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Founder guides.

Practical, unhyped notes on startup accounting, taxes, compliance and fundraising — so you spend less time on finance and more time building.

FundraisingResource

50 startup pitch decks that actually raised

See what gets funded. Learn from real decks instead of templates.

12 min
StartupPlaybook

Your first 100 customers

The outreach systems we used to land our first paying customers without a marketing budget.

9 min
FundraisingResource

1,000+ angel investors, sorted

A curated list to build a stronger pipeline and spend less time researching.

4 min
AccountingGuide

Runway math founders get wrong

Gross vs net burn, deferred revenue and why your bank balance lies to you.

7 min
TaxGuide

Delaware franchise tax, explained

Why the default notice is wrong and how the assumed-par method saves thousands.

5 min
TaxGuide

R&D credits for pre-revenue startups

Who qualifies, what counts, and how the payroll offset actually pays out.

8 min
AccountingGuide

Cash vs accrual: pick once

The one decision that decides how readable your books are at Series A.

6 min
StartupGuide

International founders: the US filing checklist

Forms 5471, 5472, FBAR — what applies to you and when.

10 min
AccountingResource

Board-ready financial pack template

The four pages your board actually reads, in the order they read them.

3 min

Your books, taxes and credits on autopilot.

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