Posts by Kim Browne
4 questions that reveal whether your business model actually works
At some point, every founder hits the same uneasy moment. You are shipping features, posting updates, maybe even closing small deals, yet something feels off. Growth feels fragile. Revenue feels harder than it should. You are busy all day, but you cannot confidently say the business works. This is one of the most common early-stage…
Read More9 fundraising myths that first-time founders still believe
If you are raising capital for the first time, it can feel like everyone else got a secret playbook you missed. Twitter threads make it sound easy. Demo Day decks look inevitable in hindsight. Meanwhile you are rewriting your pitch at midnight, second-guessing your metrics, and wondering if investors can smell uncertainty through a Zoom…
Read MoreWhat is value-based pricing (and why it works for startups)
You finally have users. A few are paying. Some say the product is “cheap,” others ask for discounts, and a couple would probably pay more but you never tested it. Pricing suddenly feels heavier than features, because one wrong move affects revenue, positioning, and confidence all at once. This is where most founders start hearing…
Read More7 reasons the best founders plan for profit before they plan for scale
Most founders say they want to build something big. What they usually mean is they want momentum. Users, revenue, headcount, press. Scale feels like progress, especially when you are early and everything still feels fragile. But if you spend enough time around companies that actually survive, a quieter pattern shows up. The founders who last…
Read More5 signs your pricing strategy is signaling weakness
Pricing feels deceptively simple until you are the one staring at Stripe dashboards at midnight, wondering whether your numbers say confidence or desperation. Most founders obsess over product, growth, and fundraising before they ever interrogate pricing. That is understandable. Pricing forces you to confront how much you really believe in what you are building and…
Read MoreHow to Style a Winter Coat With Sneakers | Polished Everyday Outfits – Fashion Jackson
One of my absolute favorite winterwear looks is a great coat with a great pair of sneakers. Of course there’s a time and a place for dressing up your winter outerwear with the right pair of boots or heels, but as far as how to style a winter coat with sneakers goes, it’s my favorite…
Read MoreTesla introduces new Model Y variant in US priced at US$41,990
Published Tue, Feb 3, 2026 · 10:53 AM ELECTRIC-VEHICLE maker Tesla introduced a new variant of its Model Y vehicle in the United States priced at US$41,990, the company’s website showed on Monday (Feb 2). The all-wheel drive variant of Tesla’s bestselling Model Y SUV is priced above the cheaper “standard” version. Tesla launched stripped-down…
Read MoreCVC to sell personal care business FineToday to Bain Capital in 200 billion yen deal: source
The sale comes a few months after FineToday’s second attempt to list on the Tokyo Stock Exchange failed in October Published Mon, Feb 2, 2026 · 11:12 PM [SINGAPORE] Private equity firm CVC Capital Partners has agreed to sell Japanese personal care company FineToday to Bain Capital, in a deal worth around 200 billion yen…
Read MoreSingaporeans queueing up to buy the dip in gold despite rout
At UOB’s headquarters, Singapore’s only bank selling physical gold, buyers crowd a lounge for bullion trades Published Mon, Feb 2, 2026 · 08:19 PM [SINGAPORE] People were still queueing up to buy gold in Singapore on Monday (Feb 2) even as prices plummeted, showing the extraordinary resilience in retail demand for precious metals. At the…
Read MoreHyundai Motor did not exercise option to buy back Russian auto factory
Published Mon, Feb 2, 2026 · 01:15 PM [SEOUL] South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor did not exercise a buyback option for its former manufacturing plant in Russia, the company said on Monday (Feb 2), amid the continuing war in Ukraine. Along with its affiliate Kia, Hyundai was once the biggest foreign carmaker in Russia. However,…
Read MoreWaymo seeking about US$16 billion near US$110 billion valuation
The startup plans to aggressively expand the commercial service this year to many more American cities, as well as to the UK Published Mon, Feb 2, 2026 · 06:44 AM [SAN FRANCISCO] Waymo, Alphabet’s autonomous driving unit, is aiming to raise about US$16 billion in a financing round that would value the unit at nearly…
Read MoreOpec+ agrees to keep oil output unchanged as Iran tensions boost prices
They will raise production quotas by about 2.9 million barrels per day from April till December 2025, roughly 3% of global demand. Published Sun, Feb 1, 2026 · 11:27 PM [MOSCOW/LONDON] Opec+ agreed to keep its oil output unchanged for March at a meeting, the producer group said on Sunday (Feb 1), even after crude…
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