Startups & Venture Capital
Open source is a distribution choice and a business model question
Making code available can create opportunities, but the license and the operating model need to tell a coherent story.
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Startups & Venture Capital
A patent question is also a product strategy question
The decision to pursue protection should connect to what a company is building, how it competes and the resources it can sustain.
Startups & Venture Capital
Before a capital raise, build a record someone else can understand
Financing readiness includes the ordinary administrative work that makes a company’s claims easier to verify.
Startups & Venture Capital
The early startup advantage that disappears when everything is automated
Manual work can reveal the details of a customer problem before a company commits to scaling the wrong solution.
Startups & Venture Capital
A SAFE simplifies paperwork, not the need to understand ownership
A short financing document can still have consequences that founders should model and discuss carefully.
Startups & Venture Capital
Cash discipline starts with the dates, not just the totals
A company can record a sale and still face a difficult gap before the money reaches its account.
Startups & Venture Capital
The right funding source depends on the business you intend to build
Capital comes with expectations about timing, control and outcomes. Those expectations belong in the strategy conversation.
Startups & Venture Capital
The startup cost founders forget to put in the model
Launch expenses are visible. The effort required to keep a promise after launch is easier to underestimate.
Startups & Venture Capital
The business plan that is useful after fundraising ends
A living plan connects customer assumptions, operating choices and the next decision the team needs to make.
Startups & Venture Capital
Your startup’s market size is a hypothesis with a spreadsheet attached
A credible market estimate starts with identifiable customers, buying behavior and realistic constraints.
Startups & Venture Capital
A startup’s strongest pitch begins with a customer problem
Before a bigger market slide, founders need a sharper explanation of whose problem they are solving and why it matters.
Artificial Intelligence
The AI pilot needs an exit plan
A useful experiment defines the conditions for expansion, revision and closure before enthusiasm turns into dependency.