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James Lucas: Building Businesses That Don't Trap You

Most founders don’t fail because they lack talent or ideas. They fail because they build on someone else’s playbook. They are chasing speed, scale, and status instead of alignment. James Lucas has lived that reality. A repeat founder with a career spanning companies big and small, he’s helped scale startups, worked hands-on with early-stage teams, and learned the hard way what happens when you build on assumptions. That experience shaped his vision for Lunos: a founder-first partner that supports startups from idea to scale, helping entrepreneurs create businesses that actually work for them. Not ones that trap them in broken startup narratives. In this episode of The Steeper Path Podcast, James and I explore: How personal loss and career transitions shaped his definition of success. Why “alignment being greater than achievement” is the real competitive advantage in entrepreneurship. What it takes to design a company that serves your life instead of consuming it. The founder-first philosophy behind Lunos and why it challenges conventional startup thinking. This isn’t just a conversation about startups. It is about James' own story of choosing the steeper path, rejecting the easier, clearer path to lesser goals and building something that is aligned with who he is. 🎧 Listen in if you’ve ever asked yourself: Am I building the business I actually want or the one I think I’m supposed to? Learn more about James and Lunos at https://www.heylunos.com/