Milestones, clarity, and the dreaded move home
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Life is full of milestones. Moving out, moving home, first jobs, new adventures. Founders face the same transitions. What got you here won’t get you there. The Clarity Sprint helps you let go of outdated tactics and build the system you need for the next stage of growth.
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This summer has been a season of milestones.
My son just moved back home after four years in Guelph. Degree in hand, first job secured, and facing what so many grads face: the dreaded move home. The bittersweet reality of growing up. Being independent, then realizing the next stage often means resetting.
My daughter just packed up her beloved Kingston home after finishing her undergrad. She’s off to Oxford for a master’s in embryology. She was heartbroken to leave Kingston. It was her cocoon, the place she stretched from teenager into adult. But the next adventure is calling.
Change is always afoot in these milestones. And it’s not just their change. It’s mine too.
Five years ago, I had teenagers in the house. Suddenly, I have a young adult back under my roof again. And not the same kid I hugged goodbye in first year, but someone older, more independent, already navigating the working world. That shift alone requires me to re-adjust my own rhythms.
At the same time, we’re moving my daughter across the pond. It’s no longer a weekend drive to Kingston. It’s a long, expensive flight to Oxford. That’s a different kind of letting go. The logistics are harder, the distance is greater, and the stakes feel higher.
None of these adjustments are easy. They pull on the heart, the schedule, and the bank account. And all the while, I’m still building my own business. Choosing resilience, even when the ground under me keeps shifting.
And here’s the thing: founders go through the same milestones.
-> You launch with speed and vision—your “teenage years.”
-> Growth forces new responsibilities—your first job.
-> Fundraising, scale, team alignment—your Oxford.
Every stage brings excitement, but also loss. You can’t cling to the way things were. You have to build for what’s next.
That’s why I built the Clarity Sprint.
It’s the milestone-mapper for fintech founders. A structured way to look at your marketing system and say: what got us here won’t get us there.
The Sprint addresses the exact founder pain points I see every day:
-> Messaging that doesn’t translate outside your own head
-> Funnels that don’t scale past founder-led sales
-> Teams working hard, but not aligned
-> Investor pressure without investor-ready clarity
Your milestones won’t look like my kids’. But the lesson is the same: moving forward means letting go of one chapter and building for the next.
Are you ready for your next milestone? Or are you still holding onto Kingston when Oxford is calling?