Insights for founders, operators, and bookkeepers

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Founder's Guide to Calculating Runway Aug 2026
Puzzle Guides

Founder's Guide to Calculating Runway Aug 2026

Your complete guide to calculating runway—the number that determines whether your startup lives or dies.
Learn to calculate runway, track net burn, and time your fundraise with confidence using real-time financial tools. (August 2026)
Accounts Receivable for Startups: Streamline Your Finances with the CHARGE Framework
Startup Accounting

Accounts Receivable for Startups: Streamline Your Finances with the CHARGE Framework

Most startups treat Accounts Receivable (AR) as an afterthought. When neglected, it creates a dangerous cycle: late payments pile up, payment terms get messy, and manual processes eat up valuable time. As companies scale and prepare for exits, AR creates bottlenecks that kill cash flow and operational efficiency.
Most startups treat accounts receivable as an afterthought. The CHARGE framework keeps payment terms clean and cash arriving on time as you scale.
The Only Bookkeeping Article You’ll Ever Need – For Founders
Startup Accounting
Puzzle Guides

The Only Bookkeeping Article You’ll Ever Need – For Founders

Most founders have hit the breaking point with bookkeeping advice. Between tax deadlines, financial management tips, and accounting jargon, it's impossible to know what actually matters. That's why we've created the only bookkeeping guide you'll ever need.
You'll get a practical roadmap to keep your books organized while you focus on what matters most: growing your company.
The Modern Accounting Firm: Decimal and Puzzle, September 2026
Customer Stories

The Modern Accounting Firm: Decimal and Puzzle, September 2026

Puzzle partners with Decimal to revolutionize accounting firms, demonstrating how separate software and service companies can collaborate to empower accountants while countering industry threats from AI and tech giants.
How Puzzle and Decimal's partnership is building the accounting firm of the future through AI software and services. September 2026.
How Decimal Found Their AI-Native Ledger Partner | Sept 2026
Customer Stories

How Decimal Found Their AI-Native Ledger Partner | Sept 2026

Decimal, a leading modern accounting firm, partnered with Puzzle's AI-native general ledger to enhance operational efficiency and scale their services while maintaining quality across hundreds of clients.
Decimal chose Puzzle as their AI-native general ledger partner in September 2026, achieving 100% data accuracy and better quality control across
How Paradigm (YC W24) Simplified Financial Management with Puzzle
Customer Stories

How Paradigm (YC W24) Simplified Financial Management with Puzzle

With Puzzle, Anna and her team can manage their finances by automating expense categorization and gaining real-time visibility into critical startup metrics like burn rate, cash flow, runway, and revenue. Tasks like categorizing irregular expenses and preparing monthly investor updates have become faster and more reliable.
Anna Monaco, founder and CEO of Paradigm, a YC-backed company, is building AI tools that transform how operators at tech companies work with data.
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New In Puzzle: Task & Status Dashboard Cards

Whether you're a founder trying to close books fast enough to make next week's decisions, or an accounting firm managing dozens of clients, you shouldn't have to hunt through software just to figure out what needs attention.
New status and task cards in Puzzle show account health, categorization progress and priority items at a glance, without hunting through menus.
Scott Cormier
Product @ Puzzle
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One Click. Global Payroll Meets Real-Time Accounting.

With the new Deel × Puzzle one-click setup and integration, startups can automatically sync global payroll and contractor data directly into Puzzle’s real-time general ledger—no spreadsheets, no manual journal entries, no guesswork, no more silos.
Deel and Puzzle now connect in one click, syncing global payroll and contractor data into a real-time general ledger. No manual journal entries.
The Puzzle Team
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New Integrations Page: Better Visibility, Manual Sync, and Faster Setup

We've rebuilt the integrations page from the ground up. Now you get at-a-glance account health status, manual sync on demand, and faster issue resolution. Less time managing connections, more confidence in your data.
Puzzle's new integrations page gives instant visibility into account health, manual sync on demand and faster setup, so you can trust your books.
Denny Hollick
Head of Product Marketing
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Smarter, Faster, and Easier: Introducing Bulk Classifications and Rules

Manually tagging transactions is outdated. Puzzle now offers Bulk Classifications and Classification Rules—two powerful features that automate how you tag and track financial data across departments, locations, and projects. Whether you’re cleaning up past records or setting up recurring rules for future transactions, this release saves hours of work while improving reporting accuracy and closing speed. Learn how to use these tools and start automating your workflow today.
Stop tagging transactions one by one. Puzzle's Bulk Classifications and Rules automate categorization by department, location or project.
Denny Hollick
Head of Product Marketing
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Brex + Puzzle: Set Up Your Accounting In One Click

Setting up your startup’s accounting takes only one click now. Startups can get an end-to-end accounting system up and running in no time.
Connect Brex expense accounts to Puzzle's general ledger in one click, straight from your Brex app. Financial data in one place, no manual export.
Sasha Orloff
Cofounder & CEO @ Puzzle

Founder Accounting 101 Guides

Accounting 101
Guide to filing taxes
Cash vs Accrual Accounting
Key financial metrics (and why investors ask)