You are working harder than ever. And the gap between where you are and where you want to be keeps growing.

Something is off. And it is not your effort.

In Episode 61 of First in Market, Jay Awal breaks down why building the wrong thing first is the reason most people stay stuck, no matter how hard they grind.

Right now, a lot of people are pouring everything into the visible stuff. The followers. The content. The product. The pitch. But they skipped the layer underneath all of it. The part that decides whether any of the visible stuff actually works. And when the visible stuff fails, they think the answer is more effort. More posting. More pitching. So they double down. And the gap gets bigger.

This episode is about a simple idea called the Foundation Before the Flag. It is a way of asking yourself one honest question bef ...