Venture Wisely, By Alex Packham

The Trap That Will Kill Your Startup

The uncomfortable discipline that separates companies that scale from companies that stall.

Feb 14 • Venture Wisely by Alex Packham

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Fire Yourself Before Your Company Does

Most founders scale the company. Few scale themselves.

Feb 9 • Venture Wisely by Alex Packham

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The Architecture of Scale

The patterns nobody tells you about, until you’ve lived them.

Feb 1 • Venture Wisely by Alex Packham

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January 2026

The £2M Decision: Why I Killed My Agency to Bet on Software

In 2017, I started making a decision that most people thought was insane.

Jan 26 • Venture Wisely by Alex Packham

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The Lessons from Building 5 Companies and Investing in 60 Startups

What I believe now that I didn't believe in 2016.

Jan 17 • Venture Wisely by Alex Packham

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2026: The Year AI Changes Everything as We Know It

There is a quiet mistake people keep making about technological change.

Jan 6 • Venture Wisely by Alex Packham

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November 2025

AI and the Augmented Individual Part II

PART II — How AI Changes the Mind, the Economy, and the Founder

Nov 23, 2025 • Venture Wisely by Alex Packham

AI and the Augmented Individual

PART I — The New Human Divide

Nov 20, 2025 • Venture Wisely by Alex Packham

October 2025

The Three Capitals of Money

A Founder’s Guide to Where to Raise, Grow, and Scale

Oct 5, 2025 • Venture Wisely by Alex Packham

September 2025

The Messy Middle: Why Most Companies Get Stuck and How to Break Through

The stage nobody talks about

Sep 21, 2025 • Venture Wisely by Alex Packham

August 2025

Scaling Like Silicon Valley, Leading Like Yourself

“Think bigger. Then think bigger again.”

Aug 31, 2025 • Venture Wisely by Alex Packham

The Long Game: Designing for Decades

“We are stubborn on vision. We are flexible on details.” — Jeff Bezos

Aug 3, 2025 • Venture Wisely by Alex Packham

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