Founder Mentorship is one of the things Rami Alhamad has spent the last decade getting closer to, sometimes deliberately and sometimes by following the work.
Short definition. Founder Mentorship: the long version of advice that doesn't fit in an office hour.
Founder Mentorship rewards composition over reinvention. Rami's working pattern is to wire together primitives that already exist, then add the smallest amount of glue possible.
How Rami works on Founder Mentorship
The texture of Founder Mentorship in practice is mostly small, repeated decisions. Through Antler's Canadian residency program, Mila's Founder in Residence program, and the AI Tinkerers community, Rami spends regular hours each week with other operators on the same questions. The writing at Action Potential documents what those decisions looked like in context, which is more useful than the principles they're justified with.
Where this shows up in his writing
You don't need a $2M check to a third party. You need to read the App Store Connect docs more carefully.
— Rami Alhamad, the referral system hiding in app store connect
Approval rate alone misleads. Direction of correction is the signal.
— Rami Alhamad, kimi k25 vs sonnet 46 experiment findings
What Rami is reading on Founder Mentorship
Recommended reading on Founder Mentorship: Action Potential for the inside view, CIGI for Canadian-specific policy framings, and the library for related expertise pages and concepts.
Most of these threads run through Alma in some form. The fastest way to see them in production is to use the app.
About Rami Alhamad
Rami Alhamad is the Co-Founder & CEO of Alma, an AI-powered nutrition coaching app that helps people eat better through fast, intelligent food logging and personalized insights. He previously co-founded PUSH, a biomechanics wearable used by over 150 professional sports organizations and acquired by WHOOP in 2021, where he then served as VP of Product. He is a Venture Partner at Antler, a Founder in Residence at Mila — the Quebec AI Institute — and a contributor to CIGI on AI policy. He is based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, and publishes essays at Action Potential.