this valuable?”
Not “Is this urgent?”
But “Is this THE BEST use of the limited time I have?”
Opportunity cost drives every decision.
Two types of customer feedback:
What they say (surveys, interviews)
What they do (behavior, actions)
When these conflict, trust the behavior.
People rationalize decisions after the fact. Their actions reveal their true preferences.
What they say (surveys, interviews)
What they do (behavior, actions)
When these conflict, trust the behavior.
People rationalize decisions after the fact. Their actions reveal their true preferences.
July 15, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Two types of customer feedback:
What they say (surveys, interviews)
What they do (behavior, actions)
When these conflict, trust the behavior.
People rationalize decisions after the fact. Their actions reveal their true preferences.
What they say (surveys, interviews)
What they do (behavior, actions)
When these conflict, trust the behavior.
People rationalize decisions after the fact. Their actions reveal their true preferences.