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Why Hiring Feels Random (Even When You Follow a Process)
Dev.to · David Miller 🚀 Entrepreneurship & Startups ⚡ AI Lesson 2w ago
Why Hiring Feels Random (Even When You Follow a Process)
Most teams believe they have a hiring process. There is a job description. There are interview...
Bugünkü Aklım Olsaydı: İlk Girişimimde Farklı Yapacağım 7Şey
Medium · Startup 🚀 Entrepreneurship & Startups ⚡ AI Lesson 2w ago
Bugünkü Aklım Olsaydı: İlk Girişimimde Farklı Yapacağım 7Şey
Herkese merhaba, yepyeni bir blog yazısıyla tekrar karşınızdayım. Continue reading on Medium »
Alone as the Only Developer in a Startup: My First-Year Reality Check
Medium · Startup 🚀 Entrepreneurship & Startups ⚡ AI Lesson 2w ago
Alone as the Only Developer in a Startup: My First-Year Reality Check
What I learned about communication, chaos, and cleaning up my own mess Continue reading on Medium »
Engineering While the CTO Role Is Empty: How DACH Scale-Ups Are Staying on Roadmap
Dev.to · Hassan 🚀 Entrepreneurship & Startups ⚡ AI Lesson 2w ago
Engineering While the CTO Role Is Empty: How DACH Scale-Ups Are Staying on Roadmap
The three to six months between "we need a CTO" and "we have one onboarded" is the most technically...
Dev.to AI 🚀 Entrepreneurship & Startups ⚡ AI Lesson 2w ago
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B2B SaaS Growth: 8 Loops That Compound in 2026
Dev.to · Gingiris 🚀 Entrepreneurship & Startups ⚡ AI Lesson 2w ago
B2B SaaS Growth: 8 Loops That Compound in 2026
B2B SaaS Growth: 8 Loops That Compound in 2026 B2B SaaS growth is slower than consumer...
Recruiters Who Search Are Beating Recruiters Who Wait.
Medium · Startup 🚀 Entrepreneurship & Startups ⚡ AI Lesson 2w ago
Recruiters Who Search Are Beating Recruiters Who Wait.
Why the fastest hiring teams in 2026 are no longer managing funnels — they’re creating them. Continue reading on Medium »
The Impossible Journey
Medium · Startup 🚀 Entrepreneurship & Startups ⚡ AI Lesson 2w ago
The Impossible Journey
Can a person truly build a global company — completely alone — after surviving coma, loss, displacement, and theft? Continue reading on Medium »
Micro SaaS for Solo Founders: The Fastest Path to $10K MRR in 2026
Dev.to · Navigo Tech Solutions 🚀 Entrepreneurship & Startups ⚡ AI Lesson 2w ago
Micro SaaS for Solo Founders: The Fastest Path to $10K MRR in 2026
Micro SaaS for Solo Founders: The Fastest Path to $10K MRR in 2026 If you're a solo...
TechCrunch AI 🚀 Entrepreneurship & Startups ⚡ AI Lesson 2w ago
Firestorm Labs raises $82M to take drone factories into the field
A defense startup just raised $82 million to put drone factories inside shipping containers and bring manufacturing to the front lines.
Indie SaaS Fundraising — Bootstrapping, Crowdfunding, and MRR-Based Loans
Dev.to · kanta13jp1 🚀 Entrepreneurship & Startups ⚡ AI Lesson 2w ago
Indie SaaS Fundraising — Bootstrapping, Crowdfunding, and MRR-Based Loans
Introduction "Do I need outside funding?" is a question every indie SaaS founder...
