Operations
The build-versus-buy line for a services business
A services business hits a wall in year two. The fix is not a new tool stack — it is one honest line between the workflow that is the business and the rest.
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agencies
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Articles tagged agencies
Product
Shipping your first app without a technical cofounder
What a non-technical founder should know before commissioning a mobile app: realistic timelines, native versus cross-platform, code ownership, and choosing a partner.
Product
The custom-software buyer's guide for non-technical founders
A practical guide for non-technical founders buying a custom CRM or internal tool: the four ways to get it built, the questions to ask, and how to read a delivery window.
Founders
Two-person agencies that beat 50-person competitors
Three documented cases of tiny agencies displacing giants — and why the real story is about legibility, not AI or speed.
Money
The cost of running a 10-person agency in Beirut
Beirut offers a structural cost advantage over US-EU hubs for digital agencies, but the savings come with friction that does not show in any line item.
Growth
Publish the timeline
Committing to a delivery window in public is a trust signal most service businesses avoid. A look at how one digital agency turns scope into a sales argument.
Money
Services pricing: the floor, the anchor, the ceiling
Across legal, agency, and MSP services, pricing in 2026 has converged on a three-point structure — floor, anchor, ceiling — and the operators who document it follow the same