Venture capital titan Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) recently launched an article for B2B companies to define their Ideal Customer Profile (ICP). When Silicon Valley's kingmakers share strategy advice, smart business owners listen—and surprisingly, it works brilliantly for high-ticket business owners as well.

Duolingo just made one of the boldest moves in its company history. In an internal email, CEO Luis von Ahn told staff that the company would "gradually stop using contractors to do work that AI can handle" and that "headcount will only be given if a team cannot automate more of their work."  

Co-founders Levan Kvirkvelia (25) and Daniel Dhawan (27) went from maxed-out credit cards and sleeping on borrowed floor space to securing $2.8 million in funding from Andreessen Horowitz and it all happened because of a single tweet.  

According to HubSpot's State of Entrepreneurship Report, a whopping 92% of entrepreneurs have zero regrets about starting their businesses—even when they're pulling those late nights. But what separates the entrepreneurs who build flourishing high-ticket enterprises from those who struggle to break six figures? Let's unpack the insights that matter specifically for those of us in the premium services game.  

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