Patent Strategy for Hardware Startups: What to Protect and When to File
Medium · Startup 🚀 Entrepreneurship & Startups ⚡ AI Lesson 2w ago
Patent Strategy for Hardware Startups: What to Protect and When to File
“A smart IP strategy protects the real advantage without slowing the work that still needs to move.” — Jase Lee Continue reading on Medium »
7 OpenClaw Money-Making Cases in One Week — and the Hidden Cost Problem Behind Them
Dev.to · Ty 🚀 Entrepreneurship & Startups ⚡ AI Lesson 2w ago
7 OpenClaw Money-Making Cases in One Week — and the Hidden Cost Problem Behind Them
Recently I saw a post about 7 OpenClaw money-making cases from the past week. At first, these...
TechCabal 🚀 Entrepreneurship & Startups ⚡ AI Lesson 2w ago
Tutto Passa, TechCabal debut podcast unpacking risk, capital, building in Africa
Tutto Passa Agency, a startups-focused communications firm, and TechCabal, are launching a podcast that will explore the ideas, decisions, and tensions behind b
Medium · Startup 🚀 Entrepreneurship & Startups ⚡ AI Lesson 2w ago
Beyond Business: Why Hello Future Technologies Focuses on Impact, Not Just Profit
In today’s competitive business world, most companies are focused on one thing: profit. Continue reading on Medium »
Medium · Startup 🚀 Entrepreneurship & Startups ⚡ AI Lesson 2w ago
Startup Advisory Agreements — Equity vs Cash and Legal Pitfalls Founders Overlook
When founders bring on advisors, the conversation usually starts informally. Continue reading on Medium »
I Scanned 437 Reddit Posts Looking for SaaS Ideas — Here's Why Most "I Wish There Was" Posts Are Traps
Dev.to · wubing-wx 🚀 Entrepreneurship & Startups ⚡ AI Lesson 2w ago
I Scanned 437 Reddit Posts Looking for SaaS Ideas — Here's Why Most "I Wish There Was" Posts Are Traps
Most indie hackers browse Reddit for product ideas the wrong way. They search for "I wish there was"...
Dev.to AI 🚀 Entrepreneurship & Startups ⚡ AI Lesson 2w ago
Why Human Executive Assistants Are Hard to Scale
Hiring an executive assistant feels like a clear win until you try to hire a second one. The skills, context, and judgment that made the first hire valuable do
Medium · Startup 🚀 Entrepreneurship & Startups ⚡ AI Lesson 2w ago
The 1:1 Trap in Pet Services
Most pet services are built around a single design choice that limits them. One staff member, one dog, one hour. Grooming. Training… Continue reading on Medium
Medium · Startup 🚀 Entrepreneurship & Startups ⚡ AI Lesson 2w ago
I signed up 100+ hospitals in 14 days as a final year student.
A story about building fast, getting blindsided, and why I would make the same choice again. Continue reading on Medium »
I Pitched My First Startup at 19 — Here’s What I Learnt.
Medium · Startup 🚀 Entrepreneurship & Startups ⚡ AI Lesson 2w ago
I Pitched My First Startup at 19 — Here’s What I Learnt.
Here’s the story of how I built a start-up with no previous experience along with everything I wish I knew as a young first time founder Continue reading on Sta
I wanted people to know the makers who show up at our markets.
Medium · Startup 🚀 Entrepreneurship & Startups ⚡ AI Lesson 2w ago
I wanted people to know the makers who show up at our markets.
So I built marché.link. Continue reading on Medium »
How Startups Lost the Plot
Medium · Startup 🚀 Entrepreneurship & Startups ⚡ AI Lesson 2w ago
How Startups Lost the Plot
From Counterculture to Cult of Data Continue reading on Medium »
She Wasn’t Burnt Out. The System Broke Her.
Medium · Startup 🚀 Entrepreneurship & Startups ⚡ AI Lesson 2w ago
She Wasn’t Burnt Out. The System Broke Her.
