The Next Founder

My personal Substack

A Startup Founder advice and journey column about building a startup, driving growth, acquisition, and succeeding as a founder.

Community organizer, avid gardener, and poet, Big Jim operates a pirate radio station and publishes a newsletter from an old Wonder Bread truck in rural Rulo, Nebraska.

What we can learn from the pattern-breaking ideas and founders who succeed at changing the future.

Lessons learned in scaling $20b worth of B2B software companies

My personal Substack. Personal views only. Actually, not even personal views. I don't even know what my personal views are anymore. It doesn't matter. Read anyway!

A chart-heavy cloud + SaaS newsletter

A biweekly newsletter on navigating the chaos of building & investing in startups. Topics include venture studios, entrepreneurship, product management, analytics and more, leveraging a combination of best practices & instincts.

Get advice to help build, grow, and raise capital for your startup, written by an a16z-backed founder.

All things growth & innovation

The people skills you need to turn your potential into performance in Tech. Lessons from Google, Uber, and startups.

Learn from today's best founders as if they were mentoring you 1 on 1

Personal stories and lessons from inside the rise and fall of the PC revolution

A twice monthly digest of ideas and market analysis focused on AI and how it impacts companies, business models, and investors.

five interesting links (monthly) to make you smarter

Bi-weekly insights into the captivating intersection of travel, technology, and the human experience.

A personal newsletter where I share 3 things every week. Was an experiment for 2 months and now it's gone over that because I like it. But it will always be just an experiment.