Mike Bledsoe

We're ushering in the new technological age. Operator-founders building for this era.

AI isn't coming. It's already here, quietly rewriting every category that matters. The operators who'll own the next decade are building for it right now. Not retrofitting. Building.

Mike Bledsoe — operator-founder consultant and writer

The writing

Long-form essays on ownership, the AI shift, and the long game.

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The Full Stack Founders podcast

Tuesdays with Ted Phaeton. We talk about the long game. What it actually takes to build a real business in 2026. What the AI shift is doing to operator-founders. What a full stack founder looks like when you strip out the performance. No guru energy. Operators thinking out loud.

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$343 a Month for a Family of 5 The Health Insurance Play Founders Don’t Know

Mike Bledsoe paid $80,000 for a hernia surgery. His friend paid $8,000 cash for the same procedure.

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Three ways to work together

Three doors. Three different stages, three different mechanisms.

I. The firm

Bledsoe & Co.

The firm, for operator-founders at $1M–$10M. We diagnose what your business needs to thrive in the AI era, then we build it with you. Starts with The Readout — a two-week diagnostic that names the work.

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II. 1-on-1

Personal Counsel

For operator-founders at $1M–$10M. Three months, one-on-one. Weekly 90-minute calls. I work with you on your business strategy and your own leadership. The two aren't separate problems. No team, no firm apparatus. Limited slots.

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III. Community

Full Stack Founders

The community. $49 a month. Open to anyone building toward it. Peers, conversation, and a library of the thinking. Hosted on Skool.

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