I spent most of my first month in business designing a logo.…
The First 90 Days: What to Actually Prioritize When You Launch
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Startup Legal Basics: The 5 Things to Handle Before You Take Your First Dollar
A friend took her first client payment before she’d written a single…
Bootstrapped vs. Funded: The Honest Tradeoffs Nobody Puts in the Pitch Deck
I turned down a term sheet once, a genuinely good one, and…
The $500 Business Idea Test: How to Validate Before You Build Anything
I almost spent four months building a scheduling tool for independent contractors…
Why Your Business Plan Doesn’t Need to Be 40 Pages (And What It Actually Needs)
I wrote a 40 page business plan for my first company. Market…
The Founder Mistake That Costs the Most: Building Before Selling
I spent eleven months building a product before I sold a single…
The Co-Founder Conversation Most People Have Too Late
Two friends I know started a business together with a handshake and…
Why Most First-Time Founders Pick the Wrong Business Structure (LLC vs. Sole Prop vs. S-Corp)
A friend spent $1,200 with an accountant fixing a structure decision she’d…
How I Knew My Idea Was Actually a Business and Not Just a Hobby
I made handmade leather goods for almost two years before I let…
How to Price Your First Product When You Have Zero Data to Go On
I priced my first product at $47 because a competitor charged $45…
