Founders Courier gives founders advice on decisions that cost real money and real years. You should know how that advice is put together. This page is the full answer, kept in one place so it does not have to be repeated in every article.
Who decides what gets published
Every article on the site is edited by Adam J. Peters (AJ). He chooses the topics, decides the angle and signs off on the final text. When an article says one option is usually better than another, that is his judgment, and it is offered as judgment, not as a law of business.
Where the material comes from
Two kinds of material go into each article.
Published sources. Figures, studies, laws and documented company histories come from sources you can check: government agencies, research papers, official company pages and established publications. Each article lists them at the end, with the date they were checked. Where the evidence is thin, mixed or comes from a narrow kind of company, the article says so.
Years of founder conversations. AJ’s view of what tends to happen at each milestone comes from talking with founders over many years. That experience shapes the advice, but it is never turned into numbers it cannot support, and no founder is named, quoted or described without their permission. When a founder’s story appears on the site, it is because they agreed to it.
How AI tools are used
AI tools are part of how the site is made, in a limited and specific role.
They help with research groundwork: finding sources, summarizing long documents so they can be read in the right order, and checking a draft for gaps or repetition. They also help with the final polish of the language.
They do not decide what an article says. Drafts are reworked until the reasoning, the structure and the conclusions are the editor’s own. And no figure, date or claim is published because a tool produced it: every one is checked against the original source before it goes on the page.
The illustrations on the site are created with AI image tools.
Corrections
Rules, prices and platform policies change, and some of the topics here (tax rules, employment law, platform terms) change often. Articles on those subjects are reviewed and updated. If you find an error, write to [email protected]. Errors of fact are corrected promptly, and significant corrections are noted in the article.
Not legal, tax or financial advice
Some articles cover legal and tax steps such as closing a company, hiring an employee or selling a business. They are general information for founders in the United States, written to help you ask better questions. They are not a substitute for a lawyer, an accountant or a financial adviser who knows your situation.
How the site is paid for
Founders Courier is free to read. We may have economic interests in some of the tools, platforms and services mentioned on the site, for example through affiliate links or commercial agreements. Those interests do not decide what we write: opinions are formed independently and every tool is held to the same standard. This page is our standing disclosure of those interests.
Nobody pays to be featured in an article, and nobody outside Founders Courier reviews or approves articles before they are published.
Contact
Founders Courier: [email protected].