--- title: "#founders articles | Hashnode" description: "Explore 74 articles tagged #founders on Hashnode. Tutorials, guides, and how-tos from the community." url: "https://hashnode.com/tag/founders" --- Tag # #founders 74 posts · 6 followers [nothink](https://hashnode.com/@nothinkhq) · [23h ago](https://hashnode.com/posts/most-product-waste-starts-with-one-sentence/6af6d9123de6466b76ca4754) ### [Most Product Waste Starts With One Sentence](https://nothinkhq.hashnode.dev/most-product-waste-starts-with-one-sentence?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) "Users will probably want…" isn't a requirement. It's a guess with a deadline attached. 7 min read · [nothinkhq.hashnode.dev](https://nothinkhq.hashnode.dev/most-product-waste-starts-with-one-sentence?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Andrew Quillen](https://hashnode.com/@andmaverick) · [2d ago](https://hashnode.com/posts/look-at-who-built-it/6af525e53fc0cd17ed09d973) ### [Look at Who Built It](https://blog.andmaverick.com/look-at-who-built-it?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) Put a pin on a map wherever someone built a serious AI company. Then look at the map. 5 min read · [blog.andmaverick.com](https://blog.andmaverick.com/look-at-who-built-it?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Human Business Works](https://hashnode.com/@humanbusinessworks) · [2d ago](https://hashnode.com/posts/nonprofit-saas-pricing-grant-cycle-underpricing/6af482f4423f541620bd58c2) ### [Why Founders Selling SaaS to Nonprofits Underprice From the Start](https://humanbusinessworks.hashnode.dev/nonprofit-saas-pricing-grant-cycle-underpricing?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) Nonprofit budget cycles, mission-alignment pressure, and permanent pilot accounts push SaaS founders into prices they can never comfortably raise. 7 min read · [humanbusinessworks.hashnode.dev](https://humanbusinessworks.hashnode.dev/nonprofit-saas-pricing-grant-cycle-underpricing?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Nixon Perinchery](https://hashnode.com/@nixonperinchery) · [2d ago](https://hashnode.com/posts/what-is-a-staging-environment-a-plain-guide-for-founders/6af42af154069827c7f518e7) ### [What Is a Staging Environment? A Plain Guide for Founders](https://nixonperinchery.hashnode.dev/what-is-a-staging-environment-a-plain-guide-for-founders?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) The short version A staging environment is a nearly exact copy of your live product where a change is tried before real customers can see it. It matters more with AI agents, because they produce chan 7 min read · [nixonperinchery.hashnode.dev](https://nixonperinchery.hashnode.dev/what-is-a-staging-environment-a-plain-guide-for-founders?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Human Business Works](https://hashnode.com/@humanbusinessworks) · [Oct 26](https://hashnode.com/posts/pricing-first-saas-product-hourly-billing-legal-tech/6adf6af61bbc2b31ec65968c) ### [Pricing the First SaaS Product After Years of Billing by the Hour](https://humanbusinessworks.hashnode.dev/pricing-first-saas-product-hourly-billing-legal-tech?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) A legal tech dev shop turning custom work into a product has to unlearn hourly pricing logic. Here's why cost-plus breaks, and how founders avoid the grandfathering trap. 6 min read · [humanbusinessworks.hashnode.dev](https://humanbusinessworks.hashnode.dev/pricing-first-saas-product-hourly-billing-legal-tech?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [1](https://hashnode.com/posts/pricing-first-saas-product-hourly-billing-legal-tech/6adf6af61bbc2b31ec65968c) [Samir Alibabic](https://hashnode.com/@samiralibabic) · [Sep 24](https://hashnode.com/posts/what-ai-actually-did-to-my-software-development-velocity/6ab55d2d9f0fe47f5595de2d) ### [What AI Actually Did to My Software Development Velocity](https://samiralibabic.hashnode.dev/what-ai-actually-did-to-my-software-development-velocity?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) A same-product comparison of AI-assisted output, testing, delivery speed, and the bottleneck that moved to judgment 12 min read · [samiralibabic.hashnode.dev](https://samiralibabic.hashnode.dev/what-ai-actually-did-to-my-software-development-velocity?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [1](https://hashnode.com/posts/what-ai-actually-did-to-my-software-development-velocity/6ab55d2d9f0fe47f5595de2d) [Human Business Works](https://hashnode.com/@humanbusinessworks) · [Sep 16](https://hashnode.com/posts/consulting-retainer-replaces-product-roadmap/6aaaaef6fb76a12429c409c2) ### [The Consulting Retainer That Quietly Replaces the Product Roadmap](https://humanbusinessworks.hashnode.dev/consulting-retainer-replaces-product-roadmap?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) How a single client contract meant to fund early development in energy and utilities software ends up running the roadmap, and how founders can cap services work before it becomes the business. 6 min read · [humanbusinessworks.hashnode.dev](https://humanbusinessworks.hashnode.dev/consulting-retainer-replaces-product-roadmap?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [1](https://hashnode.com/posts/consulting-retainer-replaces-product-roadmap/6aaaaef6fb76a12429c409c2) [ksoft technologies](https://hashnode.com/@ksoft) · [Sep 9](https://hashnode.com/posts/your-team-isn-t-slow-your-company-has-too-much-work-in-progress/6aa0f56f49b2602bb0ca4ddc) ### [Your Team Isn’t Slow. Your Company Has Too Much Work in Progress.](https://buildscaleexecute.hashnode.dev/your-team-isn-t-slow-your-company-has-too-much-work-in-progress?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) Why growing tech companies can have clear priorities, capable teams, and full calendars—and still struggle to finish the work that matters. 12 min read · [buildscaleexecute.hashnode.dev](https://buildscaleexecute.hashnode.dev/your-team-isn-t-slow-your-company-has-too-much-work-in-progress?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [praveen](https://hashnode.com/@thecoderegistry) · [Sep 1](https://hashnode.com/posts/understanding-software-risk-without-being-a-developer/6a972641cbefb2b7dad19ee8) ### [Understanding Software Risk Without Being a Developer](https://thecoderegistry.hashnode.dev/understanding-software-risk-without-being-a-developer?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) Turn complex software risks into clear business insights. 20 min read · [thecoderegistry.hashnode.dev](https://thecoderegistry.hashnode.dev/understanding-software-risk-without-being-a-developer?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [contact](https://hashnode.com/@pykero) · [Aug 25](https://hashnode.com/posts/how-to-calculate-roi-on-an-ai-agent-before-you-build-it/6a8d5a0aaf086e2e7b1b3816) ### [How to Calculate ROI on an AI Agent Before You Build It](https://pykero.hashnode.dev/how-to-calculate-roi-on-an-ai-agent-before-you-build-it?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) A practical framework founders can use to estimate AI agent ROI before committing budget: baseline costs, build costs, break-even timing, and guardrails. 5 min read · [pykero.hashnode.dev](https://pykero.hashnode.dev/how-to-calculate-roi-on-an-ai-agent-before-you-build-it?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)