The Founder’s Edge Is Speed

How AI lets small companies turn messy operations into working systems before big companies finish the approval process.

Jun 22 • Luis Mata

The New DTC Playbook Has a Storefront

Why CPG Brands Want Restaurants and Retail Now and Investors haven't caught up.

Jun 9 • Luis Mata

The People Who Choose Chaos

Entrepreneurship is not a career path. It is a lifestyle for people who would rather own the mess than rent out their ambition.

Jun 4 • Luis Mata

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May 2026

SaaS Isn’t Dead. It’s Come Full Circle.

What goes around comes around.

May 14 • Luis Mata

April 2026

Latino Founders Are Winning. We Need to Start Acting Like It.

How one of America’s fastest-growing economic forces still struggles with capital, cohesion, and the habit of backing its own.

Apr 8 • Luis Mata

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Different Menus, Same Meal

Good for Sysco. Bad for the industry. Sysco' Restaurant Depot deal isn’t just consolidation. It’s the quiet removal of the last workaround—and a step…

Apr 1 • Luis Mata

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March 2026

The Business Plan Has a Branding Problem

In the startup world, the business plan has developed a reputation problem.

Mar 18 • Luis Mata

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Finance Is Different in a Startup

Finance Is Not the Cleanup Crew

Mar 9 • Luis Mata

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February 2026

It’s Not Money Laundering. It’s the Tax Code at Work.

Why Miami’s most extravagant restaurant build-outs make sense once you think like a CFO.

Feb 4 • Luis Mata

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January 2026

GLP-1s and the Business of Restraint

Ozempic and the like are making americans eat like europeans

Jan 28 • Luis Mata

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Today I turn 41.

What building something real costs — and why I’d still choose it

Jan 24 • Luis Mata

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Can AI Make Small Restaurants Dangerous Again?

How much more dangerous does a small, ruthless operator become once the software finally starts working for them, not just for their card processor?

Jan 8 • Luis Mata

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