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Latest — Aug 28, 2023

Supporting open source projects: Our commitment to giving back

Open source software is essential to the modern world. It powers our computers, our phones, and our internet. But open source software is not free. It takes time and effort to develop and maintain. That's why Kukri Labs allocates 40% of their profits to open source projects.

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Merchants of record

Software/SaaS companies are in the luxury position to be able to sell on a global scale from day one but this comes with global scale problems - such as taxes. Merchants of record can help alleviate some of this administrative pain (for a fee, of course).

Pricing: can we make pay-what-you-want work?

We're making a bet on giving our customers the power to choose how much our services are worth to them.

Don't be afraid to fail

If you leave a job to start your own company and you fail, you are still more valuable than you were at your old job as you will have learned so much from trying to build something new.

Entrepreneurs - what do we call ourselves?

Starting your own business but don't know what to call yourself? Indie hacker, bootstrapper, solopreneur and more. Let's break them down.

Defaulting to failure

Failing can be demotivating but what if we can flip this notion by picking a default position of failure. We need a mindset that assumes that every project, every idea, and every venture will fail unless proven otherwise.

Small software companies are the future

Small software companies are the future of the technology industry. These companies are agile, innovative, and customer-focused, and they are changing the way we live and work.

Launching Kukri Labs

Introducing Kukri Labs - empowering the next generations of independent software builders and building a fresh community to inspire.

Technology whitelist

Over engineering is a common pitfall for technical founders starting their own business. Maybe there's new hype about "framework X" or we definitely want to learn "technology Y" but this is often fraught with pitfalls and time wasting. Realistically if we have existing knowledge