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Coworking and community: what the research shows about staying power
Does working among other founders help a company last? Two published studies, what they measured, and how to use a shared space or a founder community well.
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Operations and wellbeing desk
Run the company and look after the founder, in general terms and without advice.
Running a company takes upkeep alongside building it, and the founder is part of that system.
Eight articles follow. One maps the kinds of obligation on a US tax calendar. Another explains what the books are for and what the IRS does and does not prescribe. Another lists the kinds of business insurance a US agency describes and what to ask an agent. Another gives criteria for choosing the tools a company runs on. Another sets out a weekly rhythm for a founder. Another covers meetings, written work and decision records. Another describes a process for a co-founder disagreement and what mediation is. The last covers burnout and where public bodies point for help.
Tax, insurance and health articles are general information, not advice, and each names its public sources.
- Dream 7 articles
- Build 11 articles
- Grow 6 articles
- Fundable 8 articles
- Starting out 14 articles
- Funding and capital 13 articles
- Legal and company basics 8 articles
- Team and hiring 9 articles
- AI-native building 9 articles
- Go-to-market 10 articles
- Pathways 12 articles
- Business models 8 articles
- Sectors 8 articles
- Operations and wellbeing 11 articles
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| Desk | Articles |
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| Dream | 7 |
| Build | 11 |
| Grow | 6 |
| Fundable | 8 |
| Starting out | 14 |
| Funding and capital | 13 |
| Legal and company basics | 8 |
| Team and hiring | 9 |
| AI-native building | 9 |
| Go-to-market | 10 |
| Pathways | 12 |
| Business models | 8 |
| Sectors | 8 |
| Operations and wellbeing | 11 |
Illustration: World Enterprise Group Incorporated, drawn at build time from the articles published on this site.
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Each dot is one article; the amber mark is the desk’s median.
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| Operations and wellbeing | Coworking and community: what the research shows about staying power | 6 min |
| Operations and wellbeing | Shutdown data and what survivors do differently | 6 min |
| Operations and wellbeing | The longevity paradox: sprint weekly, endure for a decade | 6 min |
| Operations and wellbeing | A weekly operating rhythm for a founder | 7 min |
| Operations and wellbeing | Books and basic accounting for a software startup | 6 min |
| Operations and wellbeing | Burnout: recognizing it and what to change | 6 min |
| Operations and wellbeing | Choosing and managing a small company's software stack | 6 min |
| Operations and wellbeing | Insurance for a software startup: what exists and what to ask | 6 min |
| Operations and wellbeing | Meetings, async work and decision records for a small team | 6 min |
| Operations and wellbeing | The tax calendar a US software startup should know exists | 6 min |
| Operations and wellbeing | Working through a disagreement with a co-founder | 6 min |
Chart: World Enterprise Group Incorporated, counted at build time from the articles on this desk.
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Shutdown data and what survivors do differently
Federal closure data for new businesses, how the first-year drop compares across opening years, and what the survivors measurably do differently.
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The longevity paradox: sprint weekly, endure for a decade
Early work runs on weekly sprints, yet public survival data runs on decades. What federal survival curves say about pacing a company for the long haul.
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A weekly operating rhythm for a founder
How a founder can set a repeating week with a plan, protected work blocks, an admin block and a review, borrowing the idea of fixed-length cycles from Scrum.
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Books and basic accounting for a software startup
What keeping books means for a small software company, what the IRS says about records, separate accounts and accounting methods, and what to ask an accountant.
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Burnout: recognizing it and what to change
What a US occupational-health institute says burnout is and is not, the six work-design areas a UK regulator ties to stress, and when to talk to a professional.
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Choosing and managing a small company's software stack
Criteria for choosing a small company's tools and a light routine to keep them in order, using a US consumer-protection agency's data principles.
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Insurance for a software startup: what exists and what to ask
The kinds of business insurance a US small-business agency lists, what regulators say on workers' compensation and cyber risk, and questions for an agent.
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Meetings, async work and decision records for a small team
How a small team can decide which conversations need a meeting, what to write instead, and how to keep a decision record, using the Scrum Guide and GOV.UK.
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The tax calendar a US software startup should know exists
What the IRS tax calendar lists for a small company, how its due dates are worded, and the questions to bring to a tax professional. General information only.
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Working through a disagreement with a co-founder
A general process for a co-founder disagreement, what mediation is according to a US agency and a federal court, and whom to ask for help.
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