Startup Procurement: Buying Software Without Waste
Software waste rarely comes from one big mistake. It comes from twenty small ones: a free trial that quietly turned paid, three tools that do the same job, a …
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End-of-Summer Staff Review and Reset
Summer changes a team. People cover for colleagues on holiday, temporary staff come and go, routines bend to fit the heat and the school break, and small habits …
Writing a Startup Hiring Plan Budget
A list of roles is not a hiring plan. A hiring plan budget turns that list into numbers: what each person really costs, when the cost starts, how long before …
How to Start an Apple Picking or Pick-Your-Own Farm
A pick-your-own farm sells more than fruit. Visitors pay for a morning outdoors, a basket they filled themselves and a reason to come back next season. If you …
How to Model Dilution Across Several Rounds
One round of dilution is easy to picture. Three or four rounds stacked on top of each other, each with an option pool top-up and maybe a SAFE conversion, is …
How to Start a Daycare Center
Parents hand you the most important people in their lives every morning. That trust is what makes a daycare center so rewarding, and also why it is one of the …
Startup Planning for Q4: What to Lock In by September
The last quarter of the year is short, busy and full of holidays, which means most of the decisions that shape it have to be made before it starts. If you run a …