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We explore how financial and Web3 products work from the inside: platform architecture, regulatory requirements, project economics, and technical solutions.
Our Articles
How a product is born. Part 3: Other people's money
Ways to fund product growth: your own profits, friends and family, grants, angels and venture funds. The obligations and legal arrangements involved.
How a product is born. Part 2: Product-market fit
How to tell whether the market needs your product: launch analytics, retention, payments, the aha moment, NPS and the Sean Ellis test.
How a product is born. Part 1: The MVP
Why founders need an MVP, how to choose a hypothesis test and control the first release: landing pages, manual services, smoke tests and technical debt.
How a product is born. Part 0: The idea
How founders decide whether a product is worth building: the market, a business hypothesis, customer discovery, competition, budget and unit economics.
Technical debt in an MVP: what it is, why it matters, and how to manage it
Why technical debt builds up in an MVP, how it affects a startup, and what to do about it. Types, assessment metrics, refactoring, and practical ways to manage the work.
How to Prepare an MVP for Scaling: Architecture, Load and Team
How to tell that your MVP is ready to grow and how to prepare it for scaling: readiness signs, architecture and databases, load testing, metrics, team and a step-by-step plan.
How to Validate a Startup Idea Before Development
How to validate a startup idea before coding: hypotheses, CustDev interviews, scoring, no-code demand tests and an MVP. A step-by-step plan and checklist.
How to Write an MVP Spec: Structure, Steps and Checklist
How to write an MVP technical specification: what to include, step-by-step process, document structure and common mistakes. Checklist for non-technical founders.
What Is a Blockchain System and How Does It Work
What blockchain is and how it works: blocks, hashes, nodes, consensus, smart contracts, use cases, risks and history. A plain-language explanation.
Fund Manager and Investor Relationship: Fees, NAV and LPA
How the fund manager and investor relationship works: management and success fees, NAV valuation, the LP agreement, reporting and exits in a crisis.
Popular articles
How Venture Funds Make Investment Decisions
How a venture fund decides to invest: networking, the deal funnel, due diligence, the investment memo and the committee. What every founder should know.
How to Write an MVP Spec: Structure, Steps and Checklist
How to write an MVP technical specification: what to include, step-by-step process, document structure and common mistakes. Checklist for non-technical founders.
How to Validate a Startup Idea Before Development
How to validate a startup idea before coding: hypotheses, CustDev interviews, scoring, no-code demand tests and an MVP. A step-by-step plan and checklist.



















