THRIVING IN CHAOS, BY VICTORIA PREW 2026 Belongs to the Bootstrapped Founder Read time: 2 minutes Happy Monday team 👋 Here are three ideas to start your week:• The Shift: Bootstrapping is no longer the scrappy route. It is becoming the dominant path for modern founders.• The Insight: Control, clarity, and cash discipline are outperforming speed at all costs.• The Takeaway: The next wave of standout companies will be built by founders who stay lean, own distribution, and protect autonomy from...
12 days ago • 3 min read
THRIVING IN CHAOS - BY VICTORIA PREW The buzz from Founder Mode 2.0 Read time: 3 minutes Happy Monday team 👋 Here are three interesting ideas (business, entrepreneurship and personal growth) to start your week: The Reflection: Your network matters more than your net worth The Milestone: Sub 5% of businesses reach £1M ARR The Advice: So many founders all have the same challenges 🤝 The Reflection: This weekend, Founder Mode 2.0 took place in London, and I’m still buzzing from it (here's a quick...
19 days ago • 1 min read
THRIVING IN CHAOS - BY VICTORIA PREW “The average millionaire has 7 streams of income” Read time: 4 minutes Happy Monday team 👋 Here are three ideas to carry into your week:• The Advice: Don’t juggle two companies too early, build one then scale into streams• The Categories: The seven categories of income• The Case Studies: Modern multi-stream founders who did it right 💡 The Advice “The average millionaire has 7 streams of income.” It’s a quote we’ve all heard a hundred times before....
26 days ago • 2 min read
THRIVING IN CHAOS - BY VICTORIA PREW Fundraising: "Ask for Advice, Get Money Twice" Read time: 4.5 minutes Happy Monday team 👋 Here are three ideas to start your week:• The Story: Curiosity converts faster• The Framework: Ask → Add → Align• The Case Study: Harvard on building social capital 💡 The Story Good morning! Kicking off today's newsletter off with the best fundraising advice I’ve ever received:"If you ask for advice, you get money. If you ask for money, you get advice." I often talk...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
THRIVING IN CHAOS, BY VICTORIA PREW Your Next Big Idea Is Hiding in a One-Star Review Happy Monday team 👋 Here are three ideas to start your week:• The Idea: Every review is a business plan in disguise• The Insight: Trust scales faster than advertising• The Takeaway: The smartest founders start with customer proof, not assumptions 💡 The Idea We have entered what I call the Review Economy. It's no longer enough to have the best product or the biggest budget. The most trusted brand wins. A...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
THRIVING IN CHAOS, BY VICTORIA PREW My 10-Step Plan to Launch Any New Business Using AI Read time: 4 minutes Happy Monday team 👋 Here are three ideas to start your week:• The Idea: AI isn’t replacing founders, it’s replacing friction• The Framework: Validate → Build → Automate → Scale• The Takeaway: You don’t need more people. You need better systems. 💡 The Idea A few years ago, starting a business meant late nights, spreadsheets, and small armies of interns. You needed capital, patience, and...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
THRIVING IN CHAOS - BY VICTORIA PREW Curiosity Is The Business Model Read time: 3.5 minutes Happy Monday team 👋 Here are three ideas to start your week:• The Thought: Curiosity compounds like interest• My Curiosity List : From X to YouTube• The Case Study: Netflix, when curiosity becomes a system 💡 The Thought: I'm convinced that the best founders are the most curious. A few weeks back I watched Barack Obama talk at the 02, captivating tens of thousands of people. It made me think - you have...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
THRIVING IN CHAOS - BY VICTORIA PREW Why Right Now Is The Best Time To Be A Founder Read time: 2.5 minutes I know that sounds bold.... but hear me out... I still remember the day I quit my job. I was 25, and on paper, everything looked fine. A stable role. A good salary. A clear path ahead. I felt uninspired, didn't see anyone around me whose life I admired and I sat there thinking to myself...there must be more to life than this? Everyone told me not to do it. Stay another year. Wait until...
2 months ago • 1 min read
THRIVING IN CHAOS, BY VICTORIA PREW Can your business survive without you? Read time: 2.5 minutes Happy Monday team 👋 Last week I sat on a panel with Elfried Samba and Lauren Spearman, and Elf said something that’s been playing in my head ever since: “Build a business you could work at forever, but structure it so you could sell it tomorrow.” It’s one of those deceptively simple lines that captures years of lessons in one sentence. For founders, it’s also a reality check. Because most of us...
2 months ago • 2 min read