Starting Your Business

Burn rate and runway are the two numbers a founder gets asked about in every board meeting, every investor update, and every internal debate over whether the next hire can wait. They’re also the two numbers most likely to be wrong. Not because the formulas are difficult, but because the inputs aren’t what people assume

If your inbox has become a source of low-grade dread, you’ve probably gone looking for something to solve the problem, and SaneBox might have come up on the list of possible fixes. It’s one of the more established, better-reviewed email tools around.  The pitch is simple. It sorts your incoming mail so the important stuff

Most founders don’t really choose their first accounting system; they inherit it from whatever the bookkeeper already knew. The ones who do choose one typically choose whatever is cheapest to hit the ground running with on Day 1. For a while, these are good decisions — both of them are better than using an Excel

I participate in an average of one 5K each year, usually with family. So when our community orchestra wanted to organize a 5K fundraiser this year, they picked me as the organizer. Turns out, organizing a 5k is a lot different from just showing up, paying your fee, signing your waiver, and leaving with a

There is usually a specific moment when cash basis stops working. Perhaps it’s when a lender asks for two years of statements and wants to know why December looks like a blowout and January looks like a funeral. Or maybe a prospective buyer asks what your actual gross margin is by month. Or you sign