Entrepreneurship Handbook Weekly Wrapup for 10/3/2025

When your CFO owns you, your users aren’t talking, and your runway’s vanishing

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Entrepreneurship Handbook
October 03, 2025

Startups don’t always blow up spectacularly — more often they fade quietly. This week, we dig into the crises founders try to ignore: mortgage defaults, silent users, ownership fights, and the addiction no one admits.

What Happens When Laid Off Tech Employees Can’t Pay Their Mortgage?

ehandbook.com/what-happens-when-laid-off-tech-employees-cant-pay-their-mortgage-d21d2a6b0880?sk=83c43dca1fe15923e03320243e9dfe82

The Addiction No Entrepreneur Talks About

ehandbook.com/the-addiction-no-entrepreneur-talks-about-39fdf79b19df?sk=b25f3f697187e32622a74172419a629e

6 Strategies Billionaire Founders Master That Keep Millionaires Stuck

ehandbook.com/6-strategies-billionaire-founders-master-that-keep-millionaires-stuck-e99678b8614e?sk=b25ce86901f0104aa159db53a0d11354

The Entry-Level Tech Job Is Officially Dead

ehandbook.com/the-entry-level-tech-job-is-officially-dead-9440327f8dda?sk=9a4675366bb6e3fbe4ccbcf604156931

The Fork in the Road for Startup Founders: Build a Moonshot or a Profitable Business

ehandbook.com/the-fork-in-the-road-for-startup-founders-build-a-moonshot-or-a-profitable-business-887cef13ceae?sk=127cc64003d2ba2b60ad8d135f6a5e81

The Silence That Should Terrify Founders

ehandbook.com/the-silence-that-should-terrify-founders-d970358d0d75?sk=08db69a61ac2886b072ebb986affecb5

My CFO Is Ruining My Startup (And He Owns 50%)

ehandbook.com/my-cfo-is-ruining-my-startup-and-he-owns-50-be0658c8f105?sk=6891313982c550b4b732579dac70a7b3

If those don’t terrify you, your startup’s already on the wrong path.

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