Founder notes.

The parts of running a company that only show up in the numbers.

Short pieces on the mechanics behind the game: how runway actually behaves, what a hire really costs, and why the next feature keeps taking longer. Written for people who would rather find out here than in production.

Runway

Runway is a countdown, not a number

Every other metric in your deck is a story about how this one is going to end.

9 September 2026 · 6 min read
Hiring

Your first hire is a subscription

You are not buying a person. You are signing up for a bill that arrives every month until one of you leaves.

9 September 2026 · 5 min read
Tech debt

Tech debt is a loan at a floating rate

It never shows up on an invoice. It shows up in how long the next thing takes.

9 September 2026 · 5 min read
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