A quiet conversation with a journalist changed the way I see media, mental health, and what it means to build something that actually… Continue reading on Mediu
Cost Of Bad VP Engineering Hire 2026
Dev.to · Willis Reed Fan 🚀 Entrepreneurship & Startups ⚡ AI Lesson 2w ago
Cost Of Bad VP Engineering Hire 2026
The cost of a bad VP Engineering hire can be staggering, and it's a mistake that many companies make....
✍️Why Most People Fail to Make Money Online (I’m Starting to Understand Why).
Medium · Startup 🚀 Entrepreneurship & Startups ⚡ AI Lesson 2w ago
✍️Why Most People Fail to Make Money Online (I’m Starting to Understand Why).
I used to think that if I just worked harder online, things would eventually click. Continue reading on Medium »
Dev.to AI 🚀 Entrepreneurship & Startups ⚡ AI Lesson 2w ago
The Studio
OpenAI bought a talk show that covers its competitors. Four acquisitions of editorial operations by their subjects reveal the variable that determines whether e
Your CIO Isn’t Leading. He’s Being Led.
Medium · AI 🚀 Entrepreneurship & Startups ⚡ AI Lesson 2w ago
Your CIO Isn’t Leading. He’s Being Led.
How bad news gets filtered, repackaged, and quietly buried before it ever reaches the top — and why that makes every organization it… Continue reading on Medium
Is Building in Public Overrated? Ask Me Again in a Year.
Dev.to · Aritomo Fukuda 🚀 Entrepreneurship & Startups ⚡ AI Lesson 2w ago
Is Building in Public Overrated? Ask Me Again in a Year.
The promise I started writing about my SaaS launch before I launched it. Day counters. Screenshots....
Why The UK Struggles To Scale AI Companies
Forbes Innovation 🚀 Entrepreneurship & Startups ⚡ AI Lesson 2w ago
Why The UK Struggles To Scale AI Companies
UK AI is not failing due to a lack of operators. It’s a money problem: UK AI firms raise less capital, more slowly and with more uncertainty than US competitors
Revolut is opening its first physical store in Barcelona
The Next Web AI 🚀 Entrepreneurship & Startups ⚡ AI Lesson 2w ago
Revolut is opening its first physical store in Barcelona
The store is a permanent pilot, not a pop-up. If successful, it will be replicated in other markets. Spain is Revolut’s third-largest market globally. Last week
TechCabal 🚀 Entrepreneurship & Startups ⚡ AI Lesson 2w ago
Ethiopia-based Dodai raises $13 million to expand battery-swapping EV network
The funding comes as Ethiopia positions itself as one of Africa’s most aggressive electric vehicle market.
What investors look for in your numbers at Series A?
Medium · Startup 🚀 Entrepreneurship & Startups ⚡ AI Lesson 2w ago
What investors look for in your numbers at Series A?
Raising your Series A is a big milestone. You’ve moved past the early idea and MVP stage, you’ve got traction and starting to approach… Continue reading on Medi
Medium · Startup 🚀 Entrepreneurship & Startups ⚡ AI Lesson 2w ago
How Australian Startups Can Build a Pitch Deck Investors Actually Read
The average venture capitalist spends exactly three minutes and forty-four seconds looking at a pitch deck. Continue reading on Medium »
Solo founder’s path. Part I.
Medium · Startup 🚀 Entrepreneurship & Startups ⚡ AI Lesson 2w ago
Solo founder’s path. Part I.
Drowning in Complexity Continue reading on Medium »
Over A Million Annual Road Crash Deaths Prompt A New $350M Investment
Forbes Innovation 🚀 Entrepreneurship & Startups ⚡ AI Lesson 2w ago
Over A Million Annual Road Crash Deaths Prompt A New $350M Investment
Mike Bloomberg announced an additional $350 million commitment towards road safety against what's been the leading cause of deaths worldwide for 5 to 29 year ol
How to Think Like a CEO
Medium · Startup 🚀 Entrepreneurship & Startups ⚡ AI Lesson 2w ago
How to Think Like a CEO
Hustle doesn’t scale. Leverage does. Here are the five systems. Continue reading on Medium »
Medium · Startup 🚀 Entrepreneurship & Startups ⚡ AI Lesson 2w ago
PoC Is Dead. Long Live the 30-Day PoV.
