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Hey Reader, We had a powerful session inside the Founder Era™ Workshop. Whether you joined live or catch the replay, here are your next three steps: 1. Watch the Replay (ASAP) 2. Review Program Document 3. Have Your 1:1 Game Plan Call This next chapter isn’t about quitting. It’s about building what only you can build. It's time for your Founder Era. Speak soon, Matt Founder, Corporate Graduation™ |
Corporate Graduation™
Trade corporate success for entrepreneurial ownership. Every Saturday, receive one essay — to help you navigate the complex shift from the default path to an authentic life powered by a premium business, with bold thinking and grounded conviction.
#024 | Read Online By Matt Doan · Nov 22, 2025 · 3-min read The Anti-Black Friday Principle You’ve seen it before… Every November, the same clown show plays out. Brands slash prices. Torch margins. Fight for scraps of existing demand. And call it “strategy.” That's not strategy. That's surrender. Black Friday is when a business admits out loud: “We don’t have a real category. No real differentiation. No real value… so here’s 40% off.” Translation? “We’re a commodity. Please buy us anyway.”...
#023 | Read Online By Matt Doan · Nov 15, 2025 · 3-min read Your Founder Era It was an awful feeling. I was running multi-million-dollar meetings. Leading high-stakes strategy. Managing teams across continents. And yet... I wasn’t running my own life. I felt like I had no power. My best thinking, my sharpest frameworks, my most valuable IP… disappeared into corporate share drives. Never to be seen again. Never to live beyond the next deck. Soon, that felt ridiculous. There was something...
#022 | Read Online By Matt Doan · Nov 8, 2025 · 2-min read Which Gravity Are You Choosing? Most people assume gravity is fixed. Unavoidable. Universal. But they’re only thinking about the kind Newton described. The truth is, there’s another kind of gravity. And it’s just as powerful. This one doesn’t pull on your body. It pulls on your beliefs, your behaviors, and your sense of what’s possible. Right now, you’re likely under the influence of what I call Corporate Gravity. It feels safe....