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Jason is a co-author of the book "The 6 Startup Stages".

Featured in 100+ articles by leading news outlets, he shares expert insights on business, technology, and finance. For over a decade has been helping startups & enterprise companies innovate faster, in business leadership roles, technical leadership roles, and as an investor.

With over 25 years of experience in tech and finance, at startups, SMBs, and Fortune 500 companies (including GE, Standard & Poor’s, Allstate, and many more), he is actively involved every day with portfolio companies and commercial enterprise clients in the US, UK, Western Europe, and the Nordics.

His areas of experience include:
​✔ CTO Leadership​
​✔ ​AI (Artificial Intelligence) & ML (Machine Learning)
​✔ ​Softwa
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Startup Valuations

A tech founder recently shared with me their excitement about raising capital at a very high valuation. He informed me that several venture capitalists told him the valuation actually seemed quite low. Despite this positive feedback, no investment had been secured yet, and the only traction so far was a PowerPoint presentation.

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“Engaging in 'vibe coding' as a non-technical founder is like surfing with an AI-powered board—catching waves effortlessly, but without understanding the ocean, you're one wipeout away from a crash.”
Jason Hishmeh, The 6 Startup Stages: How Non-technical Founders Create Scalable, Profitable Companies

“Scaling tech startups requires more than intuition; it requires granular FP&A models that simulate cash flow under various growth scenarios. Without them, startups risk overextending resources, turning potential expansion into costly setbacks.”
Jason Hishmeh, The 6 Startup Stages: How Non-technical Founders Create Scalable, Profitable Companies

“The worst feeling is spending a bunch of money building something and finding out nobody wants it. The goods news is you can avoid that situation with proper market validation.”
Jason Hishmeh, The 6 Startup Stages: How Non-technical Founders Create Scalable, Profitable Companies

“Too many founders run out of capital trying to perfect their product.”
Jason Hishmeh, The 6 Startup Stages: How Non-technical Founders Create Scalable, Profitable Companies

“The successful CEOs I have seen are ones that never give up. Even when I am telling them 'you really need to consider giving up'.”
Jason Hishmeh, The 6 Startup Stages: How Non-technical Founders Create Scalable, Profitable Companies

“Many founders believe they know what the market wants. It's important not to skip market validation and market research - to start with the assumption you might not know exactly what the market wants.”
Jason Hishmeh, The 6 Startup Stages: How Non-technical Founders Create Scalable, Profitable Companies

“The goal is not to create cool new features. I love creating new features. But the goal is to create products that solve real customer problems.”
Jason Hishmeh, The 6 Startup Stages: How Non-technical Founders Create Scalable, Profitable Companies

“True leadership is aligning everyone on the big exciting picture and inspiring everyone to work on the small boring steps to get there.”
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