I've had several advisors and investors tell me this week that angels aren't signing cheques right now. I absolutely respect that. Angels aren't as loose as they were just two years ago. Back then, a pretty face and a fun idea could raise $10m-$20m without too much trouble. My

Everyone says Web3 gaming needs better games. I think that’s backwards. The real problem? Every game lives in its own bubble. When players get bored, they leave FOREVER We don’t need prettier games - we need to share players

Consistency will outperform talent Consistency will outperform luck Accept it. Memorise it. Save it.

Applying for Y Combinator Winter 2026 program and I need to submit a 1 minute video. Help! 🤣 "Hi, my name is John Para*burp*gon 🤦 DAMNIT... Right, try again"

My biggest fundraising mistake: thinking a perfect pitch deck would solve everything. I spent weeks obsessing over slides. Font sizes. Colour schemes. Every word placement. 20 slides became 15. Then 10. Then back to 20 because "investors need more detail." Meanwhile, I'm

🔥 I got 91% of companies to say YES to partnering with me when I had ZERO credibility Most founders think they need to build credibility first, then leverage it. I did the opposite - I borrowed other people's credibility, then multiplied it. My track record of "assembling

I know every game founder thinks their game is "the one." I'm about to prove I actually am. This afternoon's investor call started exactly how you'd expect: "John, the iGaming industry is high risk for angels right now." "Most Web3 projects are dying." "Every founder thinks

Netflix was delusional vs Blockbuster. Tesla was delusional vs traditional cars. The best opportunities live where others think you're crazy.

If your pitch needs acronyms to sound smart, you don’t have a business.

Angels don’t avoid Web3 gaming because it’s risky. They avoid weak founders.

Most founders chase whales. I’ll take 800 warm intros on Discord and X.

This week I got absolutely humiliated by investors. I'm talking properly destroyed! 155 deck requests, 40+ investor calls, and zero funding later, I finally got the brutal feedback I needed. Here's what I learned from the trenches this week: • Lead with the game, not the

I raised $1.3m by recruiting gamers to do 98% of the work. Leverage beats budgets every time.

March 11th, 2018. House burgled. Entire net worth gone. I wasn't to blame for the theft. But I was responsible for what happened next. That distinction saved my family.

Investors don’t really back startups. They back founders who look unstoppable.

Everyone talks about "product-market fit" in gaming. I think they're missing the real game. After raising $1.3M and building a network of 800+ gaming communities (13.7M players), I've learned what actually matters: Community-market fit comes before product-market fit. Most

Ah this was a great day! 6 trophies available and Paragon Racing claimed 5 of them. Went on to take 1st and 2nd in the team's championship that year too, and the next!

The $2.8B gaming founder who fixed my pitch in 10 seconds I was 27 minutes into my chat with Mike Sherrill Mike built Game of War... the mobile game that made $2.8 billion and spawned thousands of copycats. If anyone understands gaming, it's him. I was explaining our

Remember when people called Musk's $33B xAI move "stupid"? Everyone focused on the math - bought Twitter for $44B, restructured it for $33B. "He lost $11 billion!" they said. But here's what they missed: He wasn't buying a social media platform. He was buying a data network.

Pondering on my story this eve... do you ever wonder what people will write about you?