Insights
Short, practical write-ups on how real startups scaled, survived diligence, and navigated acquisitions—written from the perspective of the people who were inside the stack.
An operator view of the Rupa Health acquisition, focused on technical and operational patterns—not speculative valuations.
Read insight →What broke first, what got fixed early, and the architecture patterns other SaaS teams can reuse.
Read insight →How a high-frequency betting analytics platform told a credible technical story to acquirers.
Read insight →Concrete ingest → transform → serve lessons for analytics and fintech founders.
Read insight →Why valuation headlines matter less than reliability, dataroom readiness, and founder-level engineering decisions.
Read insight →A founder-operator view of how EatCookJoy recovered from a cyberattack attempt, rebuilt its marketplace, and scaled to $1M ARR in seven months with no marketing.
Read insight →An objective comparison of founding engineers vs agencies: tradeoffs, when each makes sense, and how to choose the right model for your startup stage.
Read insight →An operator perspective on the Fullscript-Rupa Health acquisition: platform integration, technical readiness, and lessons for founders building acquisition-ready platforms.
Read insight →Operator notes on how Betting.com scaled its betting platform, focusing on reliability patterns, data accuracy, and scaling lessons for other high-volume platforms.
Read insight →Practical engineering lessons from startup acquisitions: what acquirers evaluate, integration feasibility, technical risk assessment, and a preparation checklist.
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