Most startups don’t die from bad code. They die from bad leadership.

In this episode of The Forge of Unicorns, I sit down with Bryony Cooper (VC, founder, and human-first investor) to unravel the silent killers of startup growth: vanity metrics, boardroom dysfunction, and uncoached leadership.

🚨 You’ll learn:

• Why professionalism becomes non-negotiable at Series A/B

• How bad behavior at the top spreads like wildfire

• Why burnout isn’t a founder failure—it’s a system failure

• How elite organizations scale people and systems together

• The power of a neuroscience-based leadership dojo to rewire culture

“Every type of business is about people first.” – Bryony Cooper

“You don’t find unicorns. You breed them via behavioral engineering” – Michele Brissoni

📈 If you’re still betting on tools instead of people, you’re scaling chaos.

🔊 Listen now and unlock what it really takes to evolve beyond the hype.

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