Topic
runway
The Square Filters Apollo 13 Had, and the Hiring Mistake They Warn Against
AI can delay a senior engineering hire, but only when it removes recurring work. Use this test before moving a start date.
The First Repayment Date That Can Turn a Loan Into an Emergency
Before taking startup debt, test whether you can make the first repayment without the product release it funds.
The Twelve Days of Payroll Kojo Could Not Change With a Funding Headline
A competitor raised while payroll is close. Learn how to turn funding news into a clear operating decision.
Term Sheet Due Diligence: Why Daniel Protected His Pilot’s Next Proof Point
When investor diligence consumes your runway, turning down the term sheet can protect the proof your startup needs next.
Tunde’s Nigeria Exclusion. His Runway and Engineering Hire Were at Risk.
An Africa-focused fund can still exclude Nigeria. See how one early qualification question can protect a founder’s runway.
AI Model Costs: Why Kojo Tested Routing Before Making a Full-Time Hire
When AI spend rivals a new hire, use task costs, correction time and model routing to make the call without gambling your runway.
Custom Development Contracts: How Kojo Protected the Product Roadmap
Before a big contract consumes your roadmap, use this decision rule to test whether it funds your product or quietly replaces it.
Should You Delete the Expansion Slide After Your Rival Raises $250 Million?
A rival raised $250 million. Before copying its expansion map, test whether customer evidence, operating capacity and revenue support yours.
The Two Websites Qwikster Required, and What Netflix’s Reversal Protected
The product you stopped may be your clearest proof of founder judgment. Here is how to document the decision and show what it protected.
The Two Dates a Contract Needs, and What It Could Cost the Product
A contract can fund payroll and quietly take over your roadmap. Use this test before assigning your engineers and runway to one customer.
Founder's 90-day runway. The integration offer that would have cost him his roadmap.
A 4:47pm Friday email offered a founder six months of runway to turn his product into a client's feature. He took a third of the money instead, and kept the roadmap.
Kwame's broken signup at 11:47 PM. The Lagos customer decides what she tells two colleagues by morning.
He had a Berlin offer that would extend his runway and a signup flow failing in Lagos. Both urgent, only one changes what a customer feels tomorrow.
Kofi's renewal rate is still unproven. Eighteen months to hit the Series A numbers.
A founder in Accra weighs a larger investment against the time it steals from proving customer renewals. The bigger cheque had to lose.
The Three Emails That Almost Sank the Roadmap
Three partnership emails, one calendar, five engineers. Why saying yes to all of them ends the company before launch.
Kofi's delayed feature cost him a pilot. The second contract decides what you build.
The services contract that buys six months of runway can quietly turn a product company into an agency. One founder's decision on where to draw the line.