Founders, Don’t Build Alone: The Case for Ecosystem Thinking

I’ve worked with a lot of founders.
Brilliant. Creative. Passionate. Exhausted.

And I get it—when you’re building your vision from scratch, it’s easy to think you have to do it all yourself. Like you're some kind of entrepreneurial Swiss Army knife. But even the sharpest tools need support.

Ecosystem thinking isn’t a luxury. It’s a survival skill.

You need the kind of people who:

• Catch blind spots you didn’t know you had

• Open doors you didn’t know existed

• Hold space when things get hard and you still have to show up

The most successful founders I know aren’t the ones who grind the hardest. They’re the ones who build the smartest systems around them—people, partnerships, advisors, vibes.

So if you’re in the thick of it, I’ll just say this:

Don’t just build a product.
Build a village.