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06/03/2026

Founders are constantly making decisions.
Who to hire.
Which client to take.
Which email to answer.
Which opportunity to chase.
Which problem actually needs attention.

But Dr. Seema Desai brings up an important question in this short from The Founder’s Path Podcast: What state are you making the decision from?

When your nervous system is regulated, your critical thinking skills come back online. You are able to access experience, knowledge, and intuition. You can ask better questions, like:
“Am I doing this because it serves the business?”
Or, “Am I doing this because I am afraid of missing out?”

That distinction matters.

Watch the full episode with Valerie Cobb and Dr. Seema Desai here:
https://theimpactvc.com/blog/choose-joy-first

05/29/2026

“How many people are suffocating in silence?”

In this powerful short from The Founder’s Path, Renee Reisch reflects on what it means to feel unseen, unheard, and disconnected from your own value.

After losing her physical voice, Renee began to understand that the pain she had been carrying was connected to all the moments she had not spoken her truth, asked for help, or stood up for herself.

Her turning point became this realization:
“Losing my voice began the very journey of finding my voice, personally and professionally.”

This conversation with Valerie Cobb is about more than voice. It is about self-worth, fear, healing, resilience, and learning to stop abandoning yourself.

Watch the full episode here:
https://theimpactvc.com/blog/renee-reisch-finding-your-voice-founder-self-worth

05/27/2026

In this emotional short from The Founder’s Path, Renee Reisch shares what it felt like to wake up in the middle of the night with tears running down her face — but no voice to hear herself cry.

That experience became part of her deeper realization:
So many people are suffocating in silence, quietly wondering,
“Can somebody see me?”

This conversation with Valerie Cobb is about more than losing a physical voice. It is about self-worth, visibility, healing, and learning to speak again from a place of truth.

Watch the full episode here:
https://theimpactvc.com/blog/renee-reisch-finding-your-voice-founder-self-worth

05/22/2026

Founders love their ideas.

But the real test is not asking customers what they like.

It is asking:

“How could this go wrong?”
“What are we missing?”
“What have we been blind about?”
“How might this not fit for you?”

In this clip from *The Founder’s Path*, Valerie Cobb and Mark Norton talk about why founders, engineers, and creators need to put themselves in feedback mode before building too far.

Because customer feedback is not personal rejection.

It is due diligence.

Watch the full conversation here:
https://theimpactvc.com/blog/validate-before-you-build-manufacturing-founder-lessons-mark-norton

05/20/2026

Business owners know pain.
Long hours. Payroll pressure. Hiring stress. Too many tasks. Not enough time.

But in this clip from The Founder’s Path, Loren Baker and Valerie Cobb talk about an important question:
Are you passively suffering, or are you choosing the kind of pain that actually moves the business forward?

Sometimes the pain of hiring, building systems, or making changes feels hard.
But staying stuck is painful too.

The difference is that one pain keeps you trapped, and the other can help you build.

Watch the full episode here:
https://theimpactvc.com/blog/business-or-job

05/19/2026

Revenue coming in does not always mean the business is healthy.

In this short clip from The Founder’s Path, Valerie Cobb and Loren Baker talk about why cash flow matters so much for small business owners.

If it costs you a dollar to deliver something and you only charge 50 cents, the math is simple: you are not making money.

But in real businesses, this problem often gets hidden under revenue, activity, and hustle.

The question every founder needs to ask is:
Do I actually have enough cash to keep this business moving?

Watch the full episode here:
https://theimpactvc.com/blog/business-or-job

05/04/2026

“If you wear out your body… where are you gonna live?”
This moment from The Founder’s Path really puts things into perspective.
We often wait until something breaks before we take action—whether it’s our health, our habits, or our life.

But real change doesn’t come from trying to fix everything at once.

It comes from:
✔ One small change
✔ Repeated consistently
✔ Built over time
That’s how you go from stuck… to momentum.
Watch this clip and ask yourself:
What’s the ONE change I can start today?

Read more here: https://theimpactvc.com/blog/the-root-cause

04/20/2026

A tough but important question:
Can you clearly explain how your role impacts revenue?
In today’s economy, that clarity isn’t optional—it’s essential.

Businesses are shifting focus from activity to actual value creation. And if you can’t connect your work to measurable impact, it might be time to rethink your position and future direction.

This isn’t about panic—it’s about being intentional with the value you bring.

Read more: https://theimpactvc.com/blog/building-businesses-that-survive

04/10/2026

Founders—stop giving your MVP away for free.
Free users don’t validate your business.
Paying customers do.

If people are willing to pay for a pilot, that’s the market saying YES.

Watch the full episode here:
https://youtu.be/Pw-2she6jDI

04/08/2026

Most startups fail because founders build before they validate.

They assume:
“If we build it, people will come.”

But that’s rarely how business works.

In this clip from The Founder’s Path, Mark Gambale explains why founders should:
• Test ideas before building
• Charge for pilot programs
• Validate demand before scaling
• Listen to real customer feedback

His advice is simple:
If customers won’t pay for it, they don’t believe in it.
Watch the full episode here:
👉 https://youtu.be/8A8-xv8AE60

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