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What the 83(b) Election Actually Does, and Why 30 Days Is Absolute
Owen Blackwood · August 17, 2026
Startups
This section follows companies from the founding decision to the first paying contracts. Expect coverage of incorporation and equity splits, cofounder agreements, early product bets, seed financing and the hiring sequence that follows. Written for people building a company now rather than studying one from a distance.
Startups
Open-Core, Cloud, or Support: How Open-Source Startups Actually Make Money
Open-source companies monetize the deployment gap — the difference between running free software yourself and paying someone to run it for you — through three repeatable models.
Owen Blackwood · July 23, 2026
Startups
The 7 Signs It's Time to Pivot Your Startup (and 3 Signs It Isn't)
A pivot is a structured bet on adjacent demand — same team, same assets, new promise — triggered by evidence your funnel can't manufacture, not by fatigue.
Owen Blackwood · June 30, 2026
Startups
How to Hire Your First Startup Engineers Without Burning Six Months
Your first engineers are hired for judgment and ambiguity tolerance, evaluated through paid real work — and retained by the roadmap, not the ping-pong table.
Priya Vaithilingam · June 7, 2026
Startups
Startup Runway Calculation: The Number That Decides Everything
Runway is cash divided by net burn from actual results — and the months you have left dictate when to cut, when to raise, and when to stop raising.
Owen Blackwood · May 16, 2026