Hello
I'm Ross Sheil
COO by day, dad by night, triathlete on weekends. Previously built growth teams at Twitter, Stripe, and Infogrid. Former GP at TheFund.VC and Sequoia Scout with 40+ angel investments. I write about the stuff I'm figuring out.
Latest Posts
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Building My Health OS
I used Claude Code, a Mac Mini, and an Apple Ultra to build a personal health operating system — and an AI assistant called Zeus that messages me on Telegram when my body needs attention.
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Writing Again
Six years between posts. Here's why I'm back.
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Building High Performance Startup Teams
Insights from 2 weeks at Stripe exploring best practices for building top-performing teams. Building teams is equal parts art and science.
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TAM for Startups - Is the Juice Worth the Squeeze?
Total addressable market can be a big challenge for startups. Here is how to approach TAM with a bottom-up methodology.
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9 Concepts to Master for Successful People Managers in Startups
Everyone's first management role comes with growing pains. Here are 9 concepts every people manager should master.
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How Can Europe Win the Global Startup War?
A blueprint for how Europe can compete with Asia and the USA to build world-beating startups, focusing on venture capital, talent, and a single market.
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How to Hypercharge Your 2020
Practical tools and frameworks for planning, goal setting, and measuring progress -- drawn from a decade of applying startup operating models to personal growth.