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A Year of Setbacks and Growth: Rebuilding After a Startup Hit a Rough Patch The last year has been a challenging journey. A startup project I began with a friend…

Title: Three Years Building a Startup: Hard Truths No One Tells You Three years into our startup journey, from a two-person founding team to a 15-strong company, I’ve learned a…

The 50% Rule: Redefining the CEO’s Role in Startups Many first-time CEOs and executives in high-growth companies face a daunting pressure: the feeling that they must actively operate every facet…

Why startups often overinvest in enterprise software: a practical guide for early-stage teams Many startups with a small customer base and a tight budget feel the pressure to adopt enterprise-grade…

How We Spent Our Startup’s First $250,000: Lessons, Mistakes, and Takeaways If you’d like to read this article with enhanced formatting, you can visit our blog. Overview Following a transparency-minded…

What I’d Tell My Startup-Early Self (If I Could Go Back Five Years) From /r/entrepreneur, with no endorsement of the author This piece captures, in no particular order, the lessons…

How to Hire for a Rapidly Growing Team When You Can’t Afford a Full-Time Recruiter The acceleration of growth is a wonderful problem to have—until it isn’t. When your company…

Funded Startup CEO Salary: Is $900k a Reasonable Figure for a Pre-Revenue Company? A reader asks whether paying a startup CEO nearly $1 million per year is appropriate when the…

Document Your Business Dealings from Day 0: Lessons from a Startup Founder’s Hard-Learned Mistakes Summary This post shares hard-earned lessons from a startup founder who, despite good intentions and sharp…

10 Low-Budget Marketing Strategies for Startups As a founder navigating the early stages, I’ve spent countless hours refining practical, low-cost ways to market a startup. Here are ten proven ideas…