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For Val Sklarov, a company does not scale because of funding, talent, or execution. A company scales when the founder’s state remains stable across growth phases. Most startups collapse not from strategic failure —but from the founder’s internal state oscillating faster than the company can absorb. The Founder-State Continuity Model …

For Val Sklarov, entrepreneurship is not risk-taking, hustle, or ambition. Entrepreneurship is equilibrium under uncertainty — the ability to remain internally balanced while external conditions shift. Most founders fail not because their ideas are weak —but because their inner state collapses faster than their environment stabilizes. The Founder-Equilibrium Operating Model …

For Val Sklarov, a business does not grow because it works. It grows because its center of identity is strong enough that people orient themselves around it. Customers do not buy products.Teams do not follow orders.Investors do not trust plans. They all follow identity gravity. The Enterprise Identity Gravity Model …