Decision support for founders who never raised — but did build.https://unfundedfounder.com/en-gbhttps://unfundedfounder.com/articles/innocent-enquiry/https://unfundedfounder.com/articles/innocent-enquiry/A stranger from Corporate Finance wants a call about your business and your plans. It might be an acquirer. How to handle the innocent enquiry without giving too much away.Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://unfundedfounder.com/articles/cost-of-tech-dev-with-ai/https://unfundedfounder.com/articles/cost-of-tech-dev-with-ai/AI shifted the bottleneck away from engineering. Distribution wins now, and small opinionated teams sitting on entrenched legacy software have an unusual opening.Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://unfundedfounder.com/articles/problems-with-business-advisory/https://unfundedfounder.com/articles/problems-with-business-advisory/How tried and tested business management frameworks don't seem to deliver on their promises and what to do about it.Mon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://unfundedfounder.com/articles/netting-your-first-enterprise-deal/https://unfundedfounder.com/articles/netting-your-first-enterprise-deal/How a chat-widget message from a stranger turned into a half-million-pound contract - and what a five-person team learned about selling to large organisations.Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://unfundedfounder.com/articles/staff-communication/https://unfundedfounder.com/articles/staff-communication/EMI, EOT, accelerated vesting. Do incentive schemes actually do what they claim? Notes on what worked, what didn't, and the questions of fairness underneath.Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://unfundedfounder.com/articles/readiness-assessment/https://unfundedfounder.com/articles/readiness-assessment/Due diligence will scrutinise your business harder than you ever have. What an exit-readiness review covers, and why issues left unfixed cost you 5x at closing.Tue, 28 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://unfundedfounder.com/articles/vulgar-questions/https://unfundedfounder.com/articles/vulgar-questions/Why founders need somewhere to talk frankly about money - without strategic-options jargon or a wealth manager's agenda lurking underneath.Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://unfundedfounder.com/articles/leadership-for-introverts/https://unfundedfounder.com/articles/leadership-for-introverts/Introverts running small businesses can grow into the communication side of leadership - but it usually starts with one small experience that widens the comfort zone.Tue, 14 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://unfundedfounder.com/articles/hidden-costs/https://unfundedfounder.com/articles/hidden-costs/The fees you don't see coming when you sell a business. Why founders pay them anyway, and what an exit-readiness project would have caught earlier and cheaper.Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://unfundedfounder.com/articles/how-much-is-enough/https://unfundedfounder.com/articles/how-much-is-enough/Founders are told to fix their exit number before due diligence starts. Useful advice - but the number itself is more personal, and more shifting, than people admit.Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://unfundedfounder.com/articles/unfounded-fears/https://unfundedfounder.com/articles/unfounded-fears/Founders selling a business lean on maxims because they don't have the data. Worth examining which of those fears actually hold up - and what new surprises take their place.Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT