wanted to see if a small model could handle accounts payable, which is honestly one of the most boring jobs in finance. so i set up xero with 120 supplier…
So me and a friend have an idea for software for car dealerships and importers. Mostly smaller/medium ones (1-10 employees). We don’t want to spend months building something nobody wants,…
For a startup class I’m working on Nestwise, a white-label module that banks and credit unions would put inside their own app. It uses the customer’s transaction data to build…
anthropic launched a personal finance thing yesterday. connect bank + cards via plaid and ask where your money went, duplicate charges, fees, interest paid last year. read only, cant move…
Title: The Four-Week Rule for Startup Fundraising: Why a Firm Yes is the Only viable Outcome In the high-velocity world of startup fundraising, time is not a neutral resource. It…
Full disclosure up front: I'm a partner with the company behind Lumino, and this is test marketing - I'm here for honest reactions, not downloads. Lumino pulls your bank accounts,…
Title: What Sustainability-Focused Brands Might Be Missing in Their Branding and Marketing A recent discussion within the marketing community sparked a broader conversation about why purpose-driven brands often struggle to…
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Title: The Hacker’s Guide to Fundraising: Save Hours, Don’t Rely on Coding Fundraising can feel like a grind for many founders. Friends and colleagues may try to approach investors based…
The Verbal Clue That Your Business Is Stalled—and How to Break Through Many of us unconsciously express progress in a predictable pattern: Have => Do => Be. Consider the familiar…
How We Almost Sold to Facebook—and How We Recovered (Lessons from a Startup’s Near-Makeover) This isn’t a fairy-tale ending. It’s a candid account of a startup journey that came close…
What a Domain Actually Is: The Hidden Ledger of the Internet The moment a keystroke lands on the screen, a thousand unseen hands reach for a thousand unseen maps. You…
Title: Rebuilding After a $800k/Month Amazon Business: Lessons Learned and Next Steps Overview What follows is a candid account of building a successful Amazon business, facing an abrupt suspension due…
Divorce and the Road to a Leaner, Fewer-Obstacles Financial Life The past year has been a whirlwind: I sold a business I spent more than a decade building, the M&A…
Designing a Logo: A Comprehensive Guide to Best Practices and Practical Tips Introduction A logo is more than a simple graphic—it is often the first point of contact between a…
Client Rehired: How to Price New Deliverables After an AI-Driven Kickout A few weeks ago, a client told me they no longer needed my copywriting because their internal team was…