16 min · October 15, 2026
The Deadline That Dissolves You (And Nobody Warns You)
Jason and Sarah dig into administrative dissolution — the boring annual-report deadline that quietly kills more companies than any lawsuit, and why nobody sees it coming.
Sarah: So somebody cornered me after that panel last week — one of those first-time founders, super sharp, building a little B2B analytics thing — and she asked me, dead serious, "What's the thing that's most likely to kill my company that I'm not thinking about?" And I gave her some answer about runway and cash flow, the usual.
Jason: Which is a fine answer.…
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