Founders
The acquihire experience: what public accounts reveal
Public accounts of acquihires, from the Windsurf reverse-acquihire to the equity cliff employees describe, reveal a structure the celebratory version leaves out.
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Articles tagged founders
Mindset
The discipline of shipping ugly
Ship ugly does not mean ship broken. Linear, Basecamp, and Reid Hoffman all point to the same narrow target: minimum aesthetic, maximum function.
Mindset
The script for saying no
Derek Sivers, Tim Ferriss, and Warren Buffett all have famous scripts for saying no. Each works in its domain. None works everywhere.
Operations
How to hire your first ten people without a recruiter
A practical guide to making your first ten hires as a founder — no recruiter, no HR department, no budget for either. Includes MENA-specific notes on pay and sourcing.
Growth
How modern founders structure their first six months
A practical, month-by-month structure for founders in their first 180 days, drawn from patterns across dozens of real founder conversations.
Money
Why MENA founders are quietly choosing US LLCs
Why a growing number of MENA tech founders register in Wyoming or Delaware while operating from Beirut, Cairo, or Dubai, and when the model does not work.