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Startup Tips·Apr 25, 2026·5 min readThe Real Cost of Technical Debt for Non-Technical FoundersTechnical debt isn't just a developer problem — it silently eats your budget, slows your roadmap, and drives away good engineers. Here's what founders need to know.#technical debt#startup#founders#software development