How We'll Serve You in 2026

Author

Benjamin Friedman
December 16, 2025

Morning beehiivcommunity!

This newsletter turns experience into lessons for your startup. As a strategy and execution partner for visionary founders, we help sharpen leadership skills and unlock growth potential.

How We Plan to Reach Higher

Our vision is simple: build a place where founders and finance leaders don’t feel alone. Where they can share hard-won lessons, sharpen their thinking, and build resilience together instead of in isolation. 

In 2026, we’re making this vision tangible through four priorities—each tied to clear actions and simple metrics.

Connection: Host valuable gatherings for founders and finance leaders through two NYC communities, The New York Tech CFO Group and Table. Expect at least three events per month, with each one delivering both practical learning and meaningful connection.

Education: Support introverted founders through events, podcasts, and talks inspired by Silent Strength and Scale: Reach Your Peak. We’ll keep publishing this weekly newsletter, bring in more expert perspectives, show up consistently on LinkedIn, and engage with other platforms and short-form videos. We’ll also continue to mentor founders through Columbia, Duke, UMass, NYU, and other startup networks.

Structure: Build a technical complement to our services. Scaling shouldn’t require you to reinvent accounting, legal, recruiting, or operational scaffolding from scratch.  We want to create a platform where people can easily address these challenges by relying on technology and humanity. 

Collaboration: Continue offering coaching, fractional COO support, and project work for founders in EdTech, health tech, and social impact. Even though this pillar is harder to quantify, it remains core to how we help leaders execute, experiment, and grow with confidence.

Best,
~Benjamin

For a review of the goals we set last year for 2025 and a more detailed look at our 2026 goals, click HERE. As we continue this journey, please let us know how we can add more value.

Give Insight

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Silent Strength: The Introvert’s Guide to Building Successful Startups is a practical, story-driven guide for introverted entrepreneurs. It shows how to lead, sell, and fundraise in ways that feel authentic.

The book reveals how to turn self-awareness into resilience and confidence, build balanced teams collaboratively with extroverted partners, and leverage deep focus and thoughtful decision-making as competitive advantages.

If you're looking for a useful holiday gift that's affirming and immediately actionable, this one offers value long after the decorations come down. The book is available in digital and paperback versions.

Harnessing Introversion for Startup Success

What if the quietest person in the room is the one who changes the world?

This episode of The Quiet And Strong Podcast with host David Hall explores how introverted strengths, such as deep thinking, meaningful connections, and thoughtful planning, can become a superpower for founders. Learn practical strategies for leading, networking, selling, and taking action in ways that fit your quiet style and collaborate effectively with extroverts. 

Key Takeaways

  • Leadership Myths: Loud doesn’t mean strong. Many of today’s top founders are quiet thinkers who lead with focus and calm authority.

  • Deep over Wide: Depth of connection often matters more than the number of contacts.

  • Practical Strategies: Prepare for meetings, rehearse presentations, set boundaries, and manage your energy intentionally.

  • Turning Ideas Into Action: Start small, seek feedback, and build confidence through experimentation—introverts naturally excel here.

  • Authentic Communication: Lean into your own style, explain your preferences, and curate your schedule to show up fully.

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Need Some Help?

What if the quietest person in the room is the one who changes the world?

Build Scale Grow provides expert strategies and clear metrics for social impact, EdTech, and health tech startups, with a focus on introverted founders. With five successful M&As in ten years, we’ll help your startup reach its full potential and beyond.

Book a free 30-minute call HERE to see how we can help.