Funding, operations and the tools early-stage teams run on.
Payments you make in 2026 need a 1099-NEC at $2,000, not $600. Here are the five tests that decide who gets a form, the W-9 trap, a free way to e-file, and the real deadline.
Nihar Rout · October 28, 2026 · 10 min read
Product directories help buyers find software you have shipped. Vendor directories help you find a company to build it. Here is the difference, and which one a founder needs at each stage.
Akash Mohapatra · October 28, 2026 · 8 min read
StartupsFive required properties, one job per URL, a 200-a-day Indexing API quota and three ways to retire an expired role. What Google's job posting documentation says in October 2026, and where ATS help pages are out of date.
Nihar Rout · October 22, 2026 · 9 min read
StartupsIndeed still has a free tier in 2026: three posts a month per parent company, 30 days each, and nothing for staffing agencies. Here is what the policy pages say, who the March 31 feed rule hits, and the one free route past the cap.
Nihar Rout · October 16, 2026 · 9 min read
StartupsDecember 2, 2026 is not the start of the EU AI Act's transparency rules. It is the end of a four-month grace period for one duty only, and only for systems that were already on the market. Here is what each duty asks for.
Nihar Rout · October 15, 2026 · 10 min read
StartupsA solo founder needs one tool per job, not fifty apps. Our shortlist covers building, payments, banking, bookkeeping, incorporation and email, with prices and free plans checked on vendor sites in October 2026.
Akash Mohapatra · October 5, 2026 · 9 min read
StartupsWhat Peak XV, Index Ventures and Bessemer investors told founders at TechCrunch Disrupt about Series A fundraising in 2026, from cumulative ARR red flags to tranched rounds, with the published benchmarks for ARR, burn multiple and dilution.
Nihar Rout · October 4, 2026 · 8 min read