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Ethan Calloway writes for the people who build companies: founders, operators and investors. His Founder Insider stories cover start-ups, funding, growth, leadership and technology, and the entrepreneurs behind them, with the weight on what a reader can actually use.
He takes real company journeys apart, explains the mechanics behind big decisions and draws out the lessons from businesses that won and lost. His writing is fast, plain and practical, and it often ends on what the story means for the reader's own company.
The IRS instructions for Forms 1099-NEC and 1099-MISC raise the minimum threshold for reporting certain payments to $2,000 for tax years beginning after 2025. Here is what payers need to track now.
Sansec reports 953 online stores infected since July 2025, mostly Magento, by a loader that hides from scanners. Store teams should check CMS blocks and admin accounts.
Swedish legal AI company Legora raised a $550 million Series E at an $8.8 billion valuation, led by Atreides Management, as announced on 21 October 2026.
The federal Franchise Rule sets 23 disclosure items and a 14-day minimum between delivery and signing. Here is what each part does for a franchisee.
PHP fixed two critical flaws, nicknamed PHP2Shell, on 21 October in 8.5.12, 8.4.27, 8.3.36 and 8.2.35. Here is a checklist for inventory, patching and compromise checks.
A US provisional patent sets a filing date for a few hundred dollars, but the clock for the full application starts that day. Here is how the deadline and fees work.
eMudhra's weak intermediate keys call for Go, Node.js, container and trust-store checks now, plus a chain check before Chrome's 27 October root removal.
Salesforce announced on 20 October 2026 an agreement to buy customer engagement platform Braze at $47.50 a share in cash, about $5.66 billion in enterprise value.
AI chip startup Tenstorrent, led by Jim Keller, announced a $1.5 billion Series E at a $6.2 billion valuation on 19 October 2026.
UK EMI share options now cover companies with fewer than 500 staff, up to £120 million in gross assets and a £6 million option cap. Here is how the rules work.
