Write for SeatOne

Share your expertise with founders who need real-world financial guidance

SeatOne publishes practical insights to help founders make stronger financial and strategic decisions. We are looking for contributors with real-world experience in funding, liquidity, operations, strategy, growth and the evolving forces shaping today's founder landscape.

If you work directly with startups, scale-ups or fast-moving businesses, we invite you to share your knowledge with our readership.

Why Contribute to SeatOne

SeatOne is read by founders, operators and business owners who rely on grounded, experience-led financial guidance. Contributors help shape a resource that supports founders navigating capital raising, liquidity constraints, cost management, hiring, technology adoption and strategic decision making.

Contributing to SeatOne allows you to:

  • Influence early-stage and scaling founders
  • Share lessons from your own financial and operational experience
  • Raise your professional visibility within the founder and finance community
  • Support a publication dedicated to practical guidance, not theory

Who We Welcome

We publish insights from individuals with direct, hands-on experience, including:

  • Fractional CFOs and finance operators
  • Founders and co-founders
  • Venture capital professionals and investors
  • Analysts, strategists and operators in growth-stage companies
  • Advisors across capital, finance, technology, pricing and operations
  • Experts in capital markets, investment management and financial modelling
  • Practitioners with sector expertise in technology, AI, product and innovation

If you understand how companies actually grow, fundraise and operate, your insight is valuable here.

Topics We Publish

SeatOne focuses on the financial, strategic and operational issues that determine whether a company scales or stalls. We welcome well-informed, experience-driven perspectives on:

Finance and Capital

  • Fundraising strategy for startups
  • How founders can prepare for seed, Series A and bridge rounds
  • Capital allocation, burn rate, runway and liquidity planning
  • Secondary liquidity and founder cash management
  • Investor expectations, due diligence and term sheet structuring

Capital Markets and Investment

  • Private markets, valuation shifts and deal structures
  • How macroeconomic trends affect early-stage funding
  • Investment management insights relevant to operators and founders
  • Connecting founder decisions to capital markets outcomes

Venture Capital and Growth Investment

  • What VCs look for at different stages
  • Market signals and how they shape funding cycles
  • Founder mistakes seen from the investor side
  • Portfolio construction and how it affects founders

Technology and AI

  • How AI is reshaping finance, operations and hiring
  • Practical AI tools for startup operators
  • AI-driven forecasting and financial automation
  • Technology trends founders should understand
  • Strategic implications of emerging technology for early-stage companies

Female Founders and Underrepresented Leaders

  • Funding challenges and opportunities
  • Gender bias in capital allocation
  • Building scalable companies as a female founder
  • Support frameworks that lead to better outcomes for women in entrepreneurship
  • Practical fundraising advice tailored to female-led companies

Operations and Execution

  • Cash flow management
  • Hiring decisions and team structuring
  • Pricing strategy and margin improvement
  • Scenario planning and financial modelling
  • Managing growth without losing control of costs

If it strengthens founder decision making, we will consider it.

Editorial Standards

SeatOne publishes material that is:

  • Experience-led and grounded in real practice
  • Useful for founders, not theoretical or abstract
  • Clear, concise and free of unnecessary complexity
  • Honest about risks, trade-offs and financial consequences

We do not publish promotional content, sales-driven material or generic articles.

Submission Guidelines

  • Articles should be between 600 and 1,500 words
  • Content must be original and reflect first-hand experience
  • Include a short professional bio and one link (LinkedIn or website)
  • Provide data, examples or frameworks where relevant
  • SeatOne may edit submissions for structure, grammar and coherence

How to Contribute

To propose an article or share an idea, contact us at:
team@seatone.io

Subject line: Contribution Proposal

Include:

  • Your topic or proposed headline
  • A short outline
  • Your background or relevant experience

We will review submissions promptly and follow up with next steps if it aligns with our editorial direction.