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50 from 3 May 2022 to 10 Jul 2026
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monthly (6 in the last year)
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company blog
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2026 4

  1. 2E: May the Fourth Be With You
  2. 1 in 30 – Artemis, Greatness, and Risk.
  3. Flux Capacitor 2026: Applications Open for 1517 Angel Check Program
  4. Founders - stop using AI to write your investor emails.

2025 6

  1. Sci Fi Christmas List
  2. Powder & Stone. Or, Why Medieval Rulers Loved Castles.
  3. A drop in the ocean
  4. Why Bell Labs Worked.
  5. 1517 Garage Science: Flux Capacitor Applications to Open April 23
  6. Inside v. Outside Context Problems.

2024 6

  1. On regret, in life and business.
  2. 2E. Part Deux.
  3. Flux Capacitor Cohort Release
  4. 2E = Gummy Bears, Lockpicking & Aerospace.
  5. Why Didn't Stanley Kubrick & Arthur C. Clarke Predict The iPad?
  6. The Flux Capacitor - Time, Funds, and Peers for Revolutionary Science

2023 14

  1. Where are all the labspaces?
  2. 2E - 1517's Teen Fall Camp
  3. A Startup's Guide to Direct Sales and Channel Sales
  4. The Renaissance Reimagined
  5. A Guide to Weekly, Monthly and Quarterly Business Reviews
  6. Explosions Are Great, Actually.
  7. Why Create An Advisory Board
  8. 1517 Does Astronomy & Astrophysics: The Physics of Supernovas
  9. Don't Bury the Lede.
  10. Splitting Equity With Co-Founders, A Guide
  11. Copyright vs. Trademark
  12. An Overview of Startup Taxes
  13. Choosing a Name For Your Company
  14. Choosing Your Entity Type

2022 20

  1. Setting Annual Company Goals
  2. Seven Stages of Enterprise SaaS Qualification
  3. A Guide to Effective Bi-Weekly Team Updates
  4. It's Out! Paper Belt on Fire
  5. Raising Money from Angels, Pt. 2
  6. Raising Money from Angels, Pt. 1
  7. An Executive's Guide to Planning for Layoffs
  8. The Santarchy Ball in Austin, TX
  9. How to Build a Deeptech Product
  10. A List of 45 Questions You Must Ask Before Raising Money
  11. A Tactical Guide to Asking for an Introduction
  12. Hiring Your First Sales Representative? Here are some answers.
  13. Startup Sales Playbook from “Zero to One”
  14. How to Deal with (and Prevent) Burnout
  15. Forgetting The Asbestos.
  16. I am not my company.
  17. 1517 Summer Community Newsletter
  18. The Limits of Game Theory
  19. What I learned from trying to hang Socrates.
  20. The Kids are Alright