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      <description><![CDATA[Gross margin, CAC payback, LTV:CAC, and market speed decide whether outside capital buys growth or just rents your equity. Here is each benchmark and how they combine.]]></description>
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      <dc:creator>Lena Fischer</dc:creator>
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      <title>How to Calculate Your Runway and Burn Rate Without Fooling Yourself</title>
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      <title>How a SAFE Actually Works: The Cap, the Discount, the Trigger</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A SAFE lets you take a check today without setting a valuation today. Here's what the cap, the discount, and the conversion trigger actually commit you to.]]></description>
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      <dc:creator>Khalid Okonkwo</dc:creator>
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      <title>How to Calculate Your Startup&apos;s Cash Runway (and Not Get It Wrong)</title>
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      <dc:creator>Owen Blackwood</dc:creator>
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      <title>What the 83(b) Election Actually Does, and Why 30 Days Is Absolute</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The election trades a small tax bill today for a fixed measuring date on founder stock — and the statute gives you 30 days from transfer, with no general power for the IRS to forgive a late filing.]]></description>
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      <dc:creator>Owen Blackwood</dc:creator>
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      <title>What a SAFE Actually Commits You To</title>
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      <dc:creator>Lena Fischer</dc:creator>
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      <description><![CDATA[The one-document contract Y Combinator built in 2013 now covers a record 93% of pre-seed deals, per Carta — here is what its terms actually commit a founder to.]]></description>
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      <title>Fed&apos;s July Hold Extends the Plateau: Three Straight at 3.50–3.75%</title>
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      <title>What a SAFE Actually Commits You To Before Your Series A</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Post-money SAFEs make your dilution calculable the day you sign — and stack it all onto founders at the priced round. Here is the math, the paperwork, and what to check first.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Lena Fischer</dc:creator>
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      <title>Personal Guarantee on a Business Loan: What You&apos;re Really Signing</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Exit Strategy Planning for Founders: Build Saleable, Not Just Valuable</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>First Half 2026 in Two Numbers: $506 Billion Raised, 105 IPOs</title>
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