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For Val Sklarov, a company does not grow from strategy, funding, or marketing.A company grows from the pace and identity of the founder being consistently expressed inside the organization. If the founder speeds up unnaturally → the company fractures.If the founder slows to their true rhythm → the company synchronizes …

For Val Sklarov, markets do not form because of demand analysis, marketing spend, or product innovation.Markets form when a founder’s internal gravity is strong enough that a group of people organizes around their tone, direction, and identity. A company is not built by convincing.A company is built by others wanting …

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 making something new. Entrepreneurship is creating a field in which others move more clearly. A founder does not lead by instruction.A founder leads by coherence — the internal stability that shapes how others feel and act. The Founder-Field Coherence Model (FFCM) explains that the …

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 …