Working with developers: specs, estimates, sprints and acceptance criteria
How founders can brief developers with user stories, get honest estimates, run short sprints and agree acceptance criteria so work lands as expected.
What a product manager actually does
The product manager role explained: the four risks they answer for, discovery versus delivery, and how it differs from product owner and project manager.
Version control and Git for non-developers: why it matters and the basic workflow
What Git and version control do, the branch and pull request workflow, and the controls a founder should insist on to own and protect…
VAT and GST basics for small online sellers in the UK and India
When a small online seller must register for UK VAT or Indian GST, how thresholds are measured, and which sales trigger registration at any…
Valuation basics: DCF, comparables and precedent transactions
The three standard ways to value a business, how each works, why they give different answers, and how to bring them together into a…
UX research methods: which to use when
How to choose between interviews, usability tests, surveys and analytics, using NN/g's framework of says versus does and why versus how many.
Running a usability test on a small budget
A low-cost way to watch five real users try your site, using think-aloud sessions and well-written tasks, then turn what you see into fixes.
Typography basics for websites: readability, line length and hierarchy
The four type settings that decide whether people read your site: body size, line length, line spacing and heading hierarchy, with sourced numbers.
Building a simple three-statement model: how the P&L, balance sheet and cash flow link
How the profit and loss account, balance sheet and cash flow statement connect, and how to build a small linked model that balances, step…
Startup funding routes: bootstrapping, grants, angels, venture capital and debt
A plain guide to the main ways to fund a young business, what each costs you, and the UK and India schemes worth knowing…
