Founder & Lead Writer
Kyle Schlosser
Kyle Schlosser is the founder and lead writer of Perl Archive, where he covers startup finance, operations, and the unglamorous mechanics of building a company that lasts. Before turning to writing full-time, he spent two decades founding and operating software companies across four markets.
His reporting pairs first-hand operator experience with a reporter's discipline for sourcing — every framework he publishes is one he has run himself, pressure-tested against the founders living it now.
- Beat
- Startup Finance & Ops
- Role
- Founder & Lead Writer
- Published
- 6 articles
Articles by Kyle Schlosser
How to Create a Startup Pitch Deck: A Slide-by-Slide Guide
Build an investor pitch deck that earns the next meeting: what every slide must prove, which evidence to use, how the order changes by stage, and a founder red-team checklist.
MVP Feature Prioritization: What to Build First (and What to Cut)
A practical system for choosing MVP features without false precision: map the core journey, test the riskiest assumption, cut scope, and lock a release founders can actually ship.
Startup Financial Model: How to Build One From Scratch
A founder-first guide to building a startup financial model: the exact tabs, formulas, assumptions, scenarios, and checks you need to forecast cash and raise with confidence.
How Much Equity to Give Your First Employees
A data-backed guide to early-employee equity: benchmark bands by hire number and role, vesting and cliffs, option-pool sizing, dilution math, ISO/409A basics, and how to explain the offer honestly.
Ramp vs Brex: 2026 Comparison
A neutral, deeply sourced Ramp vs Brex comparison for founders — qualification rules, credit limits, the real cashback-vs-points math, banking, and a stage-by-stage decision framework.
The Lean Founder Tool Stack: 10 Tools to Run a Startup Without Bloat
A category-by-category, opinionated stack for building and running an early startup — chosen for leverage, not logos.