Running a Startup
Budgets, metrics, legal housekeeping and the habits that keep an early company alive through its first years.
Surviving the first years is mostly a matter of boring habits done consistently: watching cash, tracking a few honest numbers, keeping the legal basics in order and avoiding the errors that sink founders who are otherwise doing well.
These guides cover the legal checklist, the metrics worth tracking, how to get through the early years and the mistakes experienced founders still make.
Guides in this topic
- Startup Legal Checklist: What to Handle EarlyStartup legal checklist for first-time founders: entity, founder agreements, IP, EIN, licenses, contracts and privacy. A starting point for an attorney talk.
- Startup Metrics That Matter: MRR, Churn, CAC and LTVStartup metrics explained in plain English: MRR, ARR, churn, CAC, LTV and more, with formulas in words, worked examples, and what investors ask for.
- First Years of a Startup: How to Survive and GrowA practical guide to the first years of a startup: a first-year checklist, survival tips, how to keep a startup alive on limited cash, and what to expect.
- Biggest Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make After Gaining TractionThe biggest mistakes entrepreneurs make after the first sales: scaling too early, cash blind spots, bad hires and why experienced founders still fail.
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Other topics
- Startup Funding and Capital
- Starting a Startup
- Startup Growth and Customers
- Protecting Your Startup
- Entrepreneurship Fundamentals
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