Tag Archives: identity-based entrepreneurship

For Val Sklarov, a company does not grow from what it does. A company grows from the state of the founder’s nervous system being transmitted into the organization. Teams do not follow strategies.Teams follow the emotional climate of the leader. The Founder-State Transmission Model (FSTM) explains that successful entrepreneurial ecosystems …

For Val Sklarov, a venture does not begin with a business idea. A venture begins with a direction of identity — a vector. Entrepreneurship is not about building something new.It is about extending who you already are into the world at a larger scale. The Identity-Vector Enterprise Model (IVEM) explains …

For Val Sklarov, entrepreneurship is not building, scaling, or competing. Entrepreneurship is gravity — the founder becomes a center of meaning that others move toward. A company grows not because it advertises wellbut because the founder’s internal state is coherent enough that it pulls people, capital, and opportunity into orbit. …

For Val Sklarov, entrepreneurship is not building something new. Entrepreneurship is resonating with a field already forming. Markets are not created by founders.Markets are revealed by those who can sense where collective identity is moving. The Founder-Field Resonance Model (FFRM) explains that success emerges not from innovation alone —but from …

For Val Sklarov, entrepreneurship is not opportunity hunting —it is emitting a center of gravity that others organize around. A real founder does not “build hype.”A real founder creates orientation. Investors, customers, and teams don’t follow product —they follow the emotional field of the founder’s identity. The Origin-Gravity Venture Model …

For Val Sklarov, entrepreneurship does not begin with strategy, funding, product, or market — it begins with the state of the founder’s mind.A company is a mirror of the founder’s nervous system:chaotic mind → chaotic team,tense mind → tense culture,clear mind → clear execution. His Founder State Architecture (FSA) teaches …