The Action System: Turning Founder Activity Into Real Momentum (Free Resource)Why effort alone doesn’t move startups and what to do instead
Something shifted the way I think about founder execution. It did not come from a book or a new framework. One of those conversations was with Ioan Mateescu. What stood out was not his background in direct-response and high-growth businesses, but how clearly he articulated the gap between knowing what to do and actually doing it consistently. It is his work on action systems I am sharing here. Why startups stall even when founders work hardMost of us assume action becomes automatic once we know what to do. In reality, action is fragile. Especially in early-stage startups where feedback is delayed, confidence fluctuates, and certainty is rare. And then it leads us to a default to what feels urgent instead of what compounds. Decisions get heavier. And, we end up busy, tired, and stuck. The real bottleneckThe issue is rarely discipline. It is that daily execution is disconnected from purpose. Most founders know the long-term vision. But the connection between today’s actions and that future vision weakens over time. When that link breaks, motivation becomes unreliable. And, startups do not survive just on motivation. A different wayIoan Mateescu’s view is simple. Action does not come from motivation. Founders do not need more intensity. His framework revolves around three stages that founders often blur together.
The power is not in knowing the steps. It is in removing daily decision friction so action stops being renegotiated every morning. When founder action lacks purpose, teams lose confidence, signals get noisy, and progress feels random. The free resource for founders who feel busy but stuckHere is a simple 3-step guide that Ioan distilled this thinking into a short, focused PDF. Learn these three steps to acting with purpose daily, in 30 days or less.
📄 Access the free resource here If you want to follow Ioan’s thinking or connect directly, you can find him here.
👉 Connect with Ioan on LinkedIn Final thoughtIf you are working hard but progress feels fragile, the issue is rarely effort. It is that your actions are not anchored tightly enough to who you are becoming as a founder, where the startup is going, and how you act when certainty disappears. Fix that, and action stops feeling heavy. - Before you build anything, make sure someone wants it enough to pay. I put together a free 7-day email course on revenue-first customer discovery — how to pull real buying intent from real conversations (without guessing, overbuilding, or hoping). If you’re a builder who wants clarity before code:
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Friday, December 19, 2025
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