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Alex Furmansky

Alex Furmansky

SkimIt.ai: How post-exit founders overcame PTSD to build a useful ai app

I’ve had a hard time starting anything new since my last exit. After being stuck in founders block, I learned I could get back into my flow…

Jan 24, 2023

SkimIt.ai: How post-exit founders overcame PTSD to build a useful ai app

Jan 24, 2023

Alex Furmansky

Instead of speaking with a therapist, I created one (with ai).

My first Ai build: The Esther Perel therapy bot

Jan 19, 2023

Instead of speaking with a therapist, I created one (with ai).

Jan 19, 2023

Alex Furmansky

6 rules I use to quickly decide whether to invest in a company

Mandatory credibility bio: I’ve raised funding for two companies, exited two companies, worked as an m&a iBanker, seeded tech companies…

Jan 17, 2023

6 rules I use to quickly decide whether to invest in a company

Jan 17, 2023

Alex Furmansky

Vision: how to unite your team behind a supernatural idea

What makes us human? And how a boring staple manufacturer develops a legendary vision

Nov 3, 2022

Vision: how to unite your team behind a supernatural idea

Nov 3, 2022

Alex Furmansky

Iconography: build symbolic identity within your tribe

In our Culture Series, I zoom in on building sustainable culture within an org, noting ways to foster camaraderie in remote and hybrid work…

Oct 25, 2022

Iconography: build symbolic identity within your tribe

Oct 25, 2022

Alex Furmansky

Rituals: milestones that bind your company tribe

Rituals are the periodic events that unify a tribe. We the core elements that make them successful and how to apply them to our orgs

Oct 18, 2022

Rituals: milestones that bind your company tribe

Oct 18, 2022

Alex Furmansky

Your company is a faith: create culture in your org by mirroring the five pillars of religion

I’ve been thinking about company culture, how we built such a great culture at Budsies, and how the founders I speak with can build great…

Oct 11, 2022

happy office workers dancing

Oct 11, 2022

Alex Furmansky

My Weekly Affirmations

Perhaps some of these will resonate with you or help you create your own weekly list. Or, perhaps they will help you understand who I am

Mar 26, 2019

My Weekly Affirmations

Mar 26, 2019

Alex Furmansky

How I Scale Intrapreneurship at Budsies

I absolutely love my job. It’s never boring. We at Budsies are constantly launching completely new brands and dominating markets. We…

Sep 20, 2017

How I Scale Intrapreneurship at Budsies

Sep 20, 2017

Alex Furmansky

4 Ways I Motivate Employees to Love the Company

In the first 2 years of building Budsies, the excitement of the growth was enough for me. I was thrilled each time we reached a milestone…

Sep 13, 2017

4 Ways I Motivate Employees to Love the Company

Sep 13, 2017

Alex Furmansky

Alex Furmansky

Founder of Budsies (exited), Petsies (exited), Sparkology (exited). Make strategic seed investments and advise other founders. Working on my next venture.

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