The five-play playbook that’s quietly replacing every “Proof of Concept” worth its name in 2026. Continue reading on Medium »
The App Store Took My App Offline — Not With a Ban, But With a Button That Didn’t Exist
Medium · Startup 🚀 Entrepreneurship & Startups ⚡ AI Lesson 2w ago
The App Store Took My App Offline — Not With a Ban, But With a Button That Didn’t Exist
What a dentist-turned-founder learned about digital sovereignty, platform dependency, and the invisible infrastructure every non-technical… Continue reading on
Pick Your Growth Path For Early Success
Medium · Startup 🚀 Entrepreneurship & Startups ⚡ AI Lesson 2w ago
Pick Your Growth Path For Early Success
Choosing how to grow your new software company feels like picking a lane on a busy highway. One lane is Product-Led Growth, or PLG, where… Continue reading on M
Start Your SPV with Allocations: SPV Designs and Contracts for Film Financing
Medium · Startup 🚀 Entrepreneurship & Startups ⚡ AI Lesson 2w ago
Start Your SPV with Allocations: SPV Designs and Contracts for Film Financing
Looking to start your SPV with Allocations for film financing? Master spv designs and contracts, spv agreement terms, and how Allocations… Continue reading on M
Start Your SPV with Allocations: SPV Formation for Venture Capital
Medium · Startup 🚀 Entrepreneurship & Startups ⚡ AI Lesson 2w ago
Start Your SPV with Allocations: SPV Formation for Venture Capital
eady to start your SPV with Allocations for venture syndicates? Learn spv formation best practices, spv agreement essentials, and how… Continue reading on Mediu
When Your Company Grows Quickly, Scaling Your Customer Service Team at the Same Time Is Often…
Medium · Startup 🚀 Entrepreneurship & Startups ⚡ AI Lesson 2w ago
When Your Company Grows Quickly, Scaling Your Customer Service Team at the Same Time Is Often…
The growth of outsourcing customer service operations reflects a shift towards operational efficiency and cost-effectiveness. When… Continue reading on Medium »
When the Executive Assistant Role Is Missing, Progress Is Hard.
Medium · Startup 🚀 Entrepreneurship & Startups ⚡ AI Lesson 2w ago
When the Executive Assistant Role Is Missing, Progress Is Hard.
An executive assistant is someone who can support you by managing your time, priorities, and day-to-day coordination so that work runs… Continue reading on Medi
A Small Healthcare Business Faces Unique Challenges When Building a Reliable Team.
Medium · Startup 🚀 Entrepreneurship & Startups ⚡ AI Lesson 2w ago
A Small Healthcare Business Faces Unique Challenges When Building a Reliable Team.
A small healthcare business faces unique challenges when building a reliable and efficient team. Continue reading on Medium »
MIT Technology Review 🚀 Entrepreneurship & Startups ⚡ AI Lesson 2w ago
Elon Musk and Sam Altman are going to court over OpenAI’s future
After a yearslong legal feud, Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman are heading to trial this week in Northern California in a case that could have sweeping conse
Welcome to the SaaSpocalypse
Medium · Startup 🚀 Entrepreneurship & Startups ⚡ AI Lesson 2w ago
Welcome to the SaaSpocalypse
TLDR: The SaaSpocalypse narrative, which began to infiltrate media in March, is one of the more egregious misnomers that we can remember… Continue reading on Th
Tech Leadership Talent Shortage 2026
Dev.to · Willis Reed Fan 🚀 Entrepreneurship & Startups ⚡ AI Lesson 2w ago
Tech Leadership Talent Shortage 2026
The tech industry's growth has been nothing short of remarkable in recent years, with innovation and...