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Jan 21

Should I buy this machine? — Investment Appraisal 101

Quick pre-face to this post on Investment Appraisal:

Two tables showing the capital outlay for different investment opportunities

Niels Schneider

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Dec 19, 2025

Debt 102: The Technical Founder’s Glossary

This post isn’t a real blog post. It’s more of a list of terms that you’ll encounter when you’re negotiating debt financing for your…

Niels Schneider

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Dec 7, 2025

Debt 101: The Basics for Deep Tech

There’s a lot of talk in the Deep Tech space about debt financing. Debt vehicles come and all shapes and colours. Honestly they can become…

Debt 101: The Basics for Deep Tech

Niels Schneider

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Nov 23, 2025

Siblings not Twins: Of Margins, Markups, Expenses and Expenditure

In finance and accouting there are a few concepts that are closely related, but not the same. They are simple concepts, but getting them…

Siblings not Twins: Of Margins, Markups, Expenses and Expenditure

Niels Schneider

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Nov 17, 2025

Don’t let Working Capital Kill your Runway

Startups burn through cash to build and grow. While you’re pre-revenue this spending is very similar between Deep Tech and SaaS ventures…

Don’t let Working Capital Kill your Runway

Niels Schneider

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Nov 11, 2025

Should Early-Stage Startups care about their Cost of Capital?

If you’ve ever gone into overdraft, you will know money actually costs money. And just like those pesky overdraft fees, the capital that…

Overview of the formulae for calculating the weighted average cost of capital

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Nov 6, 2025

Deep Tech Contributions and Margins

Transitioning seamlessly from the post on Unit Economics, now I’m going to talk about contribution and margins. While this still belongs…

Deep Tech Contributions and Margins

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Nov 3, 2025

Understanding Unit Economics

In a nutshell, Unit Economics show how much a business charges for a Unit, what it costs to make and deliver the unit and ultimately what…

Understanding Unit Economics

Niels Schneider

Niels Schneiderhe/him

Niels has helped scale 2 ventures with roles across product, ops and finance. He explains how concepts from business administration apply to Deep Tech ventures.

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