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Sloppy Contracts Can Cost You, A Lot
Managing contracts isn’t just a tick-the-box legal formality — it’s a full-on business process that directly affects how smoothly your projects run, and even how happy your clients are. Still, many CEOs treat contracts like annoying paperwork and simply hand them over to the lawyer with...
How Machines Absorb Cultural Heritage (And What Gets Lost in Translation)
An AI confidently declares that Nikola Tesla was Serbian. Prompt the same model in Croatian, and Tesla becomes Croatian. Both answers arrive with perfect grammar. Neither comes with any doubt. This is not a bug. It is a feature of how large language models work: they absorb cultural heritage the...
Founders, Stop Dumping Money on Your Go-To-Market Strategy
If you’re a founder, at least once you’ve googled “go-to-market strategy.” You’ve asked ChatGPT, and maybe read a few Medium posts. You’ve even downloaded every free template out there. And then followed the same default advice — define your ICP, pick channels, build funnels, and...
Building a Startup Culture Through University Incubators: Ukrainian Experience
Back in 2016, after visiting a university incubator in Estonia, I returned to Ukraine with a simple idea: our students also need a space to test ideas, fail safely, and build things that matter. For the first two years, we conducted small pilots at various universities. Students volunteered, formed informal...
What Compliance Changes Are Coming to FinTech in 2026?
If you work in fintech, you’ve no doubt often felt how hard it can be to constantly shift your stance as the regulatory ground changes under your feet. For years, participants in this sector have complained that financial regulation hasn’t kept pace with the pace of technological innovation....
Why Venture Capital Gets Misunderstood
The venture capital model is under fire again. Founders complain about dilution and loss of control. Commentators question whether VCs create real value or just inflate valuations. Aspiring entrepreneurs wonder if bootstrapping isn’t the more honest path after all. I’ve heard these criticisms for years — as a founder